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not, so far as known, attack the sweet-potato and the morning-glory, 

 both of which are quite attractive to the other species of this genus, 

 Coptocycla aurichalcea (Fabr.), and G. guttata (Oliv.), and also to Cassida 

 nigripes Oliv., and Cassida hivittata Say. 



Both the larvae and the perfect insects of the tortoise-beetles feed 

 upon the j^lants on which they are found. 



The larval Coptocycla clavata possesses the same habit with its con- 

 genor, C. aurichalcea, of concealing or protecting itself beneath an 

 excremental covering borne on the flexible anal horns over its back. 



The early stages of this species have not, so far as we know, been 

 described or observed, owing, probably, to its comparative rarity, or 

 to its not possessing special economic importance. 



Bruclius scutellaris Fabr. 



A Fea- Weevil. 



(Ord. Coleoptera: Fam. Bruchid^.) 



Bruclius scutellaris Fabricius : Entomologia Systematica, Tome I, Pars ii, 

 1792, p. 372, 14. 



I send you to-day some specimens of a pea-weevil that seems to 

 differ considerably from the common pea-weevil, Bruclius pisi. Last 

 year I raised a crop of the Southern black-fallow pea. This spring 

 the larger part was used for seed, and no weevils or holes in the peas 

 wei-e observed. About three bushels were put into a bag of loose, 

 open texture, remaining in it all summer. A few days ago [latter 

 part of November] the bag was covered with weevils, and upon exam- 

 ining the peas they were found to be hot,* pierced with holes and alive 

 with the little beetles. Is this a true pea-weevil, or a kind that attack 

 j)eas in the granary ? G. C. 



Bruckner's Station, Va. 



Description of the Weevil. 

 The weevil is quite different in general appearance, when closely 

 examined, from the well-known "j^ea-bug," Bruchus pisi Linn., and 

 is hardly more than one-half the size, for while that species measures 

 0.20 inch in length, this is only from 0.12 to 0.16 inch. Its principal 

 colorational features are these: The wing-covers (elytra) are brown- 

 ish or ferruginous, black at the tip and with a large black spot resting 

 on the outer margin at the middle and reaching nearly to the inner 

 margin — the two connected with black along the outer margin and 



* See notice by Mr. L. O. Howard, in Insect Life, i, 1888, p. 59, on " Heat evolved from the 

 work of.a Brucbus " [sc?<<eHa>-is]— overlooked until the proof-reading of the above. 



