52 PRINCIPAL CACTUS INSECTS OP UNITED STATES. 



Eleodes ventricosa Le Conte. Hondo, Tex., November (F. C. Pratt). 



Eleodes armata Le Conte. Tucson, Ariz., May (F. C. Pratt). 



Eleodes carbonaria Say. Tucson, Ariz., May (F. C. Pratt) ; Cotulia, Tex. (J. D. 



Mitchell). 

 Eleodes carbonaria var. soror Le Conte. Cotulla, Tex. (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Anthicux infemus La Ferte-Senectere. Mexico. 

 Blapstinus pratensis Le Conte. Hondo, Corpus Christi, Encinal, Cotulla, Tex., 



March to November (J. D. Mitchell) ; Hondo, Tex., November (F. C. 



Pratt). 

 *Ulosonia marginata Le Conte. 

 *Cyn<BUs angustus Le Conte. 



Helops farcins Le Conte. Hondo, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Othnius senecionis Champion. Durango, Mexico, November (F. C. Bishopp) ; 



Aguascalientes, Mex., December (F. C. Bishopp) ; Texas (E. A. Schwarz). 

 Compsus auricephalus Say. Hondo, Tex., April (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Coleocerus marmoratus Say. D'Hanis, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Smicromj.r spretus Dietz. San Antonio, Tex., June (J. C. Crawford). 



On Opuntia. 

 Calandra remota Sharp. " Occurs commonly in the stems of banana and prickly 



pear near Honolulu." (Mem. Coleoptera Hawaiian Islands, p. 1S3.) 

 *Apotrepus densicollis Casey. 

 *Cossonus hubbardi Schwarz. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Kricogonia Igsidc Godart. Encinal, Tex.. May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Pontia protodice Boisduval. Encinal. Tex.. April (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Campometra impartialis Harvey. Cotulla, Tex., April (J. D. Mitchell). Pupa 



found under dead Opuntia joints. 

 Lineodes Integra Zeller. San Antonio, Tex., September. 

 On Opuntia. 

 " I bred this on Solanacese." — H. G. Dyar. 



HYMENOPTEIiA. 



Stomatocera rubra Ashmead. Corpus Christi. Tex.. April (F. C. Pratt). 

 *Pachycondyla harpax F. Smith. Hondo, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 



Under dead Opuntia leaves. 

 Neoponera villosa F. Smith. Falfurrias, Tex., April (J. D. Mitchell). 



Nesting in leaves of dead cacti. 

 Odontomachus darns Roger (?). Hondo, Tex., June (J. D. Mitchell). 



Crawling under dead Opuntia. 

 Pseudomyrma brunnea F. Smith. Aguascalientes, Mex., December (F. C. 



Bishopp) ; Corpus Christi, Tex. (F. C. Pratt). 

 PheMole sp. Los Angeles, Cal., June (F. C. Pratt). 



Tuder decaying Opuntia. carrying dipterous larvae. 

 Cremastogaster lineolata Say. Hondo, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell) 



Under dead Opuntia leaves. 

 Cremastogaster sp. Tucson, Ariz., May (F. C. Pratt). 



Attending aphis on Opuntia versicolor and O. fulgida. 

 Leptothorax sp. Victoria, Tex., April (J. I). Mitchell). 



Nesting in green fruit of Opuntia. 

 Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger var. flavus McCook. Los Angeles, Cal., June 

 (F. C. Pratt). 



On Opuntia fruit. 



