176 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 85 



Burgess, A. F. and Collins, C. W. 



1917. The genus Calosouia, including studies of seasonal histories, habits, 

 and economic importance of American species north of Mexico and 

 of several introduced species. Bull. 417, U. S. Dep. Agr., 124 pp., 

 19 pis., 5 figs. Caterpillars the principal food of these beetles; 

 cannibalism, and attacks of toads, skunks, and birds the chief 

 organic checks ; predatory bugs, and parasitic flies also noted 

 (pp. 10-13). 

 Cartwrigiit, Oscar L. 



1929. The maize billbug in South Carolina. Bull. 257, South Carolina 

 Agr. Exp. Sta., 35 pp., 13 figs.. May. Natural enemies (p. 31) 

 include egg parasite, predacious beetles, ants, and wasps. 

 Chamberlin, F. S., and Tenhet, J. N. 



1923. The tobacco flea-beetle in the southern cigar-wrapper district. 

 Farmers' Bull. 1352, U. S. Dep. Agr., 9 pp., 8 figs. Epitrix parimla. 

 A spider, lygaeid bug, and birds noted as enemies (p. 5). 

 Chittenden, F. H. 



1911. Notes on various truck-crop insects. Bull. 82, pt. 7, U. S. Bur. Ent., 

 pp. 85-93, fig. 24. Natural enemies of Leptinotarsa decemlincata, 

 pp. 85-88; I beetle, 3 hemiptera, 16 wild birds, and guinea fowls. 



1926. Notes on the behavior of Cotinis nitida L. and its bird enemies. Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 39, pp. 15-17, Feb. Starling and 

 cardinal eat it. 

 Chittenden, F. H., and Fink, D. E. 



1922. The green June beetle. Bull. 891, U. S. Dep. Agr., 52 pp., 10 pis., 

 7 figs. Cotinis nitida. Natural enemies (pp. 31-37) include para- 

 sitic flies, digger wasps, ground beetles, mites, various mammals, 

 and birds ; fungal and bacterial diseases also noted. 

 Chittenden, F. H., and Marsh, H. O. 



1920. The western cabbage flea-beetle. U. S. Dep. Agr. Bull. 902, 21 pp., 

 4 figs., I pi., Oct. Phyllotreta pusilla. Hymenopterous and worm 

 parasites recorded as well as 12 species of birds feeding on beetles 

 of this genus. 

 Davis, John J. 



1913. Common white grubs. U. S. Farmers' Bull. 543, 20 pp., 12 figs., 

 July. More than 60 species of birds, domestic fowls, skunks, a 

 number of predacious and parasitic insects recorded preying upon 

 white grubs at one stage or another (pp. 13-15). 

 Fenton, F. a., and Dunham, E. W. 



1929. Biology of the cotton boll weevil at Florence, S. C. Techn. Bull. 

 112, U. S. Dep. Agr., 75 pp., 35 figs. Considerable variation exists 

 in mortality rate from parasitism (by three species of Hymen- 

 optera) from as low as 2.37 to as high as 51.52 per cent; predators, 

 heat, proliferation by the plant, disease and unknown causes take 

 their toll, the average total from all these causes being about 40 

 per cent ; then from the number that go into hibernation only an 

 average of 3.27 per cent survive. 



