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cotton is merely incidental. The boll weevil is included in this list, and 

 figures of the adult are given in the plates to facilitate comparison. 



Insects often mistaken for the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis). 



Scientific name. 



Common name. 



Usual food plant. 



Plate and 

 figure. 



Anthonomus grandis Boh 



Mexican cotton boll wee- 

 vil. 



Cotton squares and bolls. 



Antlionomus albopilosus Dietz... 



Anthonomus signatus Say 



Anthonomus seneotinctus Champ 



Anthonomus scutellaris Lee 



Dcsmoris scapalis Lee 



Desmoris constrictus Say 



Conotrachelus naso Lee 



Conotrachelus elegans Say 



ConotracJielus nenuphar Hbst . . . 

 Conotrachelusfeucophxatus Fab. 



Centrums penicellus Hbst 



Ccntrin us picumnus Hbst 



Chalcodermus xneus Boh 



Dorytomus mucidus Lee 



Lixus scrobicollis Boh 



Balaninus nasicus Say 



Balaninus vicloriensis Chitt 



Balaninus sp 



Acalles turbidus Lee 



Acalks nobilis Lee 



Bar is striata Say 



Bar is transversa Say 



Ty chins sordidus Lee 



Trichobaris mucorea Lee 



Trichobaris texana Lee 



Rhyssematus palmacollis Say 



Ilylobius pales Hbst 



Pissodes strobi Peck 



Pachylobius picivorus Germ 



Rhynchites mexicanus Gyll 



Arsccerus fasciculatus DeG 



Epicierus imbricatus Say 



Anthribus cornutus Say 



OTHER BEETLES. 



Monocrepidius vespertinus Fab . 



Notoxus monodon Fab 



Ataxia crypta Say 



Olibrus apicalis Mels 



Carpophilus hemipterus Linn . 



Carpophilus dimidiatus Fab 



Epursca sestiva Linn 



Cathartus gemcllatus Duv 



Tribolium ferrugiaeum Fab 



BUGS AND OTHER I5SECTS. 



Homalodisca triquetra Fab 



Oncometopia undata Fab 



D-ysdercus suturellus H-Sch . . . 



(Ecanthus niveus DeG 



Calocoris rapidus Say 



Strawberry weevil . 



Pepper weevil 



Apple weevil 



Ironweed weevil -. 

 Sunflower weevil.. 



Various flower buds 



Pepper pods 



Apple 



Broad-leaved gum plant. 

 Sunflower 



X,45 

 X,44 

 X,46 



Plum curculio. 



Cowpea-pod weevil. . . 



A willow weevil 



Blood weed weevil 



An acorn weevil 



....do 



....do 



Prickly-pear weevil . . 



....do 



Striped Baris 



Transverse Baris 



False indigo weevil . . 

 Tobacco-stalk weevil. 

 Nettle-stalk weevil . . . 



Plums and peaches 



Careless weed 



Beetle in flowers 



....do 



Cowpea pods 



Willow 



Ragweed {Ambrosia spp. ) 



XI, 48 



XI, 50, 51 



Liveoak acorns 



Acorns 



Prickly pear 



....do 



Stems of ragweed. . . 

 Roots of cockleburs 



Buckweed 



Tobacco stalks 



Spanish thistle 



X.43 



XI, 47 



Pales weevil 



White-pine weevil. 



Mexican rose beetle . 

 Coffee-bean weevil . . 



Imbricated snout beetle. 

 Horned stem borer 



Coniferce stems 



do 



do 



Rose 



Coffee beans and old cotton 

 bolls. 



Ornnivoroiis 



Cotton stems 



XI, 49 

 XII, 56 



Cotton-stalk borer. 



Grain beetle . 

 Flour beetle . 



Larva in grass roots 



Larva in ground 



Cotton stalks 



Decaying bolls 



Develops in decaying bolls 



do 



do 



do 



Attacks seed 



XII, 57 



XII, 55 



Sharpshooter 



Waved sharpshooter 



Cotton stainer 



Snowy tree-cricket . . 

 Rapid plant-bug 



Cotton stalks 



....do 



Cotton bolls 



Stem of cotton plant 

 Bolls of cotton 



XII, 52, 53 



XII, 54 



