CURCULIONIM. 
391 
Cercidocerus bimaculatus, Boh., is a 
have a very expanded truncate club ; i 
Fig. 268 .—Rhynchophorus feruugineus 
LARVA. 
making the usual fibrous cocoon of 
lack species in which the antennae 
is found rarely in tropical India. 
This family also includes the 
large forms such as Cyrtotrache- 
lus dux, Boh., & C. longipes 
found in sub-tropical India, 
which are the most striking 
Curculionids of the Indian 
fauna. In the latter the 
male has very long forelegs ; 
they feed on the juice of 
bamboo shoots and the eggs 
are also laid there, the larvae 
tunnelling in the shoots and 
group. 
Fig. 269 .—Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. [I. M. N.] 
Collecting .—Weevils are simply collected on their foodplants and re¬ 
quire no special methods. The rarer species are obtained by “ beating” 
