December, '11] CUSHMAN: hosts and parasites of BRUCHIDiE 



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The fruit of the small palmetto which grows abundantly throughout 

 the swampy regions of Louisiana was found to be infested by this 

 species at Tallulah, La. The only lot of material was collected January 

 2, 1910, by Mr. V. L Safro. A note made by him is as follows: "In 

 emerging from the berries the Bruchid makes a clean, circular cut 

 in the surface of the berry, pushes this 'Ud' off, and emerges. The 

 hole thus formed is about three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. 

 It extends almost to the opposite side of the berry. 



In order to bring the present knowledge of the host-plants and para- 

 sites of the North American species of Brucliidse together the following 

 brief statement is given. The numbers and letters in parentheses refer 

 to the bibliography following. Asterisks indicate records obtained 

 by the "Boll Weevil Investigation" and other records published for 

 the first time in the present paper. 



table of hosts and parasites of bruchid^ 



