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end of which are the thick powerful jaws, bore into nuts 
and seeds or fruit. Such are the plum-weevil (Fig. 158);, 
Fig. 157.— Colorado potato- beetle; a, eggs; 6, 6, 5, larva: c, pupa; c2, beetle; 
6, a wing-cover. 
and the chestnut, acorn, and hickory-nut weevils. These 
weevils when disturbed instantly feign death; and they also 
Fig. 158.— Plum Weevil, a, larva; 6, pupa; c, beetle, enlarged; natural size, 
puncturing a plum. 
escape the attacks of the ever-watchful birds by their resem- 
blance to buds, A few beetles are beautifully phosphores- 
