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BULLETIN 1249, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Curculionidae — Continued. 



Tyloderma foveolata 3 



Cylindrocopturus sp 1 



Calandridae. 



Sphenophorus sp. (billbug) 4 



Calandra oryzae (rice wee- 

 vil) 1 



Borboridae. 



Limosina sp 1 



Oscinidae ( frit-flies ) . 



Hippelates sp 1 



Vipionidae (parasitic wasps). 



Apanteles sp 1 



Braconidae (parasitic wasps). 



Chelonella fissus 1 



Iclineumonidae (parasitic wasps). 



Mesochorus sp 1 



Campoplex sp 3 



Lissonota sp 1 



Exolytus sp 1 



Iclineumonidae — Continued. 



Agrothereutes sp 1 



Phaeogenes sp 1 



Pterocormus sp 3 



Diapriidae. 



Galesus sp 1 



Formicidae (ants). 



Solenopsls sp 4 



Myrmioa sp 4 



Lasius sp 2 



Formica subsericea 1 



Formica* sp 4 



Halictidae (sweat-bees). 



Chloralictus zephyrus 1 



Chloralictus sp 3 



Attidae (jumping spiders). 



ZygobaMus sp 1 



Zonitidae (land snails). 



Zonitoides musculus 1 



SPRAGUE PIPIT (Anthtts spragaet). 



The Sprague pipit breeds in the Great Plains region and is very 

 similar in appearance and habits to the common pipit. Only 11 

 stomachs were available for examination, so that little can be stated 

 regarding the food. In six stomachs over 75 per cent of the food 

 consisted of grasshoppers or crickets, while 2 were well filled with 

 seeds of goatweed (Groton) and spurge (Euphorbia). Ants and 

 other small hymenopterans, weevils, and various other beetles, small 

 bugs, and caterpillars formed the remainder of the food. 



Food, items of the Sprague pipit, identified to genus or species, as determined by 

 the examination of 11 stomaclis. 



[The figures indicate the number of stomachs in which the items were found.] 



Vegetable Food. 



Poaceae. 



Panicum sp. (witchgrass) — 1 

 Cyperaceae. 



Carex sp. (sedge) 1 



Euphorbiaceae. 



Cro ton sp. (goatweed) 2 



Euphorbia sp. (spurge) 1 



Boraginaceae. 



Lithospermum sp. (puccoon)_ 1 

 Ambrosiaceae. 



Ambrosia sp. (ragweed) 1 



Animal Food. 



Scutelleridae (shield-bugs). 



Phimodera torpida 1 



Pentatomidae ( stink-bugs ) . 



Euschistus sp 2 



Coreidae. 



Alydus sp 1 



Lygaeidae. 



Nysius sp. (false chinch bug)- 5 

 Carabidae (ground-beetles). 



Anisodactylus sp 1 



Malachiidae. 



Collops guadrimaculatus 2 



Chrysomelidae (leaf -beetles). 



Graphops beryllinus 1 



Graphops sp 1 



Glyptoscelis sp 1 



Chaetocnema sp 1 



Curculionidae ( weevils ) . 



Pachyphanes discoideus 1 



Smicronyx vestitus 1 



Ceutorhynchus sp 1 



Rhinoncus sp 1 



Formicidae (ants). 



Formica sp 2 



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