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ENTOMOLOGY 



Back, E. A., and Pemberton, C. E. Life history of the melon fly. Journal of 

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Caudell, a. N. Orthoptera of the Yale-Dominican expedition of 1913. Proceed- 

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CoAD, B. R. Feedings habits of the boll weevil on plants other than cotton. Journal 

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Davidson, W. M. Walnut Aphides in California. Bulletin of the U. S. Depart- 

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Davis, J. J. The oat aphis. Bulletin of the LT. S. Department of Agriculture, 

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Dyar, H. G. The larvae of some Lepidoptera from Mexico. Insecutor Inscitiae 

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Dyar, H. G. Utetheisa in Porto Rico. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 2: 129- 

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Dyar, H. G. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera from Mexico. 

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 the Cochlidiidae; Cosmothyris in the Thyrididae; Tippecoa, Cromarcha, 

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