. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 30 MISCELLANEOUS RESULTS OF WORK OF BUREAU IX. which had evidently died prematurely as a result of overinfestation by the weevils. Pods were examined during the first week of October, and at this time half of those gathered were infested. The sound pods may be easily separated from the infested ones, since the latter are flattened, discolored, and sometimes even distorted, while sound and fully matured pods are full and round like a diminutive pea-pod. Most individuals were in the i^upal condition at the last-men
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 30 MISCELLANEOUS RESULTS OF WORK OF BUREAU IX. which had evidently died prematurely as a result of overinfestation by the weevils. Pods were examined during the first week of October, and at this time half of those gathered were infested. The sound pods may be easily separated from the infested ones, since the latter are flattened, discolored, and sometimes even distorted, while sound and fully matured pods are full and round like a diminutive pea-pod. Most individuals were in the i^upal condition at the last-mentioned f)eriod. The adults, like others of the genus, feed upon the leaves, piercing them with innumerable holes, from 20 to as many as 60 such punctures being sometimes visible on a single small leaf. The insect hibernates in the beetle condition, escapes from the pod about Ma}' or June, or earlier if the pod happens to crack, and the punctures made upon the early appearance of the insect are plainh?^ visible in October. Careful comparison of the writer's reared material of Apion griseum with typical specimens in the U. S. National Museum (some of which appear to be types) of ^4. fraternam^ identified as such by Dr. J. B. Smith, who described that species, shows that this is the same insect which was found by Dr. C. V. Eiley on Strophostyles {Phaseolus) pauciflora as cited by Smith. The identity of these two forms has also been recognized b}' Fall in his revision of the ; The chalcidid fly Catolaccvs incertus Ashm. was reared from in- fested pods, and is undoubtedly parasitic on this Apion. APION COLON Sharp. February (i, 1903, Dr. EdAvard Palmer furnished specimens of this species collected at Alvarez, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on a species of wild bean with scarlet flowers and tuberous roots, which is used as a cure for hydrophobia (Palmer's No. 63). This species is not knoAvn to occur in our lim- its, but is mentioned because of possible economic importance. The a
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