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No. Vov Ont. 



Odouata, (Dragon Flies), !) Xi.'.i 



Nymphs, 8 29.6 



Agrionida^ (Damsel Flies), 1 '.1.7 



Hemiptera, (Bugs), :? 11 . 1 



Capsidaj, (Water Bugs), 1 .'i . 7 



Notonectidai, (Back Swimmers) 1 :{.7 



Belostomidie, 1 !i . 7 



Zaitha flumiuea, 1 •LI 



Neuroptera — SialidtB, 2 7.4 



Lepidoptera, li 11.1 



Undetermined Moth la^va^ *. 2 7.4 



Noetuidse, (Cutworms), 1 3.7 



Coleoptera, 20 74.0 



Undetermined Beetle fragments, l.> 48.1 



Carabida3, (Ground Beetles), 2 7.4 



Dytiscida', (Diving Beetles), 2 7.4 



Chrysomelida?, (Leaf Beetles), 3 1 1 . 1 



Undetermined, 2 7.4 



Donacia sp., 1 3.7 



Scarabaeidae. 



Lachnosterna, (June Bugs), 1 3.7 



Euphoria inda, (Flower Beetles), 1 3.7 



Maerodactylus subspinosus, (Rose Bugs), . 2 7.4 



Rhynchophora, (Snout Beetles), 1 3.7 



Diptera, (Flies). 



Undetermined flies, 10 37 



Tipulida?, (Crane Flies) 2 7.4 



Chirononiida^, (Midges), 1 3.7 



Scatophagida?, 1 3.7 



Hymenoptera, (Ants, etc.). 



Tenthredinidie, 1 3.7 



Ichneumonidte, 1 3.7 



Brachondiie, 1 3.7 



Ants, 1 3.7 



From the above chart it is to be seen that only one-ninth of the 

 individual specimens examined had eaten vegetable matter, and in 

 fact there was very little plant tissue found in the stomachs, while 

 all of them contained animal matter, thus showing that they differ 

 conspicuously from the Wood turtles in preferring animal matter to 

 vegetable food. Not only is it remakable that all the 8i>ecimeus 

 contained animal tissue, but also that all of them had eaten insects. 



WTiile many of these food materials were fragmentary and un- 

 determined it was plainly shown that most of them were aquatic 

 insects, such as would be found living in water or such as may have 



