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TABLE OF EXPERIMENTS WITH VARIOUS SEEDS RELATING 



TO THE OVIPOSITION AND BREEDING OF 



HAWAIIAN BRUCHIDAE. 



EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS USED. 

 — oviposits but cannot develop. 2 — My experiments not yet conclu- 



b — adults have been bred. 



sive, but results so far negative. 



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. 

 1 — Recorded by Fullaway but not ob- 5 — Very extensive oviposition but ap- 

 served by me. parently but little breeding. 



Namd and Origin of 

 Seed, Etc. 



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Phaseolus vulgaris, common bean, cultivated lo- 

 cally in many varieties, supposedly of Ameri- 

 can origin; starchy a a a 



Phaseolus lunatus, lima bean, cultivated locally in 

 several varieties, supposedly of American ori- 

 gin; starchy abb 



Phaseolus articulatus, adsuki bean, red variety, 

 imported from Japan, of Oriental origin; 

 starchy b b b 



Phaseolus aureus, mung 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 



Phaseolus acutifolius, tepary bean, recently intro- 

 duced into cultivation locally, of North Ameri- 

 can origin; starchy a b ? 



Phaseolus seiniereetus, an introduced weed, gen- 

 erally distributed, of American origin; starchy n a n 



Vigna chineiisis and catjaiig, cowpeas, locally cul- 

 tivated mainly for green manure, elsewhere 

 an important food crop. Oriental in origin; 

 starchy b b b 



Vigna lufea, a native beach plant, probably of na- 

 tive introduction; starchy aba 



Cajanus indicus, the pigeon pea, locally cultivated 



in several varieties, of African origin ; starchy, b b b 



