. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. THE PEA AXn BEAN WEEVII S. 1237 B. discoi<h us Say, length 8— mm., is ivforded from Ohio, Kansas and Colorado. Group A. KKY TO . OF (IHOl'l' A. ((. lliud femur with a tooth on lioth inner and outer uiarijins; tliat (ju inner side larger. h. Median basal tlioracic lohe with elevated ivory-like space. (Fig. 555.) cmxExsis. hh. Median basal lobe with whitish hairs ouly. (Fig. ") QLTADEI.
. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. THE PEA AXn BEAN WEEVII S. 1237 B. discoi<h us Say, length 8— mm., is ivforded from Ohio, Kansas and Colorado. Group A. KKY TO . OF (IHOl'l' A. ((. lliud femur with a tooth on lioth inner and outer uiarijins; tliat (ju inner side larger. h. Median basal tlioracic lohe with elevated ivory-like space. (Fig. 555.) cmxExsis. hh. Median basal lobe with whitish hairs ouly. (Fig. ") (III. Hind femur with one tooth only on inner margin. i: Elytra black with red spots on the spaces. (/. Suture depressed; elytra each with a red spot on middle which touches the side margins. liU'.lO. niviLNERATrs. dd. Disk of elytra flat, the suture not deiiressed; elytra more black than rufous, the red spot near outer apical margin. CRUENTATrS. cc. Elytra wholly black, hind femora and tibiie biculored. xiriRixrs. B. cJiinfiisis Linn., antcnniv (if male strongly pectinate, length 3-4 mm,, is known as the "cow- pea weevil," as it lives in seeds of cow-peas, beans, etc. B. quadrimaculalus Fab., longer, less robust, with broader thorax, black with gray and white pubescence, length mm., is known as the "four-spotted beau weevil," and also lives mainly in cow-peas. Both are widely distribtited, have been introduced in seeds and are likely to occur jr^g 557 Brudimqmc- anv place in Indiana. JIT'^w/j''- /""''' ^ ^ (After Chittenden.) 2290 (7128). Bbdchus bivulneratls Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, IV, , 325. Oval, robust. Black, feebly shining; elytra each with a large red spot at middle which reaches the margin but not the suture. Head elongate- oval, densely punctured. Antennse as long as head and thorax, the three basal joints reddish. Thorax shining, one-half broader at base than long, sides feebly curved and gradually narrowed
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