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at base as long, skies nearly straight; surface densely and rugosely punc- 

 tured. Elytra at base not wider than thorax, stria? finely punctured; inter- 

 vals flat, each with a row of coarse punctures on the middle. Length 3 mm. 



Posey County ; rare. June 6. Described from Texas. 



2292 (7144). BRUCHUS ALBOSCUTELLATUS Horn. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., IV, 



1878, 334. 



Oblong-oval, moderately robust. Black, sparsely pubescent with gray- 

 ish hairs, those on intervals of elytra interrupted, forming short, quadrate 

 white spots; under surface black, more shining than above, very sparsely 

 pubescent. Antennas longer than head and thorax, black, the four basal 

 joints paler. Thorax broader than long, sides feebly curved, the apex but 

 little narrower than base: surface coarsely but not densely punctured. Ely- 

 tra slightly longer than wide, at base not wider than thorax, stria 1 indis- 

 tinctly punctured ; intervals flat, minutely punctulate. Pygidium broadly 

 oval, very convex, coarsely and sparsely punctured and finely rugulose. 

 Length 2.5 mm. 



A southern form taken only near Lincoln City, Spencer County. 

 May 24. Swept from roadside herbage. Breeds in the capsules of 

 the water purslane (Luchriftin paluttris Ell.). Easily known by the 

 round white scutelluii!. The elytra are mottled much as in the com- 

 mon hibisd. From the latter it is easily separated by the black legs 

 and antenna 1 , as well as by the form of the scutelhrm. 



2293 (7140). BRUCHUS ULSTINGUENDUS Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., IV, 



1873, 336. 



Broadly oval, robust. Black, rather sparsely clothed with grayish pu- 

 bescence, that on the elytra interrupted on the intervals with indistinct 

 darker spaces; legs all black, male; front and middle pair reddish-brown, 

 female. Antenna? somewhat longer than head and thorax, subset-rate. Tho- 

 rax bell-shaped, slightly broader at base than long, base feebly lobed ; sur- 

 face coarsely and sparsely punctured. Elytra together as broad as long, 

 sides broadly curved, at base becoming rapidly broader than thorax; sur- 

 face striate; intervals flat, each with a row of coarse punctures. Length 

 2.5-2.8 mm. 



Lake, Martin, Knox and Clark counties; rare. June 30- August 

 8. Four specimens were taken from the ripening pods of the cat- 

 gut or goat's-rue, C raced virginiana L. A southern form described 

 from Georgia. 



2294 (7147). BRVCIH s CALM'S Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., IV, 1873. 



Oblong-oval. Uniform black, very sparsely pubescent with grayish 

 hairs. Antenna? as long as head and thorax, subserrate. Thorax slightly 

 broader at base than long, sides moderately curved and gradually narrowed 

 to apex; surface finely and rugosely punctate. Elytra together less wide 

 than long; surface shining, finely striate, the stria? indistinctly punctured; 

 intervals flat, finely punctulate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Northern half of State, frequent; Knox County only in the 



