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Table 1. — Parasites and predators actually observed attacking the Mexican 



dean beetle in the field 



PARASITES 



Natural enemies 



Localities 



Stages at- 

 tacked i 



Reference 



Alysiidae: 







X. 



Tachinidae: 



Ohio 



d 



b 



b,c 



b, c 



d 



d .-. 



d 



b 



d 



b, c 



b, c 



b,c 



b 



d 



a 



d 



d 



X. 



Nemorilla maculosa Meig _. . 



New Mexico. .. - .- 



(4-) 2 





Mexico 



Ohio, Alabama, Kentucky, Mary- 

 land, Tennessee, Virginia, New 

 Jersey, North Carolina. 



X. 



Phorocera claripennis Macq . 



(11, 12, 13.) 





(3.) 



Do 





X. 



Do 



Ohio 



X. 



Sarcophagidae: 



Helicobia helicis Towns 



Alabama . . 



(11, 12.) 





Ohio . 



X. 



Phoridae: 



Ohio, Virginia, Alabama 



X. 



Bacteria: 



(12.) 





do 



(12.) 







(6.) 



Fungi imperfecta : 



Beauveria globulifera 





(5.) 





X. 



Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link 





X. 





X. 









PREDATORS 



Aves: 



Guinea fowl 



Pheasant 



Quail 



Turkey 



Mammalia: 



Skunk 



Arachnida: 



AUothrombium sp 



Chilopoda: 



Centipede 



Formicidae: 



Pheidole sp 



Solenopsis geminata Fab 



Ant 



Do 



Noctuidae: 



Heliothis obsoleta Fab ; 



Laphygma frugiperda S. and A. 

 Prodenia ornithogalli Guen 



Coccinellidae: 



Ceratomegilla fuscilabris Muls.. 



Chilocorus birulnerus Muls. . - 

 Coccinella novemnotata Hbst. 



Epilachna varivestis Muls 



Hippodamia convergens Guer. 



Melyridae: 



Collops bipunctatus Say. 

 Carabidae: 



Ground beetle 



Anthocoridae: 



Orius insidiosus Say 



Nabidae: 



Nabisferus L 



Nabis roseipennis Reut. 

 Reduviidae: 



Sinea diadema Fab 



Pentatomidae: 



Acrosternum hilaris Say. 



Nezara viridula L 



Perillus bioculatus Fab- 



Alabama 



Pennsylvania. 

 _.-.do 



New Mexico. 



Ohio 



Virginia 



Ohio 



Alabama. 

 do.... 



Arizona... 

 Kentucky- 



Alabama, Ohio. 



Alabama '__ 



do 



Ohio, Alabama, South Carolina. 



Alabama. 

 do... 



Alabama, Ohio, etc 



Alabama, Ohio, New Mexico, South 

 Carolina. 



New Mexico 



.do. 



Ohio. 



.do. 



...-do 



Alabama, Ohio. 



Connecticut, Alabama- 

 Ohio 



Ohio, Mexico 



i a=Eggs of the Mexican bean beetle; b=larvae; c=pupae; and d=adults. 

 2 Italic figures in parentheses refer to Literature Cited, p. 12. 



b, c. 



b. c. 

 b, c. 

 b, c. 



a, b. 



a, b... 

 a, b, c. 

 a, b... 



a,b. 

 a,b. 



b, c... 



a, b, c. 



a 



b, c... 



X. 

 X. 

 X. 



(4-) 



X. 



X. 



X. 



(10, 12.) 

 (10, 12.) 

 04.) 

 X. 



(10, 12.) 

 (8, 10, 12.) 

 (8, 10, 12.) 



(6, 8, 9, 11, 



12,18.) 

 X. 



(8, 9, 12.) 

 (12.) 

 (2, S, 7, 8, 9 



n, u.) 



(4.) 



(4-) 



US.) 



X. 

 X. 



(10.) 



(8.) 



(15.) 



(16.) 



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