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serves especial mention for the reason that it so closely resembles 

 the larva of the Mexican cotton-boll weevil." 



13. . Insects affecting the cotton plant. (Farmers' Bull. 47, U. S. 



Dept. Agric, Jan., 1897, p. 29.) 



Reference same as 12. 



14. Hunter, W. D., and Hinds, W. E. The Mexican cotton boll weevil. (Bull. 



45, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, 1904, p. 49, pi. XV, fig. 62, larva, pupa 

 and adult, from Chittenden.) 



Entered in list of "Insects often mistaken for the boll weevil," un- 

 der the common name of "Coffee-bean weevil," the usual food being 

 given as "coffee beans and old cotton bolls." 



15. . The Mexican cotton boll weevil: A revision and amplification 



of bulletin 45, to include the most important observations made in 

 1904. (Bull. 51, Bu. Ent, U. S. Dept. Agric, 1905, p. 67, pi. XI, fig. 

 49, larva, pupa and adult, from Chittenden.) 



Reference similar to 14. 



16. Koebele, A. Report of entomologist. (Rept. Com. Agric. and For., Ter. 



Hawaii, 1900, p. 43.) 



"A large number of a very common beetle, Arcvocerus fasciculatus 

 De G., previously bred on coffee cherries from Waianae, also on seeds 

 of koa, the mamani, and many others; even a seed pod of the kola 

 nut produced quantities of this beetle that will breed equally as well 

 In dead wood." 



17. Perkins, R. C. L. Coleoptera, Rhyncophora, Proterhinidae, Heteromera 



and Cioidae. (Fauna Hawaiiensis, II, pt. Ill, Feb. 8, 1900, p. 182.) 



Remarks as follows: "Hab. Abundant all over the Islands in the 

 mountains. The large number of constant varieties in markings, as 

 well as the great variation in size of this species is remarkable." 

 Follows with description of Arceocerus constans, sp. nov. 



18. . Injurious and beneficial Insects. (Rept. Gov. Ter. Hawaii, 



1902, p. 32.) 



"Destroying seeds of many forest trees, e. g., koa, mamani, etc.; 

 also in coffee berries. No natural enemies known here." 



19. Pierce, W. D. On the biologies of the Rhyncophora of North America. 



(An. Rept. Neb. St. Bd. Agric. for 1906-07, p. 295.) 



Refers to Mr. R. E. Brown's record, see 4, and adds: "This species 

 has many host plants." 



20. . A list of parasites known to attack American Rhyncophora 



(Jour. Econ. Ent, I, No. 6, 1908, p. 389.) 



Lists the species as one of economic Importance and as serving as 

 co-host of boll weevil parasites. 



21. Riley, C. V. Cotton culture and the Insects affecting the plant at Bahla, 



Brazil. (Amer. Ent., Ill, May, 1880, pp. 128-129.) 



Reports Arwcervs fasciculatus in cotton bolls forwarded from Bahia, 

 Brazil, January 12, 1880.* 



*A subsequent record in the entomological files of the U. S. Dept. Agric, 

 under accession No. 2218, states that weevils matured in diseased bolls from 

 Bahia, Brazil, November 13, 1882. 



