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A. F. Ver rill— The Bermuda Islands. 



Rust-colored Flour-beetle. (Tribolium ferrugineum Fabr.) Figure 

 158,/ 



Mr. Geo. A. Bishop reports the occurrence of this species, also, in 

 stored corn and beans. It also feeds upon meal, flour, and rice. It 

 closely resembles T. confusum, in size and color, but has more 

 clavate antenna?, the club 3-jointed, and a narrower head, the sides 

 not projecting beyond the eyes. 



Silvanus Surinamen&is (fig. 161) is reported to occur, but Ave did 

 not secure specimens for study. It is a slender, flattened, chocolate- 

 brown Flour-beetle, only about :2.5 mm in length, of the family 

 Cucujidse. The, sides of the prothorax are serrated. 



Bruchidce. This family is well represented by the Bean-weevil 

 [Bruchus obtectus S., fig. 158ft); )Pea-weevil [Bruchus pisorum L.= 

 1>. pis! L., figs. 159, 159«), which are common and were probably 

 early introductions from Europe in the magazine ships. 



Cow-pea Weevil. [Bruchus Chinensis L.) Figure 160. 



This small beetle is reported by Mr. Geo. A. Bishop as occurring 

 in Bermuda. It is common in the middle and southern United 

 States, and most warm countries. 



It infests not only cow-peas, but various other kinds of peas and 

 beans, often becoming very injurious, utterly destroying large 

 quantities. 



159a 



158b 



Figure 159«. — Pea-weevil (B. pisorum) ; o, beetle, side view, much enlarged ; b, 

 pea from which it emerged, nat. size; c, d, larvae, enlarged ; after Eiley. 

 Figure 158b. — Bean-weevil {Bruchus obtectus); a, imago, much enlarged : b, 

 infected bean ; after Riley. 



Chrysomelids; Leaf-beetles ; Flea-beetles ; Potato-beetles, etc. 



A few undetermined species of this family were observed, and 

 doubtless many more occur. Among them, according to the state- 

 ments of the farmers, is perhaps the striped Melon or Squash Beetle 



