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THE BEAN 
WEEVIL AND BISULFIDE OF CARBON. 
[From 
Of this comparatively recent insect, as known in the United 
States — 1860 — but which has caused much trouble because infesting 
the seeds of the bean plant, and even breeding therein, and from 
the fact that the means of destroying them is before the beans are 
stored away, we find a most comprehensive and elaborate history 
and description of this pest in the seventh annual report of injuri- 
ous insects of New York, by J. A. Lintner, Pli. D., State Entomo- 
logist. 
LARVAL STAGE OP BEAN WEEVIL. 
Said description of the beetle is as follows : 
Body blackish cinereous with a slight tinge of brown ; antennae 
ot deeply serrate ; thorax much narrowed before, cinereous each 
J 
The Prairie Farmer of Oct. 1 . 1892 . ] 
