THE BROAD-BEAN WEEVIL. 
THE ADULT. 
The adult (fig. 2) is from 3.5 to 4.5 mm. long and a little over 
half as wide. The general color is black, with white markings on the 
elytra and pygidium, giving it a somewhat mottled grayish appear- 
ance. The head is dark. The basal four joints of the antennae are 
reddish brown, the remainder black. The forelegs 
are reddish brown and black, while the middle 
and hind pairs are black. 
The species closely resembles the pea weevil (Z>. 
pisorum L., fig. 3), but may be separated by the 
following characters: 
Posterior femora acutely dentate; thorax broad; pattern 
of elytra well defined; pygidium with a pair of dis- 
tinct apical black spots pisorum L. 
Posterior femora obtusely or obsoletely dentate; thorax 
narrow; pattern of elytra more or less suffused; 
pygidium with black apical spots lacking or illy 
defined rufimanus Boh. 
Fig. 2. — The broad- 
bean weevil 
(B r u c li u s rufi- 
manus) : Adult or 
beetle. Enlarged. 
(Chittenden.) 
SYNONYMY. 
Bruchus rufimanus Boheman. 
Bruchus rufimanus Schoenherr, Gen. et Spec. Curculionidum, v. 1, p. 58, 1833. 
Bruchus granarius auct. (not L.) Westwood, Curtis, Ormerod, Wood, Riley, 
Fletcher, Lintner, et al. 
Mylabris rufimana Boh., Baudi, Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., 1880, p. 404. 
The Bruchus granarius L. 
is Laria atomaria L., 
Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 
605, 1776-1778. 
RECORDS OF OCCUR- 
RENCE IN CALIFOR- 
NIA. 
Although horse beans 
were grown in Cali- 
ornia as early as 1887, 
the horse-bean weevil 
was not recorded as ac- 
tually established in the United States until September 18, 1909. On 
that date Mr. I. J. Condit, then collaborator of the Bureau of Ento- 
mology, collected live specimens at San Luis Obispo, on growing horse 
beans (2, 3). Inquiry by the writer among buyers and growers indi- 
cates that the weevil was established in California many years before 
1909. Mr. P. G. Hammer, San Francisco, writes as follows, "We are 
quite positive of the date, for in our dealing with this variety of beans 
the first indication of weevil infestation appeared possibly not later 
Fig. 3. — The pea weevil {Bruchus pisorum) : a, Beetle 
&, larva; c, pupa. Enlarged. (Chittenden.) 
