186 THE MEXICAN COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL. 



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Passerculus sandwichensis, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Passer* lla iliaea, enemy of boll weevil. .: 146 



Passerina ciris, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Peaches attacked by Conotrachelus nenuphar 30 



Pecan galls and nuts attacked by Conotrachelus elegans 30 



Pediculoides vp. , enemy of boll weevil 137 



ventricosus, enemy of boll weevil 137 



Penthestes carolinensis, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Pepper, host plant of Anthonomus eugenii 30 



plants, futility against boll weevil 155 



Perilampus sp., enemy of boll weevil 141 



Petrochelidon lunifrons, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Pheidole crassicorn is, enemy of boll weevil 140 



sp., near flavens, enemy of boll weevil 140 



Phoebe. (See Sayornis phce.be.) 

 Pigweed (see also Amaranthus spp.). 



duration of life of boll weevils fed thereon 48 



Pimpla sp. , enemy of boll weevil 142 



Pine bark attacked by Hylobius pales 30 



branches and bark attacked by Pachylobius picivorus 30 



Pissodes nemorensis 30 



I'ipiJo erythrophthalmus, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Pipit, American. (See Anthus pe7isilvanicus .) 



Pissodes nemorensis, attacks pine branches and bark 30 



mistaken for boll weevil 30 



Plant control of boll weevil. 132-136 



Plover, upland. (See Bartramia longicauda.) 

 Plum curculio (see also Conotrachelus nenuphar). 



host of Sigalphus curculionis 142 



Plums attacked by Conotrachelus nenuphar 30 



Pocecetes gramineus, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Precipitation, effect on date of beginning emergence from hibernation by boll 



weevil. 107-108 



survival of hibernating boll weevils 112-114 



Predators, factor in control of boll weevil 120 



Prenolepis imparls, enemy of boll weevil 140 



Prickly pear attacked by Gerstseckeria nobilis 30 



Progne subis, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Proliferation, control of boll weevil thereby 132-135 



Pyrrhuloxia s. texana, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Texan. (See Pyrrhuloxia s. texana.) 

 Quail. (See Colinus virginianus .) 



Quarantine against boll weevil by Alabama 165 



California 165 



Egypt 168 



Florida 165 



Georgia 165-166 



India. 1 68 



Louisiana 166 



Mississippi 166 



North Carolina 166-167 



Oklahoma 167 



Peru 1 68 



Porto Rico 167 



South Carolina 167-168 



Tennessee 168 



Texas 168 



Quiscalus q. seneus, enemy of boll weevil 146 



Ragweed. (See Ambrosia.) 

 Rainfall. (See Precipitation.) 



Rains as agents in spread of boll weevil 91 



Real rift ion of cotton planting now an impract icable means of boll weevil repres- 

 sion 156-157 



Rhynch ites mexicanus attacks rosebuds 30 



no istaken for boll weevil 30 



Rhyssematus palmacollis attacks morning glory pods 30 



mistaken for boll weevil 30 



