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first joint nearly as long as tlie second, which is nearly equal to the three follow 

 ing united. Prothorax subquadrate, a little wider than long, rounded on the sides 

 in front, and feebly constricted ; disc very obsoletely channeled. Elytra much 

 wider than the prothorax, one-half wider than long, convex, humeri prominent, 

 striiE with large shallow punctures, interspaces somewhat convex, first, third and 

 fifth a little more prominent. Tibiae not mucronate, not even the front pair. Length 

 7.6 mm.; .3 inch. 



One specimen from Pennsylvania given me by Dr. Melsheimer, under the name 

 adopted ; another from Canada. 



From the above facts, it would naturally be inferred that the species 

 is not, as it was at first believed to be, a recent importation, but had 

 simply been overlooked by collectors. But as so many years had passed 

 without the occurrence of a third example, and as all at once it is dis- 

 covered so abundant in a certain locality, it has been suggested that 

 both the examples may have been obtained as cabinet specimens in ex- 

 changes with Europe and have become accidentally introduced among 

 American species before they came into Dr. Le Conte's hands. 



Distribution. 



This destructive beetle has hitherto been recorded, so far as known 

 to me, only in Yates county, N. Y., where it was first observed, and 

 thence southwardly, into Schuyler county, near Watkins.* But the 

 present summer (of 1882t), it has been heard of, in great numbers, in 

 Wayne county, N. Y. Under date of July 31st, some insects were 

 sent to me for identification, by Mr. George C. Watson, of Clyde, 

 which were found to be this clover-weevil. It was stated in the letter 

 accompanying them, that when first noticed, the larvae and the beetles 

 were feeding together, and that entire fields of clover had been de- 

 stroyed by them since the removal of the hay-crop. As soon as this 

 was removed, the insects ate every young leaf, so that the plants were 

 apparently dead. After stripping the clover fields of the second crop, 

 they migrated to adjoining wheat-stubble fields that had been seeded 

 to clover in the spring, and consumed every bit of clover as they passed 

 along. At the time of writing, their numbers appeared to be greatly 

 diminished, and for the preceding two weeks, no larvae had been ob- 

 served. 



The locality of the above attack, Clyde, Wayne county, is forty miles 

 north of the locality in Yates county, where the beetle was first ob- 

 served, and fifty miles north of the extreme southern point in the State 

 which it appears to have reached. In Ontario county, intermediate to 



* Report Cominis. Agriculture tov 1881 and 1882, p. 173 (Schwarz). 



•i-The long delay (of more than a year) iu the printing of this report has made it desirable 

 to incorporate with it, in this and several other instances, items of information not belong- 

 ing to the period for which the report is made, but of more value in their present con- 

 nection than if postponed for another year. 



