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FAMILY LIV. — BRUCHID,E. 



cc. Hind femur with either one or two teeth or denticles, or both. 

 d. Hind femur without denticles ; one or two teeth always present. 



Group A. 



del. Hind femur with denticles and usually a single tooth present. 



Group B. 



22SS (7115). Bruchus pisorum Linn.. Syst. Nat, II, 1765, 604. 



Oblong-- oval, subde- 

 pressed. Black, feebly shin- 

 ing; above, densely clothed 

 with reddish-brown and 

 whitish hairs; thorax with 

 a triangular whitish space 

 in front of scutellum ; ely- 

 tra with yellowish, grayish 

 and whitish hairs, the lat- 

 ter forming an oblique band 

 behind the middle; pygid- 

 ium covered with gray 

 hairs except two oval black 

 spots near apex ; antennae 

 black, the three basal joints 

 rufous; legs black, front 



-tig. oob. A, young larva; B, prothoracic spinous process; C, larva 

 greatly magnified; D, pea-pod, with tracks of entry; E, portion of pod tibiae and tarsi I'llfoUS j UI1- 

 wHh egg. and the track made by larva; F, mature beetle. (After der surface Wack? shiniug< 



densely punctate, sparsely 

 clothed with fine grayish hairs. Thorax broader than long, coarsely and 

 densely punctate. Elytra slightly longer than broad, striate, the stria? finely 

 punctate. Length 4.5-5 mm. (Fig. 556.) 



This is the "pea weevil" and occurs in abundance throughout 

 the State wherever peas are cultivated. Its habits are given above 

 under the family heading. 



2289 (7116). Bruchus mimtjs Say, Des. of N. Amer. Curculionidse, 1831, 

 2 ; ibid. I. 260. 



Robust, subquadrate. Brownish, variegated with gray, black and white 

 pubescence; sides of median ridge of thorax black or dark brown at sum- 

 mit, divided by a small white spot; elytra with a common heart-shaped 

 blackish spot behind the scutellum and with numerous small, black, oblong 

 spots tipped with white at their basal ends ; antennae and legs pale reddish- 

 brown, the hind ones banded with piceous; pygidium clothed with whitish 

 hairs, male, or with a large, smooth, oval, brown space, female. Thorax 

 bell-shaped, disk with two median ridges separated by a narrow groove and 

 with a tubercle each side near base. Elytra nearly as broad as long, striae 

 punctured; intervals flat, densely punctulate. Length 3 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 23-October 15. Occurs 

 on flowers, especially those of red and black haws; ox-eye daisy 

 and Eupatorium. It, as well as other members of the family, feign 

 death and tumble to earth when disturbed. 



