Vol. II, No. 5.] Notes on the Freshwuter Fauna of India. 199 
[N.8.] 
Immediately after emerging, the larva begins to eat, moving 
through the stem either upwards or downwards as chance may 
a vertical tunnel, which increases in width as i . 
tunnel reaches the length of about an inch and half, but behind 
the larva it is filled with excreta. The funnel in which the egg 
was laid disappears with the growth of the plant. 
After undergoing several ecdyses the larva becomes of a 
Fie, 1. The Metamorphosis of an Aquatic Weevil. 
= probably in its second instar (x16). C adult larva 
(x i lee ig rg Peg x 16). Beadult female (x8). F=adult male (x8). 
A-D from specimens preserved in formaline ; E and F from dried specimens. 
