﻿EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  II. 
  

  

  Photograph 
  of 
  pineapples 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  injury 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  weevil, 
  Cholus 
  wattsi, 
  

   sp. 
  n. 
  The 
  only 
  sound 
  fruit 
  is 
  (e), 
  which 
  is 
  shown 
  for 
  comparison 
  ; 
  (a) 
  and 
  (d) 
  have 
  

   lost 
  their 
  crowns, 
  and 
  are 
  generally 
  dwarfed 
  and 
  deformed 
  ; 
  (b) 
  was 
  covered 
  all 
  over 
  

   with 
  feeding 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  adults 
  ; 
  the 
  oval 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  stalk 
  of 
  (c) 
  is 
  believed 
  

   to 
  be 
  an 
  excavation 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  deposited. 
  

  

  