THE PEA .VXD BEAN TX'ZEVILS. 1239 



at base ns long, sides nearly straight; surface densely and rugosely punc- 

 tured. Elytra at base not wider than thorax, strife finely punctured; inter- 

 vals flat, each with a row of coarse punctures on the middle. Length 3 mm. 

 Posey County ; rare. -June 6. Described from Texas. 



2292 (7144). BErcHus ALBOscuTELLAXt s Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soo.. IV, 



3ST3. .3.34. 

 Oblong-oval, moderately robust. Black, sparsely pubescent with gray- 

 ish hairs, those on intervals of elytra interrupted, forming short, quadrate 

 white spots : under surface black, more shining than above, very sparsely 

 rmbescent. Antennae longer than head and thorax, black, the four basal 

 joints paler. Thorax broader than long, sides feebly curved, the apex but 

 little narrower than base; surface c<iarsely but not densely jiunctured. Ely- 

 tra slightly longer than wide, at base not wider than thorax, strife indis- 

 tinctly punctured; intervals flat, minutely punctulate. Pygidinm broadly 

 oval, very convex, coarsely and sparsely punctured and finely rugulose. 

 Length 2.5 mm. 



A southern form taken only near Liueoln City, Spencer County. 

 May 24. S\\ept from roadside herbage. Breeds in the capsules of 

 the water purslane (Ludicigia palustri's PJll.). Easily kuown by the 

 round white sc-utellum. The eh'tra are mottled much as in the com- 

 mon hibisci. From the latter it is easily separated by the black legs 

 and antennsp, as well as by the form of the s'^'utellum. 



2293 (714G). BBfcnrs Disn^^crEXDus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, IV. 



1873, 336. 



Broadly oval, robust. Black, rather sparsely clothed with grayish pu- 

 bescence, that on the elytra interrupted on the intervals with Indistinct 

 darker spaces : legs all black, male ; front and middle pair reddish-brown, 

 female. Antennae somewhat longer than head and thorax, subserrate. Tho- 

 rax bell-shaped, slightly broader at base than long, base feebly lobed; sur- 

 face coarsely and sjiarsely punctured. Elytra together as broad as long, 

 sides broadly curved, at base becoming rapidly broader than thorax ; sur- 

 face striate : intervals flat, each with a row of coarse punctures. Length 

 2..5-2.8 mm. 



Lake, ^Martin, Knox and Clark counties; rare. June 30- August 

 S. Four specimens were taken from the ripening pods of the cat- 

 gut or goat's-rue, Cracca vii(j\niana L. A southern form described 

 from Georgia. 



2294 f714T). Bblchus calxts Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, IV. 1ST3. 3:;i;. 

 Oblong-oval. Uniform black, very sparsely pubescent with grayish 



hairs. AntenntP as long as head and thorax, subserrate. Thorax slightly 

 broader at base than long, sides moderately curved ami trradually narrowed 

 to apex; surface finel.v and rm^nsely punc-tate. Elytra together less wide 

 than long; surface shining, finely striate, the strife indistinctly punctured; 

 intervals flat, finely punctulate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Northern half of State, frequent; Knox County only in the 



