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Melitara prodenialis Walker. Florida (H. G. Hubbard); New Jersey (J. B. 



smith ) ; F.iioxi. Miss.. September i w. \v. Tracy). 

 Melitara dentata Grote. Trinidad, Colo. (D. Griffiths). 

 *Mclitara ferhaldialis II u 1st . Santa We and Albuquerque, N. Mex., and Tucson. 



Ariz. (F, C. Pratt), on Opuntia: Tucson, Ariz. (II. G. Hubbard), on 



('(■reus (/ioontcus. 



Platynota rostrana Walker. Brownsville, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Reared from opuntia fruit. Reared Id Florida by Dyar from Rivinia, Ran- 

 dia, and Gnaphalium. 

 Ityotopasta yumaella Kearfott. Brownsville, Tex. (J. I). Mitchell) and Arizona. 



Breeds Id fruit of < Opuntia. 

 Marmora ojoiutidla Busck. At the following localities in Texas: Corpus 

 Christi. Brownsville (J. I). Mitchell), San Antonio. Kerrville ( F. C. Pratt), 

 Marble Falls. New P.raunfcls il). Griffiths). Mines beneath epidermis of 

 joints. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Polistea ruoiffinosus Lepeletier. Corpus Christi, Tex., August (J. I). Mitchell). 

 This and the following species feed as adults on cracked fruit and some- 

 times on sound fruit of Opuntia. 



* Polistes flavua Oresson. Arizona (H. G. Hubhard). 



Polish v texanus Cresson. Alice. Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Tex., October 

 (J. D. Mitchell) ; San Antonio, Tex. (F. C. Pratt). 



DIPTERA. 



Oecidomyia opuntia} Felt. Reared in New York from joints of a European 



Opuntia (O. ban our j ana) and also from a West Indian species. 

 Asphondylia opuntice Felt. Los Angeles, Cal., April (D. Griffiths) ; Ash Fork, 

 Ariz.. May ( D. Griffiths); Organ Mountains, N. Mex., January (D. Grif- 

 fiths) ; Sinton, Victoria. Kennedy, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Hondo, 

 Cotulla, and Hallettsville, Tex. (J. D. Mitchell) ; Beeville, Tex., March 

 (F. C. Fratt) : San Luis Potosi, Mex. (D. Griffiths). 

 Breeds in fruit of Opuntia. 

 Asphondylia betheli Cockerell. Colorado. 



In fruit of Opuntia. 

 Asphonrii/lia arizoticnsis Felt. Arizona. 



Reared from " enlargement of prickly pear." 



PARASITES OR ENEMIES OF THE INJURIOUS SPECIES. 



HEMIPTERA. 



* Sinca raptoria St&l. Tucson, Ariz. 



* Diplodus luridus Stal. Tucson, Ariz. 



COLEOPTERA. 



E.rocliomns latiU8CUlU8 Casey. Corpus Christi. Seguin, San Antonio, Tex., 

 March, October (F. C. Pratt); Cotulla and Beeville, Tex., April (J. D. 

 Mitchell). 



WwOChomil8 marginipermis J>« % Conte. Corpus Christi. Hondo. Tex. (J. D. 

 Mitchell); Seguin. Tex.. October (P. C. Pratt). 



Hippodamia converfferm Guerin. Los Angeles, Cal., June (F. C. Pratt). 

 Feeds on aphides on Opuntia. 



