WIREWORMS ATTACKING CEREAL AND FORAGE CROPS. ya 
English sparrow (Passer domesticus). | Field sparrow (Spizella pusilla). 
Vesper sparrow (Poewcetes gramineus). | Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) . 
Henslow’s sparrow (Passerherbulus | Junco (Junco hyemalis). 
henslow?). Lincoln’s sparrow (Jfelospiza lincolni). 
Sharp-tailed sparrow (Passerherbulus | Song sparrow (Afelospiza melodia). 
caudacutus). ox sparrow (Passerella iliaca). 
Sandwich sparrow (Passerculus sand- Chew ink ( I ipilo el ythi ophth almus ) . 
wichensis). California towhee (Pipilo f. crissalis ). 
Spurred towhee (Pipilo m. montanus). 
Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). 
Rose - breasted grosbeak (Zamelodia 
Ipswich sparrow (Passerculus  prin- 
ceps). 
Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus 
| ludoviciana). 
s. australis). Black -headed grosbeak (Zamelodia 
Lark sparrow (Chondestes gramma- melanocephala). 
Bue Blue grosbeak (Guiraca cerulea). 
White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea). 
albicollis). Lazuli bunting (Passerina amend). 
White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia | Painted bunting (Passerina ciris). 
leucophrys). Dickcissel (Spiza americana). 
In the desert regions of the Northwest a small lizard (Phrynosoma 
douglasii douglasit, fig. 8), locally called the “sand toad,” eats the 
adult Elateride in large numbers. <A pair of these small lizards 
kept in the insectary would eat Corymbites inflatus beetles as fast 
as these could be fed to them. That this is a large part of their 
natural food is evidenced by the contents of the stomachs of three of 
these lizards collected at Govan, Wash., on April 24, 1910. In the 
stomach of lizard No. 1, 60 per cent of the food was ants, 8 per cent 
click-beetles, and 80 per cent other beetles; in lizard No. 2, 90 per 
cent was click-beetles and 10 per cent ants; and in lizard No. 3, 75 per 
cent ants, 15 per cent click-beetles, and 10 per cent other beetles. 
Several other kinds of these lizards inhabit the more southern. desert 
lands of the West and are usually called “horned toads” in these 
sections. 
In rearing cages wireworms are often infested with small mites 
(Tyroglyphide). The writer received a shipment of Melanotus 
jlarve from Inman, Nebr., in April, 1912. This material when re- 
ceived was apparently free from any vermin. When examined again, 
on June 17 of that year, some of the larve were found to be badly 
infested with these mites in the hypopial stage. The mites were so 
close together on the last two segments of the wireworms’ bodies that 
they gave the impression of an incrustation. On June 24 all the 
wireworms were infested with these mites. Mr. Pergande also found 
these mites on larve of Melanotus communis in his cages at Wash- 
ington, D. C., in March, 1900.1. Mr. Banks is of the opinion that 
these mites are not attacking the wireworms, but merely make use of 
insects as a ready means of dispersal. He is evidently correct in 
+U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Notes, v. 4, No. 2884, Oct. 9, 1882. 
