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5. How did the caterpillar get there? Its parent, 
a gray moth, laid her eggs on the lower part of a 
leaf, near the stem. From these eggs tiny cater- 
pillars were hatched, which at once ate their way 
into the pith within the stem, and then bored 
upwards, eating as they went, and stopping the 
growth of the plant. 
6. There are many kinds of borers. Amongst 
Insect Pests. 
1, 2, Boring Beetles. 3, Pea Beetle. 4, 5, 6, Weevils. 
these the weevils are very common, and different 
kinds of them fix upon different plants. One kind 
does great harm to the sugar-canes, the palm- 
weevil bores the roots of the cocoa-nut palm, and 
for some weevils no seeds seem too hard, for we 
find them able to bore even those of the date and 
tamarind. 
7 . Again, in the stem of the cocoa, the sap-wood 
of the pimento, and the cured tobacco of cigars and 
