﻿THE 
  GENUS 
  FUXDELLA 
  — 
  HKIXIUCH 
  109 
  

  

  Tiipe 
  localitks. 
  — 
  St. 
  Thomas-. 
  l?iiii>li 
  AVest 
  Indies 
  {pclluecn-s) 
  ; 
  

   B:i 
  rl 
  )atlos 
  {cist 
  i 
  pen 
  n 
  As 
  ) 
  . 
  

  

  Food 
  plants. 
  — 
  Vigna 
  un</iii<-uhita 
  ((•(•wpi-as. 
  l)l;i(k-fyt'(l 
  pt'iin, 
  and 
  

   <:ardei\ 
  i^cas), 
  Cunavalia 
  cnsiformis 
  (sword 
  beans), 
  Canavalla 
  mari- 
  

   time 
  (black 
  bean), 
  Cnjan 
  cajan 
  (pigeon 
  poa), 
  Pha'^cohis 
  hnmtiis 
  (cul- 
  

   tivated 
  ami 
  wild 
  lima 
  beans), 
  PJiascohis 
  sp. 
  (Brazilian 
  specimens), 
  

   Cassia 
  occidcntalis 
  (one 
  reared 
  siiecimcn 
  I'mni 
  McCubbins 
  Mills, 
  

   Puerto 
  I\ico. 
  before 
  me; 
  most 
  records 
  from 
  this 
  last 
  plant 
  are 
  doubtful 
  

   aiul 
  proiiably 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  misidentification 
  of 
  FundclJa 
  argcntina 
  as 
  

   ( 
  istipcnnis). 
  

  

  I 
  distribution. 
  — 
  I'nited 
  States: 
  Florida. 
  Hobe 
  Soiuid. 
  ^Sliami. 
  Jupi- 
  

   ter. 
  Coconut 
  Grove, 
  Marco 
  Island, 
  AValton, 
  Jensen 
  (U.S.D.A. 
  rearings 
  

   Ik 
  .in 
  lima 
  beans, 
  February 
  1944), 
  Vero 
  Beach 
  (J. 
  R. 
  Malloch, 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  r.>4r). 
  B.MMVMHis. 
  IlArrr 
  : 
  Damien 
  (Deceml)cr, 
  Fel)ruary). 
  Bort- 
  

   au-Piince. 
  Montsi:i:i;at 
  (January). 
  Cuba: 
  Santiago, 
  Matanzas. 
  

   \'ii;(.iN 
  Islands: 
  St. 
  Croix 
  (March). 
  Puerto 
  Rico: 
  San 
  Juan, 
  Rio 
  

   Picclias 
  (^larch-May), 
  Isabella, 
  Catano 
  (July), 
  Vieques 
  Island 
  

   (April), 
  Bkazil: 
  Bahia 
  (May), 
  Ceara. 
  

  

  Xinetj'-six 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  Zeller 
  had 
  two 
  species 
  before 
  him 
  when 
  he 
  described 
  pcJhiccns., 
  and 
  

   the 
  one 
  he 
  figured 
  (fig. 
  411) 
  in 
  Horae 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Rossicae 
  is 
  his 
  ''var. 
  

   !»,*• 
  which 
  is 
  Dvar's 
  argcntina. 
  Through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Riley 
  

   and 
  Tams. 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  

   genitalia 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  paraty]»o 
  de<i^nated 
  "var. 
  b" 
  by 
  Zeller 
  and 
  a 
  

   typical 
  male 
  pclluccns 
  of 
  the 
  Zellei' 
  material 
  from 
  ISIai'aiinita. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  what 
  Dyar 
  described 
  as 
  cistipcnnis 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  

   that 
  has 
  ajipeai-ed 
  in 
  economic 
  literature 
  under 
  that 
  name. 
  What 
  

   Mtisehler 
  and 
  (»thers 
  have 
  identified 
  as 
  pcllucens 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  without 
  a 
  genitalic 
  examination 
  of 
  their 
  specimens. 
  Probably 
  

   in 
  many 
  instances 
  they 
  ha<l 
  mistaken 
  argcntina 
  for 
  pclluccns. 
  since 
  

   bfdh 
  species 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  AVest 
  Indies 
  and 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Aeeonling 
  to 
  Scott 
  the 
  favored 
  host 
  of 
  pclluccns 
  { 
  — 
  cistipcnnis) 
  in 
  

   I'uei-to 
  Rico 
  is 
  the 
  cowpea 
  {Vigna 
  unguirulata), 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  while 
  

   iieqiient 
  in 
  lima 
  Ix'ans 
  seldom 
  does 
  serious 
  damage. 
  Potentially 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  an 
  insect 
  of 
  er-oiiMlnic 
  Inipni 
  | 
  ;i|He. 
  Tlie 
  l;il\;ie 
  are 
  pliliiil 
  iil\- 
  tuxl 
  

  

  borers 
  but 
  also 
  bore 
  into 
  the 
  stems 
  and 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  (lowers 
  i^i 
  their 
  

   hosts. 
  They 
  attack. 
  a>^ 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  oidy 
  Legumino>ae. 
  

  

  I 
  I 
  Mil.l.l.A 
  AIM.IM 
  I\ 
  \ 
  K.Mir 
  

   I'l.Mi 
  ."., 
  Kri.cuKs 
  S 
  Sf.- 
  IM.AiK 
  <i, 
  Kl(iri!i:> 
  IJ, 
  1.'! 
  

  

  i'lDuh 
  Ihi 
  iiillin'(HM 
  ZKr 
  i> 
  R 
  (in 
  p;irl, 
  "v;ir. 
  li"), 
  Isis 
  von 
  < 
  >ki'ii, 
  vnl. 
  |1, 
  p. 
  sCT, 
  1S4S; 
  

  

  Iliinif 
  Sof. 
  Kilt. 
  Hossicii(>, 
  vol. 
  ]<», 
  p. 
  2^1, 
  Wk. 
  HI*, 
  I'^^sl 
  (new 
  syimnyniy). 
  

   FuuiliUn 
  nifimtina 
  Dyau, 
  Inseeiifor 
  Inscitinc 
  .Menslnnis, 
  vol. 
  7. 
  i). 
  I<>, 
  VMW. 
  

   J'lniihlhi 
  lUfiiHiH 
  I>YAi:, 
  ln.'«eniinr 
  Ifiseiline 
  Menslnnis, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  ji. 
  I", 
  ini'.t 
  ( 
  new 
  

  

  svimnyniv 
  ). 
  

  

  