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within the seed of its own destruction. The larvae, which soon 

 hatch from these eggs, though grubs, being the young of beetles, 

 are legless, and hence resemble maggots the larvae of two- 

 winged flies, which name is frequently applied to them. These 

 larvae find the young tender peas rich feeding, and by the time 

 the peas are large enough for table use, are sleek and plump, 

 -and can easily be seen with the naked eye; and with a glass, 

 their good feeding qualities are quickly discerned, as their ten- 

 der skins seem ready to burst. By the time the peas are hard, 

 having already eaten a hole through the shell (Fig. 10, b), thus 

 showing a foresight not rare among insects, they assume the 

 pupa state, and change to images before the time for sowing or 

 planting the next spring. 



REMEDIES. As these insects are in the peas in the winter and 

 in the spring, if the same be kept over one year, in perfectly 

 close barrels, bags, cans, or bottles, of course the insects thus 

 confined will all die. Hence, if these pea weevils are sufficiently 

 annoying to cause disturbance, there can be a most effectual 

 estoppel put upon their mischief by thus putting all our peas in 

 close vessels, any time in the winter, and keeping them thus 

 close for one season. If all would do this and we must have 

 concerted action in this insect w r arfare we should soon be rid 

 of this enemy. But the evil will be mitigated if we practice the 

 above simply as individuals ; for if the insects do find their way 

 to our fields from those of our careless neighbors, they will 

 doubtless come in far less numbers, and those that do coine will 

 very likely be too late to do damage, while we may escape en- 

 tirely. If the peas be put into boiling water early in spring, or 

 if a little bi-sulphide of carbon be put into a close box with the 

 peas, and the box quickly closed, the weevils will be destroyed. 

 As bi-sulphide of carbon is very explosive if the vapor comes in 

 contact with a flame, caution is required. Its pungent odor tells 

 so quickly, however, of its presence, and it is so rapidly dis- 

 persed with ventilation, that carelessness alone can be credited 

 with any accident that may occur. 



Bean Weevil. Bruchus, Fab.c. This insect attacks the 

 bean, just as the above attacks the pea, only several instead of 



