COLEOPTEKA OR BEETLES. 



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nucus), a large weevil with extremely long rostrum, whicli 

 causes the maggot in cob and filbert nuts ; the Turnip-Gall 

 Weevil {Ceutorhynchus sulciroUis), producing the large galls we 

 find on turnips, containing a white larva in the winter ; the 



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Fig. 76.— The Raspberrv Wkevil (Oitor/ij/Tic/uisj: 

 1, la, Larva ; 2, 2a, pupa ; 3, 3ft, wr.evil ; natural size, and magnitied. 



Clover Weevil (AjAon apricana), a small bluish weevil with red 

 legs and a very long snout ; the Pine Weevil [Hylohius ahietis), 

 which devours the shoots of the pines and other conifers ; and 

 the Corn and Eice Weevils {Galandra granaria and C oryza^), 

 which deposit their eggs in stored wheat, barley, oats, and rice. 



PULSB-SBED WbBVILS (BRUCHIDiE). 



The Bruchidse belong to the second group of weevils, which 

 have a short rostrum and straight antennae. They are mostly 

 brownish-red beetles with broad bodies and small in size, seldom 

 more than one-sixth of an inch in length. Bruchus rufimanus 

 is one of the commonest. The female' deposits her eggs in the 

 developing bean-pod. The larva lives inside the bean and there 

 pupates, remaining inside the seed throughout the winter. In- 

 fested seed can always be told by a small round depression on 

 one side. On breaking through the thin skin that covers it. 



