THE PEA. AND BEAN WEEVILS. 



1239 



i c+vnio-ht- surface densely and rugosely punc- 



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

 2292 ( 7144). Bevchus alboscuteixatus Horn. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., IV, 

 1ST3 334 



,„„„„„ „..„, moderately robust. Black, sparsely pubescent with gray- 

 ish n^tn^™ interval of elytra interrupted, forming sh nrt ouadrate 

 wlte spits; under surface black, more ^f^^'^lT^ 



Length 2.5 mm. ^ , 



A southern form taken only near Lincoln City, Spencer County 

 May 24. Swept from roadside herbage. Breeds in the capsules _ of 

 the water purslane (Ludmaia palustris Ell.) . Easily known by the 

 round white scuteliun. The elytra are mottled much as xn to com- 

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

 and antennse, as well as by the form of the scutellum. 

 2293 ( 7146). Bruchus distinguendIjs Horn. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. IV, 

 1873, 336. 



Broadly oval, robust. Black, rather sparsely ^« *^ 

 bescence, that on the elytra ^^^J^^^ 



"istapcd. subtly ^^°£~£ f^'C; 



2.5-2.8 mm. _ * 11(fmt 



Lake, Martin, Knox and Clark counties - rare. June 30-Augurt 

 8 Fonr specimens were taken from the ripening pods of the cat- 

 gut or goafs-rue, Cracca virgMana L. A. southern form described 

 from Georgia. 



oo 94 (7147). Beuchus caevvs Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. IV, 1873, 336 

 Oblong oval Uniform black, very sparsely pubescent with grayish 



m »nex- surface finely and rugosely punctate. Elytra togethei less viae 

 In mng surface shining, finely striate, the stri* indistinctly punctured, 

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



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



