. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 356 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. of which are known as "; They attack the plants soon after they are set out and injure them severely before they can get a start, especially in dry weather. Plants should be dipped when set in arsenate of lead, 1 pound in 10 gallons of water; but do not dip the roots. COPTOCYCLA Chev. C. bicolor Fab. (aurichalcea Fab.) Throughout the State on "Convol- vulus" V, VI; common and destructive on sweet potatoes in South Jersey. A gold-bug like the preceding and
. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 356 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. of which are known as "; They attack the plants soon after they are set out and injure them severely before they can get a start, especially in dry weather. Plants should be dipped when set in arsenate of lead, 1 pound in 10 gallons of water; but do not dip the roots. COPTOCYCLA Chev. C. bicolor Fab. (aurichalcea Fab.) Throughout the State on "Convol- vulus" V, VI; common and destructive on sweet potatoes in South Jersey. A gold-bug like the preceding and amenable to the same remedies. C. signifer Hbst. (guttata Oliv.) Throughout the State V, VI, more common southwardly, where it also attacks sweet potatoes. C. purpurata Boh. Cramer Hill V, Woodbury VI, VIII, 29 (GG); West- ville I, 28, in hibertiating quarters (W). C. clavata Fab. Throughout the State, usually not common; sometimes locally abundant on potatoes, etc., and causes injury. CHELYMORPHA Chev. C. argus Licht. Throughout the State, common; on "Convolvulus" and "Asclepias," and sometimes attack raspberries (Ch). Family BRUCHID^. These are the pea and bean weevils, the larvae of which live in the seeds of leguminous and other plants. The beetles are short and chunky, the wing covers cut off square behind so as to expose the tip of the obese abdomen; head small, posterior legs long, the thighs swollen, but not fitted for jump- ing. In color they are usually gray, mottled with black and white, the markings formed of scales and hair covering the surface, so that when these are rubbed off the beetles are mostly uniform black. The injury is done chiefly to the stored o ^ product, peas, beans, lentils, and the like, Fig- i47-—The "bean weevil," and several larvas are often found in the much enlarged: b, an in- larger seeds. Fumigating with bisulphide fested bean.' of carbon kills these insects without injuring the germinating quality of the seed
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