<ii\i*'ii:K \iii. 



ORL)i:U I (.'OLEOPTEU A (Continued) 



PSEFDOTETRAMERA. 



Bnicliidn'. 



Gem 8 BRUCHUS ( Likw.)- 

 Antctms filiform, slightly and gradually thickened at the tii>s : elytra wblong ijuadrate. 



Brichis pui. ( Plate u, fig. 3.) 



Insect small and hairy, ovoid, gray : hejid Lluck ; thorax gray or mottlid, with a central 

 jx^terior whitish spot ; elytra gray or mottled, with small inconspicuous dots or si>ot« 

 posteriorly ; i>ostoriur alnlonieu with two black oval 8i>ots, and two just beneath the 

 ends of the wings ; scules Idack. 

 The female jnabug deiK)sit8 its eggs in the tender i»eaixKl, when the i>ea is soft and im- 

 mature J and whin tin- larva is hulclu-il, it feeds ui>on the mutter with w hich it is bur- 

 roundwl, until it Iiu> attiiine<l its full growth, when it lx>res a gallerj- to the surface, merely 

 leaving the surface skin unt..uclied, reatly to be pushed off by the head of the i«erfect 

 Inaect when ready to make its exit in April. An infinity of the young grube arc det>iroyed 

 in preparing green i>eas for the talile ; but whetlicr the epicure finds any difference in th« 

 taste of pure and infected vegetal >les, we are not informed. 



Sce«l {Ksas m'-re than a year old do not retain the living insects, and should then fore be 

 pr.fcrreil in planting new districts : if these cannot be Jia.1, the si'ed may be immersed 

 in scalding water for a short time ; a process which does n..t appear t.> tlestruy the ger- 

 minating jKJwer of legundn..us vegetables, If carefully jK-rformed. This is prvved by the 

 fact that stttls ..f the Ixust tree will grow in a single season, If boiling water bo ]>ourrd 

 over tliem and allowed to stand until it has U-come cold. 



