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 FOOD-PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF BRUCHUS. 



FROM OUR OWN RECORDS. 



Bruchus pisi Linn. — Frequently bred from peas. 



Bruchus rujimanus Boli. — Bred from pea pods imported from Switzer- 

 land (Dr. G. H.Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. iv Ko. 1873, p. 313). 

 Also bred from peas distributed by the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture in 1890. 



Bruchus ohinensis hmTi.--(=scutellaris,FajhY.,ixy\\.). — Bred from beans 

 at tlieKew Orleans Exposition, July, 1885; also found infesting Chinese 

 beans in the Seed Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Bruchus qiiadrimaculatus Fabr. — Infesting '^Black-eyed table beans" 

 from Texas at the Atlanta Cotton Exhibition ; also bred from cow peas 

 iBoUchos sp.) from Texas. 



Bruchus discoideus Say. — Infests seeds of Ipomea (Riley, Third Mis- 

 souri Eeport, 1871, p. 45). 



Bruchus ulkci Horn. — The single specimen in our collection is with- 

 out locality label, but bears this inscription: '' Feeds on broad-podded 

 Palo berde, Chelly." Palo berde is the popular name for Parkinsonia. 



Bruchus hivulneratus Horn. — Bred from seeds of Cassia marilandica 

 at St. Louis, Mo., January, Eiley's notes, 1876. 



Bruchus cruentatus Horn. — A specimen from the Eiley collection is 

 labeled, "In fruit of Parkinsonia, Arizona. Collected by Dr. Pringle. 

 Sent by L. H. Hosford, Charlotte, Yt." 



Bruchus pruininus Horn. — A specimen from the Eiley collection is 

 labeled, "In seeds of Olneya tosata, Arizona. A. S. Fuller, 1874." 

 The name of the plant is misspelled on the label. 



Bruchus pros opts Lee. — Bred from pods of Prosopis juliflora, Death 

 Yalley and Panamint Valley, Cal., April, 1889. 



Bruchus protractus Horn. — Obtained with the preceding from the 

 same plants and the same localities. 



Bruchus n. sp. — Bred from pods of Prosopis pubescens, at San Diego, 

 Cal., April 11, 1889. 



Bruchus alboscutellatus Horn. — Bred from seeds of Ludwigia alterni- 

 foliaj at Washington, D. C. 



Bruchus obtectus Say. — Frequently bred from cultivated beans. 



Bruchus frqter cuius Horn. — Infests the seeds of Hedysarum boreale, 

 at American Fork, Utah. (Schwarz.) 



Bruchus amicus Horn. — Lives in the seed of ParMyisonia torreijana 

 and P. microphylla, in Arizona; specimens sent by L. H. Hosford, Char- 

 lotte, Yt., January 9, 1882. 



Bruchus hibisci Ol. — Bred from seed of Hibiscus moscheutos, at Bluff- 

 ton, S. C, and Washington, D. C; also from seed of -ff. sp. {militarisf)^ 

 at St. Louis, Mo. 



Bruchus schraiikias Horn. — One specimen, bred by us at St. Louis, Mo., 



