. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 84 INSECTS AFFECTING STOEED PRODUCTS. bisinuate; in the middle lobed, with acute angles. Elyta subquadrate, the apices separately I'oiinded. above subplanose. Pyitidium lai'ge, rounded at apex, descendant. Posterior femora strongly incrassate. slightly tootlied and serrate about apex. Tibise terete [cylindrical], posterior tibi* arcuate. Body sbort- ovate, more or less convex. THE BEETLE. The cowpea weevil may be readily distinguished from all other species of the family inhabiting the United States by the two la
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 84 INSECTS AFFECTING STOEED PRODUCTS. bisinuate; in the middle lobed, with acute angles. Elyta subquadrate, the apices separately I'oiinded. above subplanose. Pyitidium lai'ge, rounded at apex, descendant. Posterior femora strongly incrassate. slightly tootlied and serrate about apex. Tibise terete [cylindrical], posterior tibi* arcuate. Body sbort- ovate, more or less convex. THE BEETLE. The cowpea weevil may be readily distinguished from all other species of the family inhabiting the United States by the two large, elevated, ivory-like lobes at the base of the thorax and by the strongly pectinate antennse of the male (see fig. 21, a). The body is more robust than that of other bean and cowpea feeding forms. The gi'ound color is dull red, sometimes more or less blackish, variegated with black, brown, yellow, and gray or white pubescence. The pattern of the elytra varies, that shown in the illustration being the prevailing form, the combi- nation of colors making, with the somewhat feathery antennae of the male, one of the most beautiful species of its family to be found in America north of Mexico. The darkest spots at the sides are not round and conspicuous as in the four- spotted bean weevil, and the apical spots are sometimes wanting, while often black is the prevailing color of the dor- sal surface. The following description, under the name scuteJlarls Fab., is from Horn's synopsis, published in 1873: ^* Short, robust, brownish, opaque. Hard brown, opaque, densely and coarsely punctured, front subcarinate. Antennae variable, usually pale rufous, rarely with the outer joints nearly black, as long as head and thorax, male pectinate, female serrate. Thorax trapezoidal, sides nearly straight, base trisinuate, median lobe emarginate at middle; color brownish opaque; surface coarsely punctured intervals rugoso-granulate; median line in front and narrow space at sides sparsely clothed wit
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