Annual report of the Regents . and puncturedlines in flattened ribs, which are clothed with a short pubescencearranged in yellowish, black, and whitish spots and lines — the whitelines more distinct on the third rib or interval. The grayish tip ofthe abdomen extends nearly one-half the length of the wing-coversbeyond them, and is faintly marked with a central whitish line. Thelegs are short, of a reddish color; the thighs (femora) of the hindpair are quite thick. The above figures, for the use of which I am indebted to thecourtesy of Professor Popenoe, of the Kansas State AgriculturalCollege,
Annual report of the Regents . and puncturedlines in flattened ribs, which are clothed with a short pubescencearranged in yellowish, black, and whitish spots and lines — the whitelines more distinct on the third rib or interval. The grayish tip ofthe abdomen extends nearly one-half the length of the wing-coversbeyond them, and is faintly marked with a central whitish line. Thelegs are short, of a reddish color; the thighs (femora) of the hindpair are quite thick. The above figures, for the use of which I am indebted to thecourtesy of Professor Popenoe, of the Kansas State AgriculturalCollege, should insure its recognition, and will also serve to illustrateits early stages. Note.— The comparison of the two has since been made by Mr. Janson, and theyare unhesitatingly pronounced identical. In the light of our increasing knowledge of the distribution of this insect throughcommerce in the four auarters of the globe, there can hardly remain any reason forlonger regarding it as native to the United States of Report of the State Entomologist 261 Compared with the much better known pea-weevil, shown in Fig. 17, obsoletus is not one-half so large, is more soberly colored, having less white on the wing-covers, and is without the white spot on the middle of the hinder part of the thorax and the two oval blackish spots which so conspicuously mark the exposed tip of the abdomen of Bruchus pisorum. In the latter the whitish hairs of the wing-covers form an —The pea-weevil, Bkuchus oblique, interrupted, bent band behind fi^o^;^^ natural size and en-^ r > larged; 5, a pea containing the the middle. weevil. Description of the description (loc. cit. sup.) of Bruchus obsoletus may be consultedfor more positive determination. It is as follows: Body blackish cinereous with a slight tinge of brown; antennae notdeepW serrate; thorax much narrowed^ before, cinereous each side, aslight impressed dorsal line; base with the edige almost angulated,central l
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