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  HABITS. 
  

  

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  $15,000,000. 
  Though 
  still 
  chiefly 
  confined 
  to 
  Texas, 
  in 
  time 
  it 
  will 
  

   undoubtedly 
  occupy 
  the 
  whole 
  cotton 
  belt 
  and 
  do 
  a 
  tremendous 
  

   amount 
  of 
  harm. 
  The 
  bobwhite 
  is 
  fond 
  of 
  this 
  pest. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Howard, 
  

   of 
  Beeville. 
  Tex., 
  in 
  writing 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  says 
  that 
  

   the 
  crops 
  of 
  bobwhites 
  shot 
  at 
  Beeville. 
  Tex., 
  were 
  filled 
  with 
  these 
  

   weevils. 
  H. 
  G. 
  Wood, 
  of 
  Cuero, 
  Tex., 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  dated 
  September 
  

   21, 
  1901, 
  relating 
  - 
  to 
  the 
  weevil 
  scourge, 
  savs 
  : 
  

  

  Several 
  of 
  our 
  business 
  men 
  and 
  farmers 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  quail 
  

   can 
  be 
  made 
  a 
  vehicle 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  boll 
  weevil. 
  One 
  farmer 
  

   reports 
  his 
  cotton 
  fields 
  full 
  of 
  quail, 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  absence 
  of 
  weevils. 
  He 
  

   found 
  47 
  weevils 
  in 
  the 
  craw 
  of 
  one 
  bird. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  I 
  claim 
  quail 
  are 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  insect 
  destroyers 
  of 
  all 
  birds. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  We 
  propose 
  to 
  prohibit 
  the 
  

   killing 
  of 
  quail 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  this 
  season, 
  hoping 
  thereby 
  to 
  save 
  a 
  great 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  crop 
  next 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  click 
  beetles, 
  the 
  larva? 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  the 
  wireworms 
  so 
  inim- 
  

   ical 
  to 
  corn 
  and 
  other 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  grass 
  family; 
  scarabceid 
  beetles, 
  

   though 
  in 
  smaller 
  numbers; 
  dung 
  beetles, 
  when 
  numerous, 
  and 
  May 
  

   beetles, 
  parents 
  of 
  the 
  injurious 
  white 
  grub, 
  are 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  bobwhite. 
  

   The 
  May 
  beetle 
  (L&chnostema 
  sp.) 
  and 
  its 
  near 
  relative, 
  Ligyrus 
  gib- 
  

   hosus, 
  were 
  eagerly 
  eaten 
  by 
  captive 
  birds. 
  The 
  useful 
  ladybirds 
  

   (CoccineUidte) 
  are 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  bird's 
  crop, 
  but, 
  judging 
  

   from 
  experiments 
  with 
  caged 
  birds, 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  highly 
  rel- 
  

   ished. 
  Adalia 
  bip\inctata 
  was 
  several 
  times 
  offered 
  and 
  refused, 
  but 
  

   was 
  finally 
  eaten. 
  The 
  one 
  harmful 
  beetle 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  the 
  squash 
  

   ladybird 
  (Epilachna 
  borealis), 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  stomachs 
  and 
  was 
  

   relished 
  by 
  captive 
  birds. 
  Certain 
  miscellaneous 
  beetles 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  different 
  families 
  are 
  occasionally 
  picked 
  up, 
  such 
  as 
  rove 
  beetles, 
  

   soldier 
  beetles, 
  darkling 
  beetles, 
  histerid 
  beetles, 
  and 
  longicorn 
  beetles. 
  

  

  LIST 
  OF 
  BEETLES 
  EATEN. 
  

  

  The 
  beetles 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  eaten 
  bv 
  the 
  bobwhite 
  include 
  the 
  fol- 
  

  

  lowing 
  : 
  

  

  Ground 
  Beetles 
  (Carabidre) 
  : 
  

  

  Scarries 
  suMerraneus. 
  

  

  Amaru 
  sp. 
  

  

  Casnonia 
  pennsylvanica. 
  

  

  Platijnus 
  e.rtensicollis. 
  

  

  Agonoderus 
  pallipes. 
  

  

  Harpalus 
  pennsylranicus. 
  

  

  Ha 
  r 
  pal 
  us 
  calignosus. 
  

  

  Anisodactylus 
  rusticus. 
  

  

  Anisodactylus 
  halt 
  imoren 
  sis. 
  

   Leaf 
  Beetles 
  (Chrysomelida?) 
  : 
  

  

  Lema 
  trilineata. 
  

  

  Cryptocephalus 
  renustus. 
  

  

  Colaspis 
  brunnea. 
  

  

  Leaf 
  Beetles 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Nod 
  on 
  ota 
  tristjs. 
  

  

  Leptinotarsa 
  deccmlineata 
  (potato 
  

   beetle 
  ) 
  . 
  

  

  Chrysomela 
  pulchra. 
  

  

  Chrysomela 
  suturalis. 
  

  

  Cerotoma 
  trifurcata 
  (bean 
  leaf- 
  

   beetle). 
  

  

  Diabrotica 
  vittata 
  (striped 
  cucum- 
  

   ber 
  beetle). 
  

  

  Diabrotica 
  12-punctata 
  (twelve-spot- 
  

   ted 
  cucumber 
  beetle). 
  

  

  (Ed 
  ion 
  ych 
  is 
  fimbriata. 
  

  

  Disonycha 
  5-rittata. 
  

  

  a 
  Circular 
  27, 
  new 
  series. 
  Division 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  p. 
  6, 
  1897. 
  

  

  