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following spring. The Bean weevil (Bruckus rujimanus) marks 

 each bean with many black spots. The vetch has also its special 

 Bruchus. The Wheat weevil (Calandra granaria), of a darkish 



Fig. 554. Pea weevil (Bruchits pisi) magnified. Fig. 555. Imago and pea pierced by the larva 



brown, lays its eggs on the grains, of which the larvae then eat 

 the interior. A host of ways of getting rid of the weevil have 

 been proposed. The best means is to store corn properly in pits 

 for preserving grain, and to keep the heap well aired. Let us 

 mention further, the Clover weevil, belonging to the genus Apion, 

 the weevil of the Rape (Gripidius brassicce), the Turnip weevil 

 (a species of Ceutorhynchus), &c., &c. 



Fig. 556. Pissodes pini. 



All vegetables, the vine, fruit trees, the ash, pines, &c., are 

 eaten by some weevil. As an example, we give a figure of the 

 spotted Pissodes pini, which, as the figure shows, takes the pre- 

 caution of cutting half through the young stems and the stalks of 

 the leaves of the pine, " so as," says M. Maurice Girard,* " that 



* "Metamorphose des Insectes," p. 116. 



