DESCRIPTION OF THE BOLL WEEVIL. 



The following account of the means for identif3dng the boll weevil 

 is taken mainly from Farmers' Bulletin No. 189. 



Fig. 1.— Cotton boll weevil: a, beetle from above; Fig. 2.— Cotton boll weevil: larva at left, 

 6, same, from side— about live times natural size pupa at right— about five times natural 



(original). size (original). 



Fig. 3.— Cotton square flared, sboAving egg puncture of boll weevil— natural size (original). 

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