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end of which are the thick powerful jaws, bore into nuts 

 and seeds or fruit. Such are the plum-weevil (Fig. 158), 



Fig. 157.— Colorado potato-beetle; a, eggs; ft, ft, ft, larva; c, pupa; d, beetle; 



e, a wing-cover. 



and the chestnut, acorn, and hickory-nut weevils. These 

 weevils when disturbed instantly feign death; and they also 



Fig. 158.— Plum Weevil, a, larva; ft. pupa; c, beetle, enlarged; d, natural size, 



puncturing a plum. 



escape the attacks of the ever-watchful birds by their resem- 

 blance to buds. A few beetles are beautifully phosphores- 



