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tives of all but one, the Phasmidae or walking sticks, were recovered. Of the 

 68 per cent which recently had eaten insects, one-third had taken Orthoptera, 

 and slightly more than one-fifth had taken to Heteroptera. 



92 per cent had taken arthropods. 



68 per cent had eaten insects. 



24 per cent had devoured Orthoptera, of which cockroaches were found in 

 II per cent, Acrididae in 8 per cent, Gryllidae in 3 per cent, Mantidae 

 and Locustidae each in i per cent. 



24 per cent had but a short time previous secured Coleoptera, of which 5 

 per cent had eaten Cerambycidae, 4 per cent had taken CurcuHonidae, 

 3 per cent had devoured CisteHdae; Lampyridae, Coccinellidae and 

 Scarabaeidae each had been swallowed by 2 per cent, while representa- 

 tives of the following were included in the diet of i per cent each; Anthri- 

 bidae, Carabidae, ChrysomeHdae, Cicindelidae, Lathridiidae and 

 Staphylinidae. 



21 per cent lately had gotten Lepidoptera, 7 per cent yielded caterpillar 

 remains. 



15 per cent had devoured Hymenoptera. Ants were taken from 12 per cent 

 and Scoliidae from i per cent. 



13 per cent had obtained true bugs, of which but 8 per cent were further 

 recognized. From the digestive tracts of 2 per cent each came Neptidae 

 and Pentatomidae, which each of the following were yielded by but i 

 per cent respectively; Belastomatidae, Corixidae, Pyrrhocoridae and 

 Scutellaridae. 

 7 per cent had taken Odonata. 



6 per cent had eaten Diptera. 



3 per cent had obtained Homoptera. 



Aphidae coming from 2 per cent, Jassidae from i per cent. 

 2 per cent had included Physopoda or Thysanoptera. 



1 per cent gave up each of the following: Euplexoptera, Neuroptera and 



Trichoptera. 



51 per cent a short time before they were captured had eaten harmful insects, 

 and several had taken several of such insects. 



31 per cent recently had gotten insects which are of useful or harmful eco- 

 nomic importance. 



15 per cent had taken insects which are of beneficial economic importance. 



7 per cent recently had eaten insects which are of negligible economic value. 

 24 per cent positively had taken spiders, of which 6 per cent could be further 



identified, 2 per cent had taken Lycosidae, 2 per cent had Salticidae, 

 I per cent had taken Filistatidae, and i per cent had taken Argiopidae; 

 this latter i per cent had eaten three argiopids all of which were easily 

 identified to the species. The remaining 18 per cent contained bits of 

 legs, chelicerae and other portions of the bodies of spiders which could 

 not be further identified. 



4 per cent had gotten ectoparasitic mites of insects. 



2 per cent had included Phalangidae. 



I per cent respectively yielded each of the following: Myriapoda, Phyllopoda 



and Pseudoscorpionida. 

 55 per cent arthropod remains which could not be further identified beyond 



reasonable doubt. 

 36 per cent were gluttonous, see it of all tables and interpretative notes. 

 35 per cent had swallowed epidermis. 

 41 per cent were nematode infested, usually from the duodenum posteriorly; 



in I per cent nematodes were found in the stomach. Most of the nema- 



