IN THE BUNGALOW. 



and toothsome dishes I had from time 

 to time partaken of at my friend's most 

 hospitable board ! 



The life of this little weevil is a very 

 simple one. The female lays her eggs on 

 various grains (rice, corn, wheat, etc.), in 

 little indentations made with her jaws; 

 the grub eats into the grain, becomes full 

 grown, changes to a nymph or pupa, both 

 stages shown here, and then emerges as 

 the weevil shown above. The insect is 

 common all over India. The brown bis- 

 cuit beetle has much the same life history. 

 The predaceous beetles of which I show 

 two here, the wheat beetle and the saw- 

 toothed grain beetle, pass through a 

 similar life-cycle to that of their host, but 

 their grubs feed on those of the weevil and 

 red beetle instead of on the grain itself, and 

 these habits account for the merry family 

 party present in my friend's flour bin. 

 The insects shown are much enlarged. 



I suggested as a means of getting rid 

 of this family party that the whole of 

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