. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 3Y6 A. JE. Verrill—7Vie Bermuda Islands. 788 Rust-colored Flour-beetle. [Triholium ferrugineum Fabr.) Figure 158,/. Mr. Geo. A. Bishop rej^orts the occurrence of this species, also, in stored corn and beans. It also feeds upon meal, flour, and rice. It closely resembles T. confusum, in size and color, but has more clavate antennae, the club 3-jointed, and a n
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 3Y6 A. JE. Verrill—7Vie Bermuda Islands. 788 Rust-colored Flour-beetle. [Triholium ferrugineum Fabr.) Figure 158,/. Mr. Geo. A. Bishop rej^orts the occurrence of this species, also, in stored corn and beans. It also feeds upon meal, flour, and rice. It closely resembles T. confusum, in size and color, but has more clavate antennae, the club 3-jointed, and a narrower head, the sides not projecting beyond the eyes. Silvanns Surinamensis (fig. 161) is reported to occur, but we did not secure specimens for study. It is a slender, flattened, chocolate- brown Floui'-beetle, only about ™™ in length, of the family Cucujidge. The sides of the prothorax are serrated. Bruchidm. This family is well represented by the Bean-weevil {Bruchus ohtectus S., tig. 158/>); ^Pea-weevil [Bruchnspisoruvn B. pisi L., figs. 159, 159a), which are common and were probably early introductions from Europe in the magazine ships. Coio-pea Weevil. [Bruchus Chinensis L.) Figure 160. This small beetle is reported by Mr. Geo. A. Bishop as occurring in Bermuda. It is common in the middle and southern United States, and most warm countries. It infests not only cow-peas, but various other kinds of peas and beans, often becoming very injurious, utterly destroying large quantities. 159a 1586. Figure 159a.—Pea-weevil {B. pisorum); a, beetle, side view, much enlarged ; fo, pea from which it emerged, nat. size; c, cl, larvae, enlarged ; after Eiley. Figure 1586.—Bean-weevil {Bruchus obtectus); a, imago, much enlarged ; 6, infected bean ; after Eiley. ChrysomelidSy Leaf-beetles / Flea-beetles / Potato-beetles, etc. A few undetermined species of tbis family were observed, and doubtless many more occur. Among them, according to the state- ments of the farmers
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