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Nebraska: "Neb." (collections U. S. N. M., Schaeffer, Fall, 

 Wenzel); Lincoln, H. Soltau, 5-5 (U. S. N. M.); Lincoln, 

 Bruner, May 3 (Mich. Agr. Coll.) Malcolm, vi-20-09, C. R. 

 Oertels, vi-22-09 (coll. Frost); Lincoln, Salt basin, vi-26-09, 

 H. Shoemaker (coll. Wickham); Kearney (coll. Wenzel). 



Kansas: "Kan." (Horn coll. Am. Ent. Soc, Mich. Agr. 

 Coll., U. S. N. M., Fall coll.); Douglas Co. May, Bridwell 

 (U. S. N. M.); Wilson Co. 4-17-97 (coll. Cornell Univ.); 

 Benedict Ks, 4-23-9(1, W. Knaus; Onaga Ks (coll. VanDyke). 



Texas: Dallas (Mich. Agr. Coll.); Bolter coll. 1. 



Colorado: Florissant June, '07, Cockerell, (2 in Fall coll.): 

 Horn coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 1. 



Food plants: Rumex brittanicus and probably other species. 



Life History: Popenoe 1 1 N 7 7 ) bred the type specimens 

 from pupae in cocoons found on the leaves of Rumex brittanicus. 

 He states that the cocoon is yellow brown, loosely interwoven, 

 broad in outline, and the pupse very "nervous" when dis- 

 turbed. Warren Knaus, McPherson, Kansas (in lift 1911) 

 states that he collected specimens in copula 23 Apr., 1896 in 

 Wilson Co., Kansas on a species of Rumex and that young 

 e were then present feeding on the leaves and flowers, the 

 season was late and the beetles were disappearing. 



Phytonomus quadricollis Leconte. 



Phytonomus quadricollis: 



Is7ii: Leconte: Rhyncophora of North America, p. 126, no. 8, p. H5. 



L885: Henshaw: Cat. Coleop. Am. \. of Mex., p. 137, no. 823.3. 



L909: Webster, R. L.: Entom. News, 20: 83 (in error). 

 Hypera quad) u olios: 



1880: Austin: Supp. Check list Coleop. N. Am., p. 4.3, no. 8888. 



Adult: (Plate XXVII, figs. 3-5). Length 4mm. Width 1.5 mm. 



Elongate, black or "blackish brown", wit 1 dense closely set gray 

 or dull yellow small rounded scales; legs pale rei 



Head clothed with coarse hairs; front mueh wider than width 

 of eye, flat; eyes elongate-oval; beak as long •' ! - 1 J prothorax, rather 

 slender, at least three times as long as wide; tip sligfifly enlarged, a few 

 sparse punctures on the glabrous portion, feebly earinate; antenna 

 brownish red, scape reaching to the eyes, smooth, first joint of funicle 

 as long as two following or nearly so, club elongate, second and third 

 funicle joints subequal. 



Protlwrax square, slightly narrowed in front, sides variable but never 

 more than scarcely rounded ; polished with closely set shallow punctures 

 in which the scales and hairs rest. 



Elytra much wider than posterior margin of prothorax, oblong- 

 oval, humeri rounded, sides almost parallel, rounded at tips; striae 



