Show Pest That Bids Fair to Exterminate Itself One of 01 the chief pests ot of Porte Rico Is n a large leaf eating known Ino locally as the It II normally lays Its eggs between bet tw lea leases es thereafter sticking the leave Jea together to protect the eggs with II a mucilage so tough that the little weevils when ready to emerge often orten base e difficulty escapIng from their nests I lr ir George N SS n olcott ot of the Porto Pico PIca Insular experIment station re- re recently recently announced according to Sel once ence Service that the beetle likes 11 Ining IlIg its lis eggs s between two sh sheets ts of 01 paper and will do so when paper Is available e eten een en In preference to len tolen leases lene e 1 She he roses S mucilage sticks the sheets h ts so 0 fast together tha that t the J young oun lire are totally unable to escape and hence are nrc automatically trapped b bs theIr parents Alts method ot of control Is I 1 widel widely usell used Lit Literary DIgest |