ILLUSTRATION NO. 45. 126c 



THE RED WEEVIL OR INDIAN PALM WEEVIL. (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olive.) 







(1) Egg. (2) Egg laid in hole in palm tissue. (3) Newly hatched larva. 



(4) Full grown larva. (5) Pupa. (6) Cocoon. 



(7) Adult weevil. (8) Side view of head of male weevil enlarged. 



(9) female 



The natural sizes of the stages shown in figs. 1 7 are indicated by the hair-lines alongside eich figure. 



