TIIK 1MCA AND JJKAN \VRBVfLS. 1241 



brown ; femora piceous at base, tarsi piceous ; antenna? black, slightly longer 

 than heart and thorax, gradually thicker to tip. Thorax wider at base than 

 long, sides rather strongly curved and gradually narrowing t<> apex; sur- 

 face densely punctured. Elytra longer than wide, broader behind the mid- 

 dle, stria? finely punctured; intervals Hal. densely punctulate. Length - nun. 



Lake and Crawford counties; rare. May 25-May 28. Said to 

 breed in the seeds of mallows. 



2298 (7155). BRUCHUS MUSCULUS Say, Desc. N. Am. Cure., 1831, 3; ibid. 



I, 261. 



Oval, moderately robust. Black, sparsely clothed with grayish hair; 

 antenme usually entirely reddish, often with joints G-10 piceous; legs red- 

 dish-yellow, middle femora at base and hind femora and tibia? piceous. 

 Head coarsely punctured; eyes very deeply divided. Antenna? longer than 

 head and thorax, gradually thicker to tip. Thorax one-third wider at base 

 than long, rapidly narrowing from base to apex, coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured. Elytra subquadrate, disk flattened, with rather deep punctured 

 stria? ; intervals flat, densely and finely puuctnlate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Marshall, Knox, Lawrence, Posey and Crawford counties; rare. 

 June 2-September 4. 



2299 (7157). BRUCHUS EXIGUUS Horn, Trans. Arner. Ent. Soc., IV, 1873, 



341. 



Oblong-oval. Black, sparsely clothed with short, fine grayish-yellow 

 pubescence; elytra in great part dull reddish, their sides and suture nar- 

 rowly piceous; antenna? black, four basal joints paler; legs pale reddish- 

 brown. Thorax one-third wider at base than long ; surface coarsely and 

 densely punctured. Elytra gradually broader to apex, finely striate, the 

 stria? indistinctly punctured ; intervals flat, densely punctulate. Pygidium 

 reddish, rather convex, coarsely punctured and pubescent. Length '2 mm. 



Vigo, Pcsey and Jennings counties; scarce. April 27-July 11. 

 Occurs on flowers of the yellow puccoon and wild parsnip and said 

 to breed in the seeds of the false indigo (Anmrplm frulicosa L.). 



2300 (7158). BRVCHI s .SKMINI'IJ-M Horn. Trans. Anier. Ent. Sue.. 1 V, 1873, 



342. 



Narrowly oblong-oval. Black, sparsely clothed \vilh pale gray pubes- 

 cence. Antenna' not longer than head and thorax, the latter wider at base 

 than long, sides very feebly curved and gradually narrowing to apex, sur- 

 face coarsely punctured. Scutellum small, oval. Elytra gradually wider 

 from base to apex, finely striate; intervals flat, densely punctulate, each 

 with a row of distant coarse punctures. Length 1.5 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. June 15. Taken from flowers of dogwood 

 Our smallest and most slender species. 



2301 (7159). BRUCHVS MACHOCEBUS Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., IV. 1N73. 



342. 



Oblong-oval, rather robust. Uniform black, moderately shining, very 

 sparsely clothed with whitish pubescence. Antenna? one-fourth longer than 



