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TABLE OF EXPERIMENTS WITH VARIOUS SEEDS RELATING 



TO THE OVIPOSITION AND BREEDING OF 



HAWAIIAN BRUCHIDAE. 



EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS USED. 



a,_ovinosits but cannot develop. 2— My experiments not yet conclu- 



' sive, but results so far negative. 



b— adults have been bred. 3— Apparently can breed but my re- 



n_no oviposition observed. suits not yet conclusive. 



o— no experiments made, but no ovi- 4— Reported by Van Dine as breed- 

 position or infestation observed. ing but probably erroneously. 



i_Recorded bv Fullaway but not ob- 5— Very extensive oviposition but ap- 



served by "me. parently but little breeding-. 



0. -t; > c o o 



N.\ME AND Origin of o ^ ^ S o S 



Seed, Etc. ^ ^S o ^ I % 



^ A't, ■% fi ^ ^ 



o (yc ." O CJ o 



pa «§• P m m w 



'^hascolus vulgaris, common bean, cultivated lo- 

 cally in many varieties, supposedly of Ameri- 

 can origin; starchy a a a a b c 



Pliasrolns liiiiatiis, lima bean, cultivated locally in 

 several varieties, supposedly of American ori- 

 gin; starchy a b b a b c 



Phascohis artictilatus, adsuki bean, red variety, 

 imported from Japan, of Oriental origin; 

 starchy b b b a o c 



Phascolus aureus, niung or mundo bean, prob- 

 ably imported from Japan, a greenish yellow 

 variety, also cultivated locally to some extent, 

 of Oriental origin; starchy b b b a o ( 



Phascolus acutifolius, tepary bean, recently intro- 

 duced into cultivation locally, of North Ameri- 

 can origin; starchy a b ? a b 



Phascolus sonicrcctus, an introduced weed, gen- 

 erally distributed, of American origin; starchy n anno 



Vigna chinensis and catjang, cowpeas, locally cul- 

 tivated mainly for green manure, elsewhere 

 an important food crop, Oriental in origin; 

 starchy b b b a o 



Vigna lufca. a native beach plant, probably of na- 

 tive introduction; starchy a b a o o 



Ca jail us iiidicus, the pigeon pea, locally cultivated 



in several varieties, of African origin; starchy- b b b a 2 



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