NO. 7 PROTECTIVE ADAPTATIONS McATEE l8l 



Harsiibarcer, W. a. 



1894. The bold rohhcr-fly and the mantis. Ent. News, vol. 5, no. 6, p. 169, 

 June. Asilid attacked mantis {Staymomantis Carolina) but was itself 

 captured and partly eaten. 



HiLDEBRAND, S. F. 



1919. Fishes in relation to mosquito control in ponds. Rep. U. S. Comm. 

 Fisheries 1918, App. 9, 15 pp., 18 tigs. 

 HiNE, James S. 



1906. Habits and life histories of some flies of the family Tabanidae. Bur. 

 Fnt., U. S. Dep. Agr., Techn. Bull., no. 12, pt. 2, pp. 19-38, 12 

 figs., Aug. Birds, hornets, and spiders noted as enemies. 

 Howard, L. O. 



1904. The insect book. The Nature Library, vol. 8, pp. 158-159. Outl^rcaks 

 of the armyworm sometimes completely controlled by tachina flies. 

 They also attack grasshoppers, bugs, and beetles, sawflies and saw- 

 fly larvae and bumble bees and wasps. 



1910. Preventive and remedial work against mosquitoes. Bull. 88, U. S. 

 Bur. Ent., 126 pp., June 20. Use of natural enemies, salamanders, 

 dragonflies, predacious mosquitoes and fish (pp. 62-72). 

 Hyslop, J. A. 



1910. The smoky crane-fly. Bull. 85, pt. 7, U. S. Bur. Ent., pp. 119-132, 

 figs. 60-66. Tipiila injuscata. Natural enemies include a tachinid 

 parasite, ground beetles, ants, mites, and birds ; a long list is given 

 of birds that feed on crane flies ; fungi also kill the insects. 

 I^eatiiers, a. L. 



1922. Ecological study of aquatic midges and some related insects with 

 special reference to feeding habits. Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisheries, 

 38, Doc. no. 915, 61 pp., 44 figs., May. Food includes Protozoa, 

 small Crustacea, diatoms, algae, and other vegetation. 

 Matiieson, Robert. 



1929. A handbook of the mosquitoes of North America. 268 pp., 25 pis. 

 Food; suck blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and snakes (pp. 

 39-41) ; enemies, birds, bats, fishes, tadpoles, salamanders, and 

 insects (pp. 71-72). 

 Smith, K. M. 



1927. A study of Ilylcniyia (Cliortophila) brassicac Bouche, the cabbage 

 root fly, and its parasites. With notes on some other dipterous 

 pests of cruciferous plants. Ann. Appl. Biol., vol. 14, pp. 312-330. 

 Description of life-history, enemies, and parasites. The larvae of 

 a small beetle (Aleocliara bilincata) destroy the pupae of the fly; 

 while a cynipid and a braconid parasitize the larvae, which are also 

 eaten by the carnivorous larva of an anthomyul fly. 'J'he larva 

 of the beetle is itself parasitized by a proctotrupid. 

 TwiNN, C. R. 



1 93 1. Observations on some aquatic animal and plant enemies of mosquitoes. 

 Can. Ent. 63, no. 3, pp. 51-61, Mar. Other mosquit<5 larvae, water 

 beetle larvae, dragonfly and damselfly nymphs, backswimmers, 

 water-scorpions, caddis larvae, salamanders, fishes, hydras, and 

 bladderworts. Bibliography. 



