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BULLETIN 1249, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Curculionidae — Continued. 



Tyloderma foveolata 3 



Cylindrocopturus sp 1 



Calandridae. 



Sphenophorus sp. (billbug)__ 4 

 Calandra oryzae (rice wee- 

 vil) 1 



Borboridae. 



Limosina sp 1 



Oscinidae (frit-flies). 



Hippelates sp 1 



Vipionidae (parasitic wasps). 



Apanteles sp 1 



Braconidae (parasitic wasps). 



Chelonella fissus 1 



Ichneunionidae (parasitic wasps). 



Mesochorus sp 1 



Campoplex sp 3 



Lissonota sp 1 



Exolytus sp__^ 1 



Ichneumonidae — Continued. 



Agrothe rentes sp 1 



Plvaeogenes sp 1 



Pterocormus sp 3 



Diapriidae. 



Galesus sp 1 



Formicidae (ants). 



Solenopsis sp 4 



Myrmiea sp 4 



Lasius sp 2 



Formica subsericea 1 



Formica sp 4 



Halictidae (sweat-bees). 



Chloralictus zephyrus 1 



ChJoralictus sp 3 



Attidae (jumping spiders). 



Zygobalius sp 1 



Zonitidae (land snails). 



Zonitoides musculas 1 



SPRAGUE PIPIT (Anthtts spragael). 



The Sprague pipit breeds in the Great Plains region and is very 

 similar in appearance and habits to the common pipit. Only 11 

 stomachs were available for examination, so that little can be stated 

 regarding the food. In six stomachs over 75 per cent of the food 

 consisted of grasshoppers or crickets, while 2 were well filled with 

 seeds of goatweed (Croton) and spurge (Euphorbia^). Ants and 

 other small hymenopterans. weevils, and various other beetles, small 

 bugs, and caterpillars formed the remainder of the food. 



Food items of the Sprague pipit, identified to genus or species, as determined by 

 the examin-atio-n- of 11 stomachs. 



[The figures indicate the number of stomachs in which the items were found.] 



Vegetable Food. 



Poaceae. 



Panicum sp. (witchgrass) — 1 

 Cyperaceae. 



Carex sp. (sedge) 1 



Eupborbiaceae. 



Croton sp. (goatweed) 2 



Euphorbia sp. (spurge) 1 



Boraginaceae. 



Lithospermum sp. (puccoon)- 1 

 Ambrosiaceae. 



Ambrosia sp. (ragweed) 1 



Animal Food. 



Scutelleridae (shield-bugs). 



Phimodcra torpida 



Pentatomidae ( stink-bugs ) . 



Euschistus sp 



Coreidae. 



Alydus sp 



Lygaeidae. 



Xysius sp. (false chinch bug) 

 Carabidae (ground-beetles). 



Anisodactylus sp 



Malachiidae. 



Coliops quadrimaculatus 



Chrysomelidae (leaf-beetles). 



Grapliops beryllinus 1 



Graphops sp 1 



(llyptoscelis sp 1 



Chaetocnema sp 1 



Curculionidae (weevils). 



Pachyphanes discoideus 1 



Smicronyx vestitus 1 



Ccutorhynchus sp 1 



Rhinoncus sp 1 



Formicidae (ants). 



Formica sp 2 



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