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the females deposited but few eggs, which are laid on grasses The 
e o-o’s (Fig. 2, e) are of a very elongated oval form, creamy- white 111 
cofour, the upper surface has a reticulate sculpturing of hexagonal 
depressions arranged in longitudinal rows ; ventrally the surface is 
unadorned, but has a wide ventral groove. 
They are exactly 1 mm. long. 
ANIMALS INJURIOUS TO PULSE. 
The Pea Beetle. 
(Bruchus pisi, L.) 
A letter asking for information regarding the cause of damage to 
some peas was handed to me by Mr. Pocock from Mr. F. O. Aflalo, 
of Teignmouth. The pest was the Pea Beetle. This beetle is well 
known in Europe and America, and may be said to be cosmopolitan 
in distribution. In America it is called the “Pea Bug. The beetle 
is a small grayish-brown insect about one-fifth of an inch long, with 
two very conspicuous black spots on the end of the body. These 
beetles emerge from the peas in late autumn and spring. Those that 
emerge in the autumn hibernate under rubbish, in outhouses, barns, 
etc. The majority seem to pass the winter in the peas. As soon as 
genial spring weather occurs they become very active and fly to the 
fields. If the peas are up they feed first on the leaves, and in that 
way in Canada they have been noticed to do some damage. The real 
harm is caused by the larvm, however. The beetles lay their eggs 
on the young pods, and the larvrn — white footless maggots — pene- 
trate into the pods and then enter the nearest peas. There they live 
and mature, pupating in the autumn or winter, and the adult beetles 
escape from the peas, leaving behind a large round hole. Many 
beetles have not escaped by the time the peas are sown. It is general 
in shops and granaries, but most of the instances coming to my 
notice where it has been a very harmful pest have been traced to 
foreign importation. Fowler records it as feeding on Sisymbrium at 
Stretford, near Manchester. 
Treatment consists of fumigating the peas with bisulphide of 
carbon as soon after harvesting as possible, 1 oz. carbon bisulphide 
to every 100 lbs. of seed. Place the seed in closed bins or any closed 
chamber and put the bisulphide in a saucer on the top of the seed 
and leave for forty-eight hours. The bisulphide is highly inflammable, 
