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INSECTS AFFECTING STOKED PRODUCTS. 
SUMMARY OF NATURE OF ATTACK AND LIFE HISTORY. 
The principal injury caused by the broad-bean weevil is due to the 
operations of its larva feeding within the seeds of broad or Windsor 
beans and, it is said, peas and some other leguminous seeds, thus 
Fig. 16. — Broad beans infested by Laria rufimana, showing empty exit holes of beetles, closed exit 
holes, and open exit holes in which beetles are still present. (Original.) 
diminishing their value for sale by loss of weight and.by their imperfect 
or "buggy" appearance (see fig. 16), and also lessening their value 
as seed material. Where many individuals infest a single seed much 
