Bui. 45, Div. of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate I, 



Developmental Stages and Work of the Boll Weevil. 



Fig. 1, Cotton boll weevil; tig. 2, weevil feigning death: tig. 3. two egg.s and feeding excavation 

 in a square; tig. 4, full-grown larva; fig. 5, pupa, ventral view; tig. 6, pupa, side view; tigs. 7-9 

 show transformation taking place within squares: fig. 7, larva, full grown: tig. 8, pupa; tig. 9, 

 adult; fig. 10, weevils feeding on boll; flg. 11, larva developing in boll. (Figs. 1-10. natural 

 size; tig. 11, two-thirds natural size. — Original.) 



