56 PRINCIPAL CACTUS INSECTS OF UNITED STATES. 



1902. DYAB, II. (L— Descriptions of the larvae of some moths from Colorado. 

 <Proc U. S. Nat Mus.. vol. 25, pp. 369-412. 



On page 396 is a description of a larva supposed to be that of Melitara 

 funotolinceUa Hulst. See u 27, .intra. 



L90S. Fi.uN.M.i). .M. E. — A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. <Bul. 88, 

 Mass. Agr. Coll., pp. 360. 



L903. Townsend, C 11. T. -Contribution to a knowledge of the Coleoptera of 



the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and Tainaulipas. with biological 

 notes ami special reference to geographical distribution. <Trans. Tex. 

 Acad. Sci., \«»i. :,. pp. 49-101. 



Acalles {=Ger8tceckeria) clathratus Le Cerate "very numerous on Opuntia 

 leptocauliBj breeding in the ends of the shoots, June 5th. This species kills 

 the ends of the shoots of this plant, the <rrub eating out the inside portion 

 and forming a cell in which it transforms." 



1905. Knuth, P., Otto Appel, and Ernest Loew. — Handbuch der Bliitenbiologie, 



Leipzig. 



Pages 262-263 cover Cactaceae. The following insect records are made : 

 Megachile sidalcece Cockerell on Opuntia engeltnanni i r.«»t . Jahrb., 1901, 



vol. 2, p. 583, New Mexico) ; Diadasia (Euceru) unicornis Cockerell. New- 

 Mexico; Diadasia unicornis opuntia- Cockerell, Viereck, Proc. Acad. Sci. 

 Phila., vol. 54, p. 728, 1902, California. 



1905. Cockerell, T. D. A.— The bees of southern California. <Bul. So. Cal. 



Acad. Sci.. vol. 4, p. 15. 



Diadasia austraUs opuntia; Cockerell, at blooms of Opuntia littoralis Eng. 



1906. Osborn, Herbert. — Note on food habit of IAotropis contaminatm Uhl. 



<Ent. News, vol. 20. p. 177. 



On fruit of Opuntia julgida, Arizona; also El Paso, Tex., and Inyo Moun- 

 tains, Cal. 



190G. Cockerell, T. D. A. — Descriptions and records of bees, VIII. <Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 17, pp. 222-230. 

 Includes several cactus species. 



1906. Cockerell, T. D. A. — The North American bees of the family Antho- 

 phoridte. < Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 32, pp. 63-110. 



Melissodes pallidicincta Cockerell, and Diadasia spp. in blooms of Opuntia. 



1906. Cockerell, T. D. A. — The bees of New Mexico. <Trans. Amer. Ent. See.. 



vol. 32, pp. 2S9-314. 



Litliurgus apicalis Cresson, L. echinocacti Cockerell, and Megachile sidalecw 

 Cockerell. 



1907. Busck, Aug. — New American Tineina. <Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. S, 



pp. S6-99. 



Original description of Marmara opunticUa on Opuntia sp., southern Texas. 



1907. Cockeri ll, T. D. A. — A gall gnat of the prickly pear cactus. <Can. Km.. 

 vol. 3i >. p. 324. 



Description of AsphondyUa betheli Cockerell. 



1907. I'ii EM i . \V. D. — On the biologies of the Khynchophora of North America. 

 <Rept Nebr. St. \u\. Agr. s 1906, pp. 249-319, S pis. 



Includes noics on Acalles nobilia Le Conte, A clathratus Le Conte, and 

 .1. turbidua l. ■ Conte. These species are now placed under Gerstreckeria. 



