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Fig. 22. — Beanweevil (PachymeruscMnemis): a, Adult; 

 6, egg; c-e, larva and details. (Chittenden.) 



Capsidae; Heteroptera.) 



Agromyza phaseoH. 

 (Bean Fly. Agromyzidae; Diptera.) 

 Hosts: Lima, Tonga, French, and Madagascar beans. 

 InjxLry: Larvae bore in stalks . 

 Distribttiion: Australia. 

 Froggatt, W. W. Agricultural Gazette, N. S. W. Feb., 191L 



Jakvis, E. Queensland Agricultural Journal, March, 1913, pp. 192-195, Plates 30, 31. 

 Lycsena bsetica. 



(Blue or Hairstreak Butterfly. Ly- 

 caenidse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Beans, garden peas, cow- 

 peas, Jack beans, crotalarias, and 

 pigeon peas. 



Injury: Larvae attack pods, devour- 

 ing gro\\ing seedp. 



Distribution: Hawaii. 

 FuLLAWAY, D. T. Annual Report, 



Hawaii Agri. Exp. Sta. 1911 n912). 



p. 21. 



Hyalopeplus pellucidiis. 



(Hawaiian leaf-bug. 

 Host: Pigeon peas. 



Injury: By sucking juices from plants. 

 Distribution: Hawaii. 

 FuLLAWAY, D. T. Annual Report, Hawaii Agri. Exp. Sta. 1911 (1912), p. 23. 



Zizera labradus Godt. 

 (Victoria Bean Butterfly. 

 Hosts: Beans, peas. 



Injury: Feeds in the pods, a serious pest in Victoria. 



Descrijition: Butterfly one of the group known as "Blues." Larva flattened, 



green, very hairy. Egg 

 circular, pitted. 



Disti-ibution: Australia. 

 French, C: Handbook of 

 Destructive Insects of 

 Victoria, pt. 4, 1909, pp. 

 r,2-G(;, pi. 49. 



Manica testulalis Geyer. 



(Bean Pod Boror. Pyrali- 

 dty: Lepidoptera.) 

 Hosts: Mung (Phaseolus 

 mtingo), moth (Phaseolus 

 aconitifolius) , tur (Cajanus 

 indicus). 



Lycaenida-: Lepidoptera.) 



Fig. 



23.— Bean weevil (Pachymerus quadiiviaculalus): a, Adult; b, 

 larva; c, pupa. (Cliittenden.) 



Injury: Breeds in the pods of legumes. 



Description and biology: Adult vnng expanse 20-30 mm., fuscous brown, forewing 

 with conspicuous black edged white spot, hind wing white, with a marginal fuscous 

 band. Larva ]2 mm. long, green; sometimes with a pink tinge, hairs on small black 

 tubercles. Bores inside of the pods and pupates in its borings. 



Distribution: Australia and Asia. 

 Maxwell-Lefroy, H. M. Mem. Dept. Agric. India, vol. ], 1907, p. 21G, fig. GG. 



