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  the 
  seeds 
  or 
  if 
  some 
  would 
  remain 
  within 
  the 
  seed 
  until 
  the 
  

   next 
  fruiting 
  season. 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  weevils 
  showed 
  no 
  ten- 
  

   dency 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  seeds 
  after 
  once 
  making 
  an 
  exit 
  through 
  

   the 
  husk. 
  No 
  specimens 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  cage 
  from 
  the 
  seeds 
  un- 
  

   til 
  October 
  8th, 
  when 
  four 
  specimens 
  were 
  found. 
  On 
  October 
  

   loth, 
  one 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  out 
  and 
  on 
  November 
  16th, 
  two 
  

   specimens, 
  the 
  last 
  to 
  appear, 
  were 
  found. 
  By 
  this 
  time 
  all 
  

   traces 
  of 
  the 
  weevil 
  had 
  disappeared 
  in 
  the 
  infested 
  districts. 
  

   Diligent 
  search 
  failed 
  to 
  show 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  until 
  January 
  30th 
  

   when 
  I 
  ran 
  on 
  them 
  after 
  a 
  long 
  hunt, 
  feeling 
  sure 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  hibernation 
  somewhere. 
  On 
  that 
  day 
  I 
  

   found 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  hundred 
  in 
  the 
  crevices 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  board 
  fence 
  

   and 
  stone 
  wall 
  beneath 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  neglected 
  mango 
  trees 
  in 
  a 
  

   deserted 
  kuleana* 
  in 
  Moanalua 
  Valley. 
  No 
  precaution 
  had 
  been 
  

   practised 
  there 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  fallen 
  mangoes 
  

   and 
  refuse 
  seeds. 
  

  

  The 
  weevils 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  hibernation 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  following 
  months 
  up 
  to 
  May 
  16th, 
  vvhen 
  one 
  active 
  adult 
  

   was 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  a 
  mango 
  tree. 
  From 
  the 
  last 
  

   date 
  on, 
  hundreds 
  of 
  mangoes 
  were 
  opened, 
  at 
  inter\^als 
  when 
  I 
  

   could 
  visit 
  the 
  infested 
  district, 
  to 
  find 
  evidences 
  of 
  the 
  larvae. 
  

   Not 
  until 
  May 
  28th 
  was 
  the 
  search 
  successful 
  when 
  one 
  specimen 
  

   within 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  a 
  nearly 
  full-grown 
  mango 
  was 
  found. 
  This 
  

   was 
  a 
  very 
  minute 
  larva 
  and 
  a 
  faint 
  discolored 
  line 
  leading 
  from 
  

   its 
  tiny 
  burrow 
  in 
  the 
  seed 
  through 
  the 
  husk 
  and 
  flesh 
  to 
  the 
  rind 
  

   indicated 
  its 
  mode 
  of 
  entrance. 
  On 
  other 
  fruits 
  I 
  then 
  observed 
  

   what 
  I 
  took 
  to 
  be 
  and 
  still 
  think 
  are 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  weevil 
  al- 
  

   though 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  succeeded 
  in 
  hatching 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  note 
  

   the 
  resulting 
  larvae. 
  The 
  eggs 
  appear 
  on 
  the 
  surface, 
  light 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  in 
  color, 
  oval, 
  and 
  are 
  invariably 
  situated 
  alongside 
  a 
  slight 
  

   incision 
  in 
  the 
  skin 
  from 
  which 
  has 
  exuded 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  

   juice 
  that 
  envelops 
  them. 
  In 
  several 
  instances 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  faint 
  

   discolored 
  line 
  leading 
  from 
  the 
  rind 
  to 
  the 
  seed 
  infested 
  with 
  

   newly 
  hatched 
  larvae 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  larvae 
  develop 
  to 
  a 
  size 
  easily 
  

   observable 
  to 
  the 
  unaided 
  eye, 
  all 
  evidences 
  of 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  

   entrance 
  become 
  effaced. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  this 
  that 
  the 
  

   seed 
  is 
  infested 
  rather 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  fruit. 
  

  

  *A 
  small, 
  native 
  homestead. 
  — 
  Eds. 
  

  

  