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following spring. The Bean weevil (Bruchus rufimanus) marks 
each bean with many black spots. The vetch has also its special 
Bruchus. The Wheat weevil (Calandra granaria), of a darkish 

Fig. 554.—Pea weevil (Bruchus pist) magn:fied. Fig. 555.—Imago and pea pierced by the larva 
brown, lays its eggs on the grains, of which the larve then eat 
the interior. A host of ways of getting rid of the weevil have 
been proposed. The best means is to store corn properly in pits 
for preserving grain, and to keep the heap well aired. Let us 
mention further, the Clover weevil, belonging to the genus Apion, 
the weevil of the Rape (Gripidius brassice), the Turnip weevil 
(a species of Ceutorhynchus), &e., &e. 

























































































Fig. 556.—Pissodes pini. 
All vegetables, the vine, fruit trees, the ash, pines, &c., are 
eaten by some weevil. As an example, we give a figure of the 
spotted Pissodes pini, which, as the figure shows, takes the pre- 
caution of cutting half through the young stems and the stalks of 
the leaves of the pine, “so as,” says M. Maurice Girard,* “ that 
* « Metamorphose des Insectes,’’ p, 116. 

