CHAP. XV. FAMILIES OF COLEOPTERA. 



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scarcely a single part of the plant that is not sometimes 

 infested by them. 



Fig. 270. 



Fig. 269. 



. In depositing her egg, the female first gnaws a hole with her 

 jaws, which are placed at the tip of her snout, then deposits 



Fig. 271. 



Fig. 272. ._ 



her egg at the entrance of this hole, after which she turns 

 around and, with her snout, pushes the egg to the bottom of 

 the hole. The Plum-Curculio (Fig. 268), the Apple- Curculio 



Fig. 273. 



(Fig*. 270 and 271), the Quince-Curculio (Fig. 272), the 

 Plum-Gouger (Fig. 273), the Potato-stalk Weevil (Fig. 



