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Two examples of Mononychus vulpeculus taken May 31, 1885, 
ipon the flowers of Iris versicolor , had fed upon the pollen of 
hat plant, and also upon leaf tissue,—the latter recognizable by 
he abundance of spiral vessels. 
Two examples of Ehinoncus pyrrhopus obtained at Normal in 
September of 1880, had nothing in the crop, but there was a con- 
liderable quantity of food in the intestine,—unquestionably leaf 
issue, as shown by the numerous bundles of minute spiral vessels 
iistributed through the fragments. 
One of the nut weevils, Bctlaninus uniformis, a small species 
nth a long and slender snout, contained but little food, and that 
he mycelium of one of the black, incrusting fungi belonging to 
he Sphaereacei,—probably Fumago. 
Ten other specimens, four of which were sent me by Dr. Riley 
tnd the remainder by Mr. O. S. Westcott, contained no traces of 
bod in the alimentary canal, and I consequently think it proba- 
)le that these long-snouted beetles may be found to take fluid food 
nost commonly. The dissection of fresh, beetles will be necessary 
;o determine this point. 
