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wall and on the roof of a low one story frame building [clapboarded ?] 

 and then [after climbing the chimney] tumble accidentally [?] down 

 the chimney, to the great dismay of the good woman of the house 1 " 

 (American Entomologist , i, 1869, p. 62.) 



Bruchus obsoletus Say. 



The Bean-Weevil. 

 (Ord. Coleoptera: Fam. BRucHiDiE.) 



Say : Descriptions of North American Curculionides, July, 1831, p. 2 (orig. 



descrip.); the same, in Comp. Writ., Lee. Edit., 1883, i, p. 261; as 



B. obtectus, pp. 1 and 259 of same publications. 

 Fitch : in Trans. Soc. Encour. Domes. Ind., 1861, p. 62 (as B. fabce). 

 Rathvon: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 118 (occur, in Penn., discus, of 



name, remedy). 

 Riley: in Amer. Entomol., il, 1870, p. 119 (compared with other sp.), p. 125 



(ident. from West Farms, N. Y.), p. 182 (do. from 111.), p. 307 (do. 



from N. J.), p. 374 (do. from Pa.) ; in Trans. Kans. St. Hort. Soc. 



for 1872, 1873, p. 110 (in Kansas). 

 Angus : in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 125 (abundance in West Farms). 

 Fuller: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 302 (abundance in stored beans). 

 Packard: Inj. Ins. New and Little Known, 1870, pp. 19-21 (habits and 



descrip. of diff. stages, as B. granaria) ; 1st Rept. Ins. Mass., 1871, 



p. 22 (= B. varicornis Lee. MS.) ; in 9th Rept. U. S. Geolog.- 



Geograph. Surv. Terr., 1877, p. 767 (as B, fabce); Guide Stud. Ins., 



1878, pp. 484, 711, pi. 14, figs. 8, 8a (as B. varicornis) ; Entomol. for 



Beginners, 1888, p. 104 (mention as B. obsoletus), p. 207 (mention of 



B. fabce Riley). 

 Glover : in Rept. Commis. Agricul. for 1870, 1871, p. 72 ; id. for 1871, 1872, p. 



375 (brief mention, as B. fabce). 

 Riley : as B. fabce: 3d Rept. Ins. Mo., 1871, pp. 52-56, f. 19 (distrib., habits, 



injuries, description, etc.) ; in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, iii, 1877, 



p. 220 (imported); in N. Y. Tribune, Feb. 20, 1878 (habits and 



distrib.) ; Ind.-Supp. Repts. Ins. Mo., 1881, pp. 67-71 (descrip. and 



comp. with "B. obsoletus " et al.) ; in Rural N. Yorker, Dec. 9, 1882, 



xli, p, 835 (habits and preventives). 

 Horn : in Trans. Amer. Ent. SoC, iv, 1873, p. 337 (description, and B. fabce' 



a synonym). 

 Crotch : Check List Coleop. Amer., 1873, p. 93, No. 5498 (= fabce). 

 Le Baron : 4th Ann. Rept. Ins. 111., 1874, p. 129 (brief reference). 

 LeConte-Horn-Leidy : in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1876, p. 270; in 



Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont. for 1876, 1877, p. 22 (from various countries). 

 Thomas: 6th Rept. Ins. 111. [1877], p. 128 (brief description). 

 Popenoe: in Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., v, 1877, p. 34 (local in Kansas); in 



Industrialist, Feb. 8, 1890 (injuries in K. and remedies) ; in 2d Ann. 



Rept. Kans. Agricul. Exper. St. for 1889, 1890, pp. 206-210, pi. 9, figs. 



1, 2, 3, 4 (history, bibliography, operations, description). 



