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MISCELLANPX)rS COTTON INSE(;TS. 



The .species was also reported fi-oiii Fife, McCulloch Count}', where 

 damage to garden crops commenced about March 15; from Wawaka, 

 Ochiltree County, where they were injurious in gardens May 10, and 

 from Canyon. Randall County, in the central part of the Panhandle, 

 where some damage was done to cotton about July 20. In the last 

 case the beetles had almost disappeared on August 25. 



Beetles contined undei' a cage over cotton in the tield laid a few 

 eggs July 1, but unfortunately the eggs were destroyed by ants 

 and no larva' were secured. 



It was found that when Paris green was dusted upon the foliage 

 the beetles readily succumbed to the treatment, 

 so that there should be no diliicultv in control- 

 ling them b}' dusting the weeds around the edges 

 of fields. 



This species was originally described from the 

 Rio Grande Valley, and no other type locality- 

 was given. The only previously published rec- 

 ord of injury is that in Insect Life, Volume 

 VII, page 360. where the insect is reported to 

 -Laduiosteiiia kuuro- have destroyed several crops of wheat in Bay- 

 kmaie-sumewhat Jq^. Countv, Tcx., the beetles having increased 



enlarged (author'Hillustra- , ' ,. i • . ^-,rv^ 



tion). ui numbers tor several years previous to 18i»5. 



It is evidently most abundant in northwest Texas, and has not been 

 observed east of Cooke Countv. 



Fift. 7. 

 lata: 



l.ACHNOSTEKXA LANCEOLATA Say. (Fig. 7.) 



This species, somewhat smaller than the preceding, is of a brown 

 color and is well clothed with gray hairs. Specimens were received 

 July 5, 1903, from D'Hanis, Tex., where, occurring in large numbers, 

 they had done considerable damage to cotton. Beetles were found 

 common, though not abundant, on cotton and sunflower leaves at 

 Terrell. From specimens contined June 4 eggs were secured June 18. 

 The white, globular eggs, about 2 mm. in diameter, were laid singly 

 about 2 inches beneath the surface. They hatched June 25, and the 

 larvje fed on cotton and grass roots during the summer and fall. 



July 15, 1902, the Division of Entomology received specimens from 

 S. E. Russell, Duncan, Ind. T., stating that they were damaging 

 young cotton. The species has also been reported from China Spring, 

 McLennan County, Tex.,« where it was injuring collards. It had 

 been noticed commonly since 1890, and its favorite food plants were 

 stated to be several species of Amaranthus common around corn tields. 



«1900: Bal. 22, ii. s., Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, p. 107. 



