48 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



APIONINjE. 

 Apion aculeatum Fall. 



Bred from flower-head of huisache (Vachellia farnestana), 

 March 17, 1908 (Mitchell). 



Apion aeneipennis Smith. 



Ou Hclianthns, October 16, 1907 (Mitchell). 

 Apion impunctistriatum Smith. 



On Rudbeckia amplexicaulis, April 8, 29, 1907 (Mitchell); 

 May 13 (Morgan). 



Apion occidentale Fall. 



On Helianthus, April 8, 1907; April 12 (Mitchell). 



Apion subornation Fall. 



Feeding on black chaparral {Acacia rcemeriana) , and breed- 

 ing in the pods, March 26, 1908 (Mitchell). 



Apion subcinctum Fall. 



vSeptember 16, 1907; November 15, 1906 (Mitchell). 



TANYMECINJE. 

 Tanymecus confertus Gyllenhal. 



On Ambrosia psilostachya, April 30, May 13 (Morgan). 



BRACHYDERIN^E. 

 Compsus auricephalus Say. 



On Phoradendron jtavescens, March 8, 1909 (Mitchell); 

 April 15, 1903; on Ambrosia, April 30 (Morgan); on cotton 

 (Gossypium), May 10, November 24 (Hinds); on Ambrosia, 

 June 4, 1905; on Acacia, July 8, 1907 (Mitchell); July 16, 

 1906 (McLachlan); November 15, 1903. 



Mitostylus tenuis Horn. 



Feeding in large numbers on Amphiachyris dracunculoides, 

 October 14; November 14, 1906 (Mitchell). 



Epicaerus sulcatus Casey (.?). 



Feeding on bloom of Acacia nvincn'ana, March 26, 1908 

 (Mitchell). 



Epicasrus texanus Casey. 



On I-ca ciliata, March 14, 1908; March 15, 1907 (Mitch- 

 ell); on Ambrosia, April 30, May 13 (Morgan); June 4, 1905, 

 July 22, 1907 (Mitchell); on cotton (Gossvphim') November 

 1, 1902 (Hinds). 



