EA BEETLES* 



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pulse and a third is recorded in tamarinds. 1 Several wild species have 

 been found and wild leguminous plants are probably extensively attacked. 



FIG. 307. 

 The Red Beetle. (Magnified.) 



Moths are also injurious to grain, flour and similar products, and it is 



PIG. 308. 



Beans attacltd by beetles, showing the holes of exit made by the beetles and the 

 discs cut in the skin. 



uncertain as yet which species are concerned. One small moth, known as 



1 Caryoborus gonagra. F. (Brucbidce.) 



