SPECIES MERELY FREQUENTING FLOWERS. 49 



Hilarella decern Townsend. Albuquerque, N. Mc\„ June (P. 0. Pratt). 



Belicobia quadrisetoaa Coquillett Corpus Christi, Tex., March (F. C. Pratt). 



Mused domestica Linnaeua San Luis Potoai, Mox.. June (Rose). 

 in decaying fruit 



Phorbia fuadoepa Zetterstedt Riverside, Cal., May <D. Griffiths). 



Rapromyza vulgaris Fitch. Riverside, Cal., May (D. Griffiths). 



Rivellia sp. (?) Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Tex. (F. 0. Pratt), March to 

 Juno. 



K Limosinu sp. Tucson. Ariz. 



Stictomyia longicornis Bigot. Generally distributed In Texas and Mexico. 

 Taken at the following localities in Texas: Victoria, Encinal, Hondo, 

 D'Hanis, Tivoll, San Diego, KingSVille, Corpus Christi (J. i). Mitchell); 

 Sabinal, Kerrviiie. San Antonio (F. C. Pratt); Brownsville (D. Griffiths), 

 March to November, in Mexico at Durango, December (F. C. Bishopp and 

 B. A. Schwa rz). 



*Xrrin.s flu rifrons Bigot. Tucson, Ariz. 



SPECIES WHICH MERELY FREQUENT THE FLOWERS. 

 COLEOPTERA. 



Carpophilw pallipennis Say. San Antonio. Encinal, Hondo, D'Hanis, Corpus 



Christi, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell) ; Dallas, Tex. (F. C. Pratt) ; Los 



Angeles, Cal. (F. C. Pratt), June; San Pedro and Riverside, Cal., May 



(D. Griffiths). 

 AcrtUBOdera tubulus Fabricins. D'Hanis, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell); Zavalla 



County. Tex.. May < W. D. Hunter and F. C. Pratt). 

 Acm&odera quadrivittata Horn. El Paso, Tex., August (F. C. Pratt). 

 Acmwodera pulchella Herbst. Zavalla County, Tex., May (W. D. Hunter and 



F. C. Pratt). 

 *Lycaina discoidalis Horn. Arizona. 



Chauliognathus scutcllaris Le Conte. D'Hanis, Tex., April (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Lislnis sp. Zavalla County, Tex.. May (W. D. Hunter and F. C. Pratt) ; 



Brownsville. Tex.. April (C. R. Jones and F. C. Pratt). 

 Euphoria kernii Haldeman. Encinal, San Antonio, and Zavalla County. Tex., 



May (F. C. Pratt and D. Griffiths) ; Hondo, D'Hanis, and Brownsville, Tex. 



(J. D. Mitchell). 

 Colaspoides maorocephalus Schaeffer. D'Hanis, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Nodonota tristis Olivier. D'Hanis. Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Leptinotar8a haldemani Rogers. Victoria, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 



Under Opuntia. 

 Chrysomela auripennis Say. Victoria, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Luperodes brunnem Crotch. Victoria, Tex.. April (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Eupogonius vestitus Say (?). Victoria, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Diabrotica 12-punctata Olivier. Los Angeles, Cal., June (F. C. Pratt). 

 Phyllotreta pusilla Horn. D'Hanis, Tex.. April (J. D. Mitchell). 

 Bruchm sp. Aguascalientes, Mox., December (E. A. Schwa rz and F. C. 



Bishopp); Tucson. Ariz.. May (F. ( '. Pratt). 

 Epicauta trichrus Pallas. Hondo and D'Hanis, Tex., May (J. D. Mitchell). 



HTMENOPTERA. 



Chri/sis sp. Victoria, Tex.. April ill. A. Cushnian). 

 If'dutus sp. Los Angeles, Cal., June (F. 0. Pratt). 



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