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Chrysomelids, carrion beetles and miscellaneous l)eetles form one 

 per cent each of the total stomach contents. The Chrysomelidae as 

 a whole are leaf-eaters and include such injurious species as the 

 potato beetle and striped cucumber beetle, both of which were ident- 

 ified in the stomachs. The carricjn beetles, while of no 

 great economic importance are sometimes indirectly 

 helpful to man since they contribute somewhat to his 

 comfort by seeking out and burying carrion that might 

 wWf/"sw?//?v^r otherwise be offensive. For this reason they maybe 

 ■considered as beneficial insects and their destruction as counting 

 slightly against the toad. The miscellaneous beetles include scatter- 

 ing representatives of many families and, aside from a few Cocci- 

 ■nellids, are of no particular importance from an economic standpoint. 



Fig. 15. Megilla 

 muculata. 



Fig. 16. CocriveUd 

 ■idnguiiieti. 



Of the Lepidoptera, but few mature insects were found in the 

 «tomachs examined. One crambid and four noctuid moths represent 

 the total imagoes. Lepidoi)terous larvae, however, form the cliief 

 food (twenty-eight \)ev cent), for the whole season. They may be 

 ■divided into three g]-ou{)s : cut worms, sixteen per cent ; tent cater- 

 pillars, nine per cent ; and miscellaneous larvae, three per cent. 

 Among the latter such injurious species as EuvcDie.ssa antiopa^ Por- 

 thetria dispar, Fi/rophiht pi/ramidoides and Paleacriia veriiala vvei'c 

 ■often present. It would seem as if the armor of the \^iness:i larva 



