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Harrington: in 7th Eept. Ent. Soc.Ont. for 1880, 1881, p. 50, f. 33 (mention). 



Dwight: in Trans. Vass. Bros. Inst., i, 1881, pp. 80-87 (appearance at 

 Poughkeepsie), 



Lintner: in Count. Gent., xlvi, 1881, p. 7 (distribution and remedies, as B. 

 fabce), p. 795 (general account, as B. ohsoletus) ; id., xlviii, 1883, p. 317 

 (remedies, as B. fabce); 2d Kept. Ins. N. Y., 1885, p. 49 (distrib. and 

 remedies) ; in New Eng. Homestead, Dec. 21, 1889, p. 425 (remedies) ; 

 6th Kept. Ins. N. Y. 1890, pp. 178, 185 (ref. to notices) ; in Count. 

 Gent. Iv., 1890, p. 898 (life-history, breeds in old beans, remedy). 



Lazenby: in 1st Ann. Eept, O. Agricul. Exper. St., 1883, p. 80 (mention, as 

 B. fabce). 



Dimmock: in Cassino's Stand. Nat. Hist., ii, 1884, p. 335 (brief reference). 



Doran: Eept. Econom. Ent. Tennessee, 1886, pp. 204-206 (injuries in Ten- 

 nessee, etc). 



Bethune. in 17th Eept. Ent. Soc. Ont., 1887, p. 60, f. 36 ('remedies). 



EiLEY-HowARD : in Insect Life, i, 1889, p. 316 (introduction in California). 



Weed ; in 7th Ann. Eept. O. Agricul. Exper. St. for 1888, 1889, p. 163, f. 7 (heat 

 for killing); in id., for 1889, 1890, p. lii (continuation of injuries). 



Hamilton: in Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xvi, 1889, p. 150 (distribution, etc.); 

 in Psyche, vi, 1891, p. 148 (on a synonym). 



Fauvel: in Eevue d'Entomologie, viii, 1889, p. 153 (gives synonymy as 

 follows ; B. obtectus Say, obsoletus Say, fabce Eiley, irresectus Fahr., 

 palUdipes Fahr., sitbellipticus WolL, Breweri Crotch.). 



Janson: in Orraerod's Injur. Farm-Fruit Ins. So. Africa, 1889, pp. 22-28, 

 f. 13 (in So. Africa, descrip. and remedies as B. ? subarmntus). 



CocKERELL : in Insect Life, ii, 1890, p. 332 (in Colorado). 



Cook : in Grange Visitor [Paw Paw, Mich.] for Oct, 1, 1890, p. 1, c. 4-5 

 (brief life-history). 



Eeitter : in Cat. Coleop, Eur,, Cauc, Armen. Eoss., 1891, p. 332 (as Mylabrls 

 irresecta Fahr.). 



A Coinparatively Recent Insect Pest. 

 The bean-weevilj Bruchus obsoletus has been added to our list of 

 insect pests within a comparatively recent time. No mention is made 

 of it in the published writings of Dr. Harris or Dr. Fitch, although 

 Dr. Harris deemed it desirable to devote four pages of his Treatise on 

 .he Insects of New England to its intimate associate (of later days) in 

 the garden and field — Bruchus pisoi'uni (Linn.).* In earlier years, 

 like many of the insect j^ests of the agriculturist, it undoubtedly fed 

 on some one or more of the many wild plants of the pulse or bean 

 family. Its first recognition and description by Thomas Say, nearly 

 sixty years ago, was from western specimens obtained by him from 

 the seeds of an Astralagus — a genus of leguminous plants. For 

 nearly thirty years following, it does not appear to have assumed any 

 economic importance. 



* Curculio pisorum Linnseus. Amoen. Acad., torn. 3, 1756, p. 347, 



