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corn in Bermuda. It is nearly uniformly blackish, while the Rice 
Weevil has four reddish spots on the elytra. 
Rice-weevil. (Sitophilus, or Calandra, oryze.) Figure 153. This 
also destroys corn and grain, etc., as well as rice. It is now common 
and may also have been present in the early years. 
Figure 152.—Grain Weevil (Sitophilus granarius), natural size and enlarged; 
ce, larva; b, pupa, much enlarged. Figure 153.—Rice Weevil (Calandra 
oryze), much enlarged. Figure 154.—Onion Weevil (Epicerus imbricatus), 
x 11g. Last two from Webster’s International Dictionary. Figure 159.— 
Pea Weevil (Bruchus pisorum), natural size and enlarged; after Riley. 
Inbricated Snout-beetle; Onion Weevil. (?Hpicerus imbricatus.) 
FIGURE 104. 
This weevil, which is not only destructive to onions but also to 
cabbages and various other crops, appears to be common, though 
we took only a single specimen. It attacks the bulb of the onion. 
In Miss Victoria Hayward’s MSS. notes there is an account of a 
““ Cabbage-beetle ” which may be this species. It is found through- 
out the middle and southern United States; New York to Texas. 
A similar weevil, sent by mail in August by Miss Hayward, is 
bronzy or pearl-gray, closely covered with minute scales which 
reflect iridescent colors, the most prominent colors being pearly 
green, golden yellow, and pale blue, according to the light. The 
elytra are covered with close punctate sulci, but have no dark bands. 
Length, 12™™.* Plate xeviii; figure 10. 
Another weevil, of the genus Lepyrus, was recorded by Jones, 
1876. We also collected several other undetermined species, one of 
* Mr. E. A. Schwarz, who has examined the specimen, states that it belongs 
to the genus Diaprepes very near D. familiaris Oliv., of the family Otiorhyn- 
chide, 
Trans. Conn. AcapD., Vou. XI. 50 Dec., 1902. 
