. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 40 length and is quite robust. (See %, 13, r/.) From a closely related species which probabl}^ has similar habits {C. coUaris) it differs in the thoracic ornamentation, the latter (illustrated in fig. 16) having the thorax deeply', longitudinally, and somewhat irregular!}- strigose, while the body, particularly the elytra, is paler, with a distinct brown- ish and more bronzy hue. June 3,1901, Mr. H. P. Gould, sent from College Park, Md., num- bers of the latter weevil, with report that the}" had been receive
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 40 length and is quite robust. (See %, 13, r/.) From a closely related species which probabl}^ has similar habits {C. coUaris) it differs in the thoracic ornamentation, the latter (illustrated in fig. 16) having the thorax deeply', longitudinally, and somewhat irregular!}- strigose, while the body, particularly the elytra, is paler, with a distinct brown- ish and more bronzy hue. June 3,1901, Mr. H. P. Gould, sent from College Park, Md., num- bers of the latter weevil, with report that the}" had been received from Mr. L. C. Reid, Rhodesdale, Md., where they were very destructive to watermelon vines. They attacked them usually in the bud and gathered in little clusters or knots, the plants soon withering and dying. The Qg^ of xneus has not been described. The larva presents few characters for specific description. Its general ai)pearance is shown at h (fig. 13), c representing the head, greatl}'^ enlarged. The pupa {d) shows much resemblance to the pupa of the plum curculio. Both larva and pupa are milk}' white in color, and the surface of each is sparsely Fig. 14.—Chalcodermus ivvcin': lat eral view, much enlarged (origi nal). DISTRIBUTION. Horn records this species from Georgia and Florida; Boheman from Mexico. In the national collection we have specimens from Grant, Fort Drum, Kissimmee, Bartow, and Key Largo, Fla.; Frierson and New Orleans, La.; Atlanta and Morgan, Ga.; Victoria and Harvester, Tex., and South McAlester, Ind. T. , To this we must add reported occur- rences at Dawson, Ga.; Denson Spring, Crockett, Pales- tine, Mount Pleasant, Augusta, and Groesbeck, Tex.; Morgan, Ga.; Cocoanut Grove, Fla., and Wedgefield, S. C. RECENT REPORTS OF INJURY. July 25,1901, Mr. R. T. Smith, Grant, Fla., wrote that this species was found piercing the pods of string beans. During May, 1902, Mr. W. M. Scott wrote of its occur- ence on cotton at Dawson, Ga. Complaints of injury we
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