INJURING THE SEED. 



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larva eats a hole on one side of the pea, leaving only 

 the thin, outer covering, before entering the pupa 

 state. Some time afterwards the insect again changes 

 to the jperfect beetle, a portion of which emerge the 

 same season, but most of them remain in the peas 

 until the following spring. 



Remedies. — The measures mentioned as remedies 

 for the Bean Weevil are equally applicable to this 

 pest. That of heating the peas to 145° Fahrenheit, 

 as soon as gathered, seems especially advisable in the 

 case of the Pea Weevil, for at the time of ripening a 

 large proportion of the weevil larvae are only par- 

 tially grown. 



