56 PRINCIPAL CACTUS INSECTS OP UNITED STATES. 



1902. Dyar, H. G. — Descriptions' of the larvae of some moths from Colorado. 



<Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, pp. 369-412. 



On page 396 is a description of a larva supposed to be that of Melitara 

 junctolineella Hulst. See p 27, antea. 



1903. Fernald, M. E. — A catalogue of the Coccidse of the world. <Bul. 88, 



Mass. Agr. Coll., pp. 360. 



1903. Townsend, C. H. T. — Contribution to a knowledge of the Coleoptera of 

 the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and Tamaulipas, with biological 

 notes and special reference to geographical distribution. <Trans. Tex. 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 5, pp. 49-101. 



Acallcs ( = Gcrstceckeria) clathratus Le Conte "very numerous on Opuntia 

 leptocaulis, breeding in the ends of the shoots, June 5th. This species kills 

 the ends of the shoots of this plant, the grub eating out the inside portion 

 and forming a cell in which it transforms." 



1905. Knuth, P., Otto Appel, and Ernest Loew. — Handbuch der Bliitenbiologie, 

 Leipzig. 



Pages 262-263 cover Cactacese. The following insect records are made : 

 Megachile sidalcew Cockerell on Opuntia engelmanni (Bot. Jahrb., 1901, 

 vol. 2, p. 583, New Mexico) ; Diadasia (Eucera) unicornis Cockerell, New 

 Mexico; Diadasia unicornis opuntiw Cockerell, Viereck, Proc. Acad. Sci. 

 Phila., vol. 54, p. 728, 1902, California. 



1905. Cockerell, T. D. A.— The bees of southern California. <Bul. So. Cal. 



Acad. Sci.. vol. 4, p. 15. 



Diadasia australis opuntiw Cockerell, at blooms of Opuntia littoralis Eng. 



1906. Osborn, Herbert. — Note on food habit of Liotropis contaminatus IJhl. 



<Ent. News, vol. 20. p. 177. 



On fruit of Opuntia fulgida, Arizona; also El Paso, Tex., and Inyo Moun- 

 tains, Cal. 



1906. Cockerell, T. D. A. — Descriptions and records of bees, VIII. <Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 17, pp. 222-230. 

 Includes several cactus species. 



1906. Cockerell, T. D. A. — The North American bees of the family Antho- 

 phoridse. <Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 32, pp. 63-116. 



Melissodes pallidicincta Cockerell, and Diadasia spp. in blooms of Opuntia. 



1906. Cockerell, T. D. A. — The bees of New Mexico. <Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 



vol. 32, pp. 289-314. 



Lithurgus apicalis Cresson, L. echinoeacti Cockerell, and Megachile sidalcew 

 Cockerell. 



1907. Busck, Aug. — New American Tineina. <Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 8, 



pp. 86-99. 



Original description of Marmara opuntiella on OpunHa sp., southern Texas. 



1907. Cockerell, T. D. A. — A gall gnat of the prickly pear cactus. <Can. Ent., 

 vol. 39, p. 324. 



Description of Asphondylia betheli Cockerell. 



1907. Pierce, W. D. — On the biologies of the Rhynchophora of North America. 

 <Rept. Nebr. St. Bd. Agr., 1906, pp. 249-319, 8 pis. 



Includes notes on Acallcs nobilis Le Conte, A clathratus Le Conte, and 

 A. turbidus Le Conte. These species are now placed under Gerstackeria. 



