“200 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [May, 1906. 
pinkish colour, owing to an accumulation of fat which conceals the 
salivary glands. At this stage it is about 6 mm. long. _ Its girthis 
now sidinigntly great to affect that of the stem in which it lives, 
and the latter bulges out round the papreiges in which it pupates: 
The pupa is perfectly normal. It lies in the stem with its ventral 
surface directed oo the thinnest seal of the stem, and through 
this the adult eats its w 
Although many ae re laid in our aquarium, we have been 
unable to watch the tiotemorphiowtd as the ova of a captive speci- 
men did not develop. The foregoing notes are therefore deriv 
chiefly from observations on a large number of infected Limnanthe- 
mum plants brought from the Museum “ tank” and examined 
f 
We have found both Chironomid larve and Planarians in the 
tunnels made by the Weevil, but are unable to say whether hes 
i entered the tunnels merely for the sake of shelter or to feed o 
e proper occupants. . 
dit ee eh i ee ee ee ee ae es 
