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wall and on the roof of a low one story frame building [clapboarded ?] 

 and then [after climbing the chimney] tumble accidentally [?] down 

 the chimney, to the great dismay of the good woman of the house ! " 

 {Amei'ican Entomologist, i, 1869, p. 62.) 



Bruchus obsoletus Say. 



The Bean-Weevil. 



(Ord. Coleoptera: Fam. Bruchid^.) 



Say : Descriptions of North American Curculionides, July, 1831, p. 2 (orig. 

 descrip.); the same, in Comp. Writ., Lee. Edit., 1883, i, p. 261; as 

 B. obtectus, pp. 1 and 259 of same publications. 



Fitch : in Trans. Roc. Encour. Domes. Ind., 1861, p. 62 (as B. fabce). 



Rathvon : in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 118 (occur, in Penn., discus, of 

 name, remedy). 



Riley: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 119 (compared with other sp.), p. 125 

 (ident. from West Farms, N. Y.), p. 182 (do. from 111.), p. 307 (do, 

 from N. J.), p. 374 (do. from Pa.) ; in Trans. Kans. St. Hort. Soc. 

 for 1872, 1873, p. 110 (in Kansas). ^ 



Angus: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 125 (abundance in West Farms). 



Fuller: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 302 (abundance in stored beans). 



Packard: Inj. Ins. New and Little Known, 1870, pp. 19-21 (habits and 

 descrip. of diff. stages, as B. granaria); 1st Rept. Ins. Mass., 1871, 

 p. 22 (= B. varicornis Lee. MS.) ; in 9th Rept. U. S. Geolog.- 

 Geograph. Surv. Terr., 1877, p. 767 (as B, fabce); Guide Stud. Ins., 

 1878, pp. 484, 711, pi. 14, figs. 8, 8a (as B. varicornis) ; Entomol. for 

 Beginners, 1888, p. 104 (mention as B. obsoletus), p, 207 (mention of 

 B. yabce Riley). 



Glover : in Rept. Commis. Agricul. for 1870, 1871, p. 72 ; id. for 1871, 1872, p. 

 375 (brief mention, as B. fabce). 



Riley : as B. fabce: 3d Rept. Ins. Mo., 1871, pp. 52-56, f. 19 (distrib., habits, 

 injuries, description, etc.); in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, iii, 1877, 

 p. 220 (imported); in N. Y. Tribune, Feb. 20, 1878 (habits and 

 distrib.); Ind.-Supp. Repts. Ins. Mo., 1881, pp. 67-71 (descrip. and 

 comp. with "B. obsoletus " et al.) ; in Rural N. Yorker, Dec. 9, 1882, 

 xli, p. 835 (habits and preventives). 



Horn : in Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, iv, 1873, p. 337 (description, and B. fabce 

 a synonym). 



Crotch : Check List Coleop, Amer., 1873, p. 93, No. 5498 (= fabce). 



Le Baron : 4th Ann. Rept. Ins. 111., 1874, p. 129 (brief reference), 



LeConte-Horn-Leidy : in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phil., 1876, p. 270; in 

 Rept. Ent. Soc, Ont, for 1876, 1877, p. 22 (from various countries), 



Thomas: 6th Rept. Ins. 111. [1877], p. 128 (brief description). 



Popenoe: in Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., v, 1877, p. 34 (local in Kansas); in 

 Industrialist, Feb. 8, 1890 (injuries in K. and remedies) ; in 2d Ann. 

 Rept. Kans. Agricul. Exper. St. for 1889, 1890, pp. 206-210, pi, 9, figs. 

 1, 2, 3, 4 (history, bibliography, operations, description). 



