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fruits, the sweet potato weevil, tubers, the cane weevil the roots, the 
cotton stem weevil, palm weevil and jute weevil the stems, while the 
white and green weevil eat the leaves, and the rice and wheat weevils 
stored grains. The enemies and checks of these insects are little known ; 
parasitic insects check the larvae and the weevils are probably des¬ 
troyed by birds and by predaceous insects. 
The family is one of the largest, and though many species are 
known, no thorough account of the group is in existence. They occur 
Fig. 261.—A. Hyper a variabilis, 13. Myllocerus discolor, C. alcides 
LEOPARDUS, D. BALANINUS C. ALBUM. 
