56 ORDER I. Curculio. 



The larvae of the long beaked Curculiones 

 live upon fruits, feeds of different plants, and 

 corn, often making terrible havoc in granaries. 



Thofe of the ihort beaked ones devour the 

 leaves of plants ; many of them pierce and lodge 

 in the ftalks. 



The infeia called the Weevil by farmers, be- 

 longs to this genus. 



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