1240 



PAMJI.\' LIV. BKUCI-nD,15. 



Fig, 558 ;< 7. (Aftor Forbes.) 



south. April ^O-i Mohev LT). < )cfurs in mimliers along the borders 

 „f marshes, especial l>- on the flowers of the black choke-berry 

 (Arovia nigra Willd.). 

 UliOr. (7150). Bki'chts (ip.tectits Sny, Des. N. Am. Cure, 1831, 1; ibid. I, 



259. 



Obloug-oval, moderately robust. Blacli 

 (ir dark piceous, clotbed witb darlv grayish- 

 yellow pubescence, that of elytra interrupted 

 Iiy transverse bauds of darker color; abdo- 

 l'»'* i _»/JH!II^M^^ '"^"^ "^"'^ reddish-brown; antenna' black, the 

 W ' ' ^ r^M Hn "^ *°"^' ^^^^^ '1"*^ apical joints rufous ; legs red- 



V., f' I ^bIHP^ II dish-brown, under side of hind femora pic- 



oi.us. Thorax one-third wider at base than 

 long, sides curved and gradually nai-rowed to 

 lip, base lobed at middle; surface coarsely 

 and sparsel,\- pundured. Scutellum subquadrate, emargiuate at apex. Ely- 

 tra together not longer than wide, at base not wider than thorax, stria' 

 punctured; intervals Hat. densely punctulate. Pygidium rufous, broadly 

 c)V,-il, coai-scly punetared, sparsely pubescent. Length l^.."i-;!.."i nnu. (Fig. 

 .^.''iS. ) 



This is the well-known "bean weevil," and proliably occurs iu 

 nimibers throughout the State, thongh taken only in Lake and 

 Marion counties, where it is eouiincn iu beans in the seed stores. 

 Marcli 0-July 14. 



Uli'.)0 (7151 ). BKreni s inmsci Oliv., Ent., IA^ 17'.tri, 70. 



lli-oadly oval, robust. Black, lunderalely shining; s]iarsely pubescent 

 with grayish- .xi'lliiw hairs which on the elytra are l'rc(pieutly and irregu- 

 larly interrui)te(l by transverse bare spaces; antenna^ )iale reddish-brown, 

 .ioiuts 4^'.) often slightly darker; front and middle legs rufous; hind femora 

 black, red at tip. Thiua.x twice broader at base than long, rapidly narrow- 

 ing to apex ; surface sparsely punctured. Scutellum whitish, bifid at tip, 

 median line distinct. Elytra together as broad as long, disk convex, finely 

 striate, the striie iiunctured; intervals flat, marked with tine and coarse 

 punctures intermingled. I'ygidium blaclv, broadly oval, sparsely punctured. 

 Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Southei'u two-thirds of State; common. April 13-Novembet' 1. 

 Breeds in the seeds of the rose-mallow {II ihisctis) , the beetles emerg- 

 ing from seeds kept in \ials from October 1.") io November 1st. Oc- 

 curs in sprinu' and sunnner on flowers of red-lmd, dogwood, red haw, 

 etc. This is oiu- only sjiecics bavin;:;- the denticles of the hind femur 

 on the verlieal face of the bioth itself. 



2207 17152). Bri'i lus LOMiisTii.i'.s ll<ii'n, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., IV, 



bs7:'., :!:i'.t. 

 Obloug-oval. Black, shining, siiarsely pubesccul with whitish hairs, 

 which on the el>lra are arranged in an X-like design; tibia' pale reddish- 



