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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. 



Insects often mistaken for the hoU weevil (Anthonomns grandis). 



Scientific name. 



Common name. 



Usual food plant. 



Plate and 

 figure. 



Anthonomns grandis Boh 



Anthonomns alhopilosus Dietz... 



Anthonomns signatus Say 



Anthonomns xneotinctws Champ 



Anthonomns scuteUaris Lee 



Desinoris scapalis Lee 



Desmoris constrictus Say 



Conotrachelus naso Lee 



Conotruchelus elegans Say. 



Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst . .. 

 Conotrachelus leucopJueatus Fab. 



Centrinus penicellus Hbst 



CentrinitrS piemnnus Hbst 



Chalcodermus seneus Boh 



Dorytomus muddus Lee 



Lixus scrobicoUis Boh 



Balaninus nasicus Say 



Balaninus victoriensis Chitt 



Balaninus sp 



Acalles turbidus Lee 



AcaUcs nobilis'Lec 



Bar is striata Say 



Mart's transversa Say 



Tychius sordidus Lee 



Trichobaris mucorea Lee 



Trich6bari§ texana Lee 



Ehyssematus palmacollis Say 



Ilylobius pales Hbst 



Pissodes strobi Peck 



Pachylc^ius picivorus Germ 



Ehynchites mexicanus Gyll 



Arsecerus fascictdatus DeG 



Epicaerus imbricatus Say 



Anthribus cornutus Say 



OTHER BEETLES. 



Monocrepidius vespertinus Fab . 



Notoxus monodon Fab 



Ataxia crypta Say 



Olibrus apicalis Mels 



CarpophUus hemipterus Linn . , 



Carpophilus dimidiatus Fab 



Epurxa xstiva Linn 



Cathartus gemeUatus Duv , 



Triboliumferniginciim Fab 



BUGS AXI> OTHER IXSECTS. 



Homalodisca triquetra Fab 



Oncomctopia undata Fab 



Dysdercus suturdlus H-Sch 



OEcanthus nivcue DeG 



Calocoris rapidus Say 



Mexican cotton boll wee- 

 vil. 



Cotton squares and bolls. 



X,40.41 



Strawberry weevil . 



Pepper weevil 



Apple weevil 



Iron weed weevil . . 

 Sunflower weevil. . 



Plum eurculio. 



Cowpea-pod weevil. . . 



A willow weevil 



Bloodweed weevil 



An acorn weevil 



do 



do 



Priekly-peax weevil . . 



...-do 



Striped Baris 



Transverse Baris 



False indigo weevil . . 

 Tobacco-stalk weevil. 

 Nettle-stalk weevil . . . 



Pales weevil 



White-p-ine weevil. 



Mexican rose beetle . 

 Coffee-bean weevil . . 



Imbricated snout beetle . 

 Horned stem borer 



Cotton-stalk borer. 



Grain beetle . 

 Flour beetle . 



Sharpshooter 



Waved sharpshooter 



Cotton stainer 



Snowy tree-cricket . . 

 Rapid plant-bug 



Various fl^ower buds 



Pepper pods 



Apple 



Broad-leaved gum plant. 

 Sunflower 



X,45 

 X,44 

 X,46 



Plums and peaches 



Careless weed 



Beetle in flowers 



do 



Cowpeapods 



Willow 



Ragweed {Ambrosia spp. ] 



XI, 48 

 XI, 50, 51 



Liveoak acorns 



Acorns 



Prickly pear 



do.. 



Stems of ragweed . . . 

 Roots of coekleburs 



Buckweed 



Tobacco stalks 



Spanish thistle 



X,43 



XI, 47 



Coniferse stems 



do 



do 



Rose 



Coffee beans and old cotton 

 bolls. 



Omnivorous 



Cotton stems 



XI, 49 

 XII, 56 



Larva in jjrass roots 



Larva in ground 



Cotton stalks 



Decaying bolls 



Develops in decaying bolls. 



do 



do 



do 



Attacks seed ; 



XII, 57 

 XII, 55 



Cotton stalks 



do 



Cotton bolls 



Stem of cotton plant 

 Bolls of cotton , 



XII, 52, 53 

 XII, 54 



