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MISCELLANEOUS COTTON INSECTS. 
The species was also reported from Fife, McCulloch County, where 
damage to garden crops commenced about March 15; from Wawaka, 
Ochiltree Count} 7 , where they were injurious in gardens May 10, and 
from Canyon, Randall County, in the central part of the Panhandle, 
where some damage was done to cotton about July 20. In the last 
case the beetles had almost disappeared on August 25. 
Beetles confined under a cage over cotton in the field laid a few 
eggs July 1, but unfortunately the eggs were destroyed by ants 
and no larva? were secured. 
It was found that when Paris green was dusted upon the foliage 
the beetles readily succumbed to the treatment, 
so that there should be no difficulty in control- 
ling them by dusting the weeds around the edges 
of fields. 
This species was originally described from the 
Rio Grande Valley, and no other type locality 
was given. The only previously published rec- 
ord of injuiw is that in Insect Life, Volume 
VII, page 360. where the insect is reported to 
have destroyed several crops of wheat in Bay- 
lor Count} 7 , Tex., the beetles having increased 
in numbers for several years previous to 1895. 
It is evidently most abundant in northwest Texas, and has not been 
observed east of Cooke Count v. 
Fig. 7.—Lachnosterna lanceo- 
lata: female — somewhat 
enlarged (author's illustra- 
tion). 
LACHNOSTERXA LANCEOLATA Say. (Fig. 7.) 
This species, somewhat smaller than the preceding, is of a brown 
color and is well clothed with gray hairs. Specimens were received 
July 5, 1903, from D'Hanis, Tex., where, occurring in large numbers, 
they had done considerable damage to cotton. Beetles were found 
common, though not abundant, on cotton and sunflower leaves at 
Terrell. From specimens confined June 1 eggs were secured June 18. 
The white, globular eggs, about 2 mm. in diameter, were laid singly 
about 2 inches beneath the surface. They hatched June 25, and the 
larvae fed on cotton and grass roots during the summer and fall. 
July 15, 1902, the Division of Entomology 7 received specimens from 
S. E. Russell, Duncan, Ind. T., stating that they were damaging 
young cotton. The species has also been reported from China Spring, 
McLennan County. Tex./' where it was injuring collards. It had 
been noticed commonly since 1890, and its favorite food plants were 
stated to be several species of Amaranthus common around corn fields. 
"1900: Bui. 22, n. s., Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric 
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