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gray, like the body. The fore wings are gray, due to black 

 scales lying on a pale straw yellow ground. On the inner fourth 

 of the wing are two yellow spots, one just above, and the other 

 just below, the median vein. In the middle of the wing, just 

 below the costa, is a prominent square, bright straw yellow spot ; 

 on the outer fourth of the wing is a slightly curved yellow 

 band, with three scallops on the outer edge, and extending to a 

 large yellow patch in the middle of the wing, which is tridentate 

 on the outer edge ; it is bordered beyond with a black, zigzag 

 line, and a fine, stout, yellowish line beyond. A dusky streak 

 extends from the apex to the costal yellow band. There are two 

 broken dusky lines at the base of the fringe on both wings. 

 The hind wings are yellow, with four sharply zigzag dark gray 

 lines. The under side of the fore wings is paler than above, 

 with a yellowish tinge. The hind wings are pale yellow, with a 

 single, much curved line on the outer third of the wing ; and 

 there are two dots near the middle of the wing, and a row of 

 blackish dots at the base of the fringe. It expands one inch. 



INSECTS INJURING GARDEN VEGETABLES, ETC. 



The Bean Weevil. — (PI. 1, fig. 8. Bean perforated by the 

 larva ; 8 a, the pupa seen from beneath.) This very destruc- 

 tive weevil seems to have been introduced from Europe, and has 

 become established in the vicinity of New York, bidding fair to 

 become a most formidable pest to our bean crop. Mr. Angus 

 has been the first to detect its ravages, having found it to be 

 already very destructive at West Farms, New York. Several 

 years since he sent me specimens, and during the past autumn 

 wrote me more particularly about its ravages, as follows : — " I 

 also send you a sample of beans which I think will startle you if 

 you have not seen such before. I discovered this beetle in the 

 kidney or bush beans a few years ago, and they have been 

 greatly on the increase every year since. I might say much on 

 the gloomy prospect before us in the cultivation of this impor- 

 tant garden and farm product if the work of this insect is not 

 cut short by some means or other. The Pea Bruchus is bad 

 enough, but this is worse." 



