54 PRINCIPAL CACTUS INSECTS OF UNITED STATES. 



1849. de NoBBEGA, Gebaedo Jose. — On the cultivation of cochineal. < Pharma- 

 ceutical Journal, vol. s. pp. 342-o4S, 1 tig. 



Covers cultivation of tin- nopal, rearing tin- insect, and methods of killing 

 the cochineal and preparing it for sal.'. 



Is;,:,. MARTINS, THEODOB. — Culture of the cochineal in the Canary Islands 



< Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 14, pp. 553-556. 

 1^7*;. ini ik. c. R. — Ldsl of Hemiptera of the region west of the Mississippi, 



including those collected during the Hayden explorations of 1903. 



<Bul. U. S. Geol. Survey (2) No. 5, vol. 1. pp. 269 361. 

 1^77. PoPENOE, E. A. — A list of Kansas Coleoptera. <Trans. Kans. Acad. 



Sci., vol. •".. pp. 21-40. 



Mom nulatum Say on Opuntia in Kansas. 



1s7s. PoPENOE, E. A. — Additions to the catalogue of Kansas Coleoptera. 

 <Trans. Kans. Acid. Sci.. vol. 6, pp. T7-S6. 



Moneilema semipunctatvm Le Conte on Opnntia in Kansas. 



1883. Blanchakd. Raphael. — Les coccide utiles. <Bul. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 

 7. jip. 1-117. 



An excellent account of the cochineal insect is to he found on pages 7<» -!>o. 



1886. Duges^ Eugene. — Metamorphoses de quelques ColGopteres Mexicains. 

 <Ann. So,-. Knt. P.elg.. vol. 21. pp. 20-45. Pis. I-III. 



Describes and figures larva and pupa of Moneilema variolare Thomson, 

 and Cactophagu8 (Splienophorus) spinolw Gyllenhal. Notes on breeding in 

 Opuntia. 



18SS. Riley, C. V. — The food habits of North American Calandridse. <Ins. 

 Life, vol. 1, p. 109. 



Mentions Cactophofjus validus Le Conte. 



1889. Horn. IT. O.— (No title.) <Ins. Life, vol. 2. p. 102. 



Note presented by E. A. Schwarz on Ccrnoporus palmcri, the immature stages 

 of which were found in stems of Opuntia bernardina. 



1SS9. Riley, C. V. — Notes on the cochineal insect <Ins. Life, vol. 1. pp. 

 258-259. 



Rearing of predators, Leucopis bellula Williston. and Drosophila quinaria 

 Loew. Also breeding of Dakruma coccidivora ( — LcrtiUa coccidivora Com- 

 stock). 



1891. Coquillett, D. W. — Another parasitic rove beetle. <Ins. Life. vol. 3. 

 pp. 318-319. 



Maseochara valida, parasite upon puparium of Copestulum marginatum Say 



in O. enrjclmanni, California. 



1891. Riley, C. V.— (No title.) <Can. Ent, vol. 23. p. 250. 



Breeding of Melilara prodcnialis Walker (Mcgaphncis uollii) from Opuntia 

 " fruit " sent by Mrs. Mary Treat from Florida in 1S77. 



1891. Kin. v. C. V., and L. O. Howard.— Sowbugs feeding in living plaids. 

 <Ins. Life, vol. 3, p. -Mil'. 



Sowbugs (not determined) feeding on Ala mm Maria phelloaperma in Cali- 

 fornia. 



1891. Smith, J. B.— Habits of Volucella fasciata. <Can. Ent, rol. 23, pp. 

 242 243. 



Breeding of Melilara prodcnialis Walker and Volucella fasciala Macquart 

 in New Jersey. 



1891. Williston, s. W.— (No title.) <Ent. News. vol. 2. p. 102. 



Breeding of Copestulum marginatum Say and Volucella fasciala Macquart. 



1892. Kellogg, V. L. — Notes on Melitera (sic) dentata Crete. <Kans. Univ. 



lust., vol. 1. no. 1. pp. ::'.» ll. I pi. 



1893. Riley, 0. v.. and L. 0. Bowabd. — Insect injury to cactus plants. <lns. 



Life, vol. 1. p. 345. 



Chelinidea vittiaera Dhler in Harris Connty, Tex. 



