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Of the Coleopterous enemies, the Coccinellidce were by far the most 

 industrious. Of this family probably Coccinella 9-notata, with its larvre, 

 was the most abundant and generally distributed species. 



In a field of newly harvested grain, in La Orange County, within -a 

 radius of 3 feet from where I was standing at the time, fifteen individ- 

 uals were counted, crawling about among the stubble. Hippodamia 

 parenthesis followed next, in point of. numbers, H. convergens, H. 13- 

 punctata and H. glaeialis being also found in quite large numbers in 

 various localities. Megilla maculata was scarcely noticed at all, and 

 Anatis 15-punctata but once. 



Podabrus tomentosus was exceedingly useful in some portions of the 

 State, while Telephorus carolinus was often quite numerous in the fields 

 of the central part of the State. 



