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THE k>EA WEEVIL. 
In the article we show the pea weevil also the bean weevil 
( Bruchus Pisarum ) greatly enlarged, also a pea, showing the 
puncture of the legume. The pea weevil is widely disseminated 
over the United States. The same means of extermination will be 
applicable as given above for the bean weevil. 
WEEVILS IN PEAS. 
When peas or beans are stored over winter to be planted tht 
following season, they become infested with weevils of a si miliar 
nature to the ones which are found in corn and other grain. While 
the weevils in peas and beans are of different species scientifically 
from the weevils in corn, yet to all intents and purposes, they are 
the s ..me so far as their destructive influences are concerned. The 
common bean weevil is shown much enlarged at c in figure \,d 
showing a bean in which the weevil has been at work. The species 
which works in our cow peas is very similar to this, and as a rule 
the pe s are infested with weevils when they are gathered from the 
field. The weevils continue their growth and propagate in the peas 
when stored, and in many cases by the time spring opens, the peas 
will be destroyed. 
REMEDY FOR THESE INSECTS. 
There is no occasion for any loss by these insects, for the simple 
remedy given last month for the corn weevils, is also applicable to 
these pea weevils. So the remedy is simply this: Pour a small 
amount of Bisulfide of Carbon over the infested peas. This is best 
done by placing the peas in a box or a grain bin, so that the fumes 
of the Bisulfide will be confined as much as possible. But a small 
amount of the Bisulfide will be needed in the treatment of a large 
bin of the peas, so that the cost of treatment is very little. — From 
Southern Cultivator, page 533, Nov. 1894. 
