The Bear Larinus 
still contracted into prickly globules. The 
interior will be tenderer than after they are 
full-blown. 
The method is the same as that of the 
Spotted Larinus. With her rostral gimlet 
the mother bores a hole through the scales, 
on a level with the base of the florets; then, 
with the aid of her guiding probe, she in- 
stalls her opalescent white egg at the bottom 
of the shaft. A week later, the grub makes 
its appearance. 
Some time in August let us open the 
thistle-heads. Their contents are very 
diverse. There are larve here of all ages; 
nymphs covered with reddish ridges, above 
all on the last segments, twitching violently 
and spinning round when disturbed; lastly, 
perfect insects, not yet adorned with their 
stoles and other ornaments of the final 
costume. We have before our eyes the 
means of following the whole development 
of the Weevil at the same time. 
The folioles of the blossom, those stout 
halberds, are welded together at their base 
and enclose within their rampart a fleshy 
mass, with a flat upper surface and cone- 
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