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cotton is merely incidental. The boll weevil is included in this list, and 

 figures of the adult are given in the plates to facilitate comparison. 



Injects often mistaJcen for tlie boU weevil {Anthonomus grantlis). 



Scientific name. 



Common naioe. 



Usual food plant. 



Plate and 

 figure. 



Anthonomus grandis Boh 



Anthonomus albovUosus Dietz 



Mexican cotton boll -wee- 

 vil. 



Cotton squares and bolls. . . 



X,40,41 



Anthonomus signatus Say 



Anthonomtis xneotinctus Champ . 



Strawberry weevil 



Pepper weevil 



Various flower buds 





Pepper pods 



X,45 

 X,44 

 X,46 











Broad-leaved gum plant 



Sunflower . 



Dcsmovis constrictus Say .... 



Sunflower weevil 



Conotrachelus 7iaso Lee 

















Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst 



Conotrachelus leucophxatus Fab. . 



Plum curculio 



Plums and peaches 







Careless weed 









Beetle in flowers 



XI, 48 



Ccntrinus picumnzis Host 





...do 







Cowpea-pod weevil 





XI, 50, 51 





Willow. 



Lixus scrobicoUis Boh 



Bloodweed weevil 



Ragweed (Ambrosia spp. ) . . 











BoXctninus victoriensis Chitt 



do 



Liveoak acorns 



X 43 



SOilaninus sp • .... .... 



do 



Acorns 





Acalles turbidus Lee 



Prickly-pear weevil 



do 



Prickly pear 





Acall-es nobilis Lee 



do 





Bar is striata Say 



Striped Baris 



Stems of ragweed 









Roots of cockleburs 



Buckweed 



XI 47 





False indigo weevil 



Tobacco-stalk weevil 



Nettle-stalk weevil 





Trichobaris vuicorea Lee 



Tobacco stalks 





Trichobaris texana Lee 



Spanish thistle 





Ehyssematus palmacoUis Sav 







Hylobius pales Hbst 



Pales weevil 



Conif erae stems 





Pi&sodes strobi Peck 



White-pine weevil 



do 





Pachylobius picivorus G erm 





do.. 





Rhynchites mexicanus GjM 



Mexican rose beetle 



Coffee-bean weevil 



Imbricated snout beetle. . 

 Horned stem borer 



Rose 





Arsecerus fascieulatus DeG 



Epicserus imbricatus Say 



Coffee beans and old cotton 



bolls. 

 OTTini-vorons 



XI, 49 

 XII 56 



Anthribns cornutus Say ,. 



Cotton stems 





OTHER BEETLES. 



Monoercpidiu^ vcspertinus Fab . . . 



Larva in grass roots 



YTT ^T 



Notoxus monodon Fab 





Larva in ground ' 



Ataxia crypta Say 



Cotton-stalk borer 



• 



Cotton stalks 



XII, 55 



Olibrus apicalis Mels 



Decaying bolls . . 



Carpophuus hemipterus Linn . . .'. 





Develops in decaying bolls. 

 do 





Carpophilus dimidiatus Fab 







Epursea xstiva Linn 





do 





Cathartus gemellatus Duv 



Grain beetle 



do : 





TriboUumferrttgineum Fab 



Flour beetle 



Attacks seed 





BXTGS AXD OTHER INSECTS. 



Ilomalodisca triquctra Fab 



Sharpshooter 



C otton stalks 



XII, 52, 53 



Oncometopia undata Fab. 



Waved sharpshooter 



do 



Dysdercus suturellus H-Sch 



Cotton stainer 



Cotton bolls 



XII, 54 



(Ecanthus niveus DeG 



Snowy tree-cricket 



Rapid plant-bug 







Calocoris rapidus Say 



Bolls of cotton 













