. Food habits of the grosbeaks . in this family, however, are not so harmless as the above. The spotted vine-chafer {Pelidnota punctata), which is an important grape pest in the eastern United States, the two-spotted Anomala, which also devours the foliage of the grape, and the cetonias {^Euphoria inda, fig, 15; E. fulgida, et al.), which feed upon all sorts of flowers and sometimes on young Indian corn, are all accepted as food by the cardinal. The southern June beetle or figeater {Allorhina nitida, ), which causes con-siderable damage inFlorida and Neighbor-ing States, was found ina fe
. Food habits of the grosbeaks . in this family, however, are not so harmless as the above. The spotted vine-chafer {Pelidnota punctata), which is an important grape pest in the eastern United States, the two-spotted Anomala, which also devours the foliage of the grape, and the cetonias {^Euphoria inda, fig, 15; E. fulgida, et al.), which feed upon all sorts of flowers and sometimes on young Indian corn, are all accepted as food by the cardinal. The southern June beetle or figeater {Allorhina nitida, ), which causes con-siderable damage inFlorida and Neighbor-ing States, was found ina few stomachs; butsince the cardinalevinces a strong prefer-ence for large insectsand. abounds in thisbeetles favorite home,many of them, no doubt,are devoured. Of great-est interest in this fam-ily are the rose-chafers{Macrodactylus subspi-(From Howard, nosM,fig. 14.) These bee-tles are so abundant at times, says Prof. J. B. Smith, that they ruin not only vineyards, but orchards and gardens, eating every kind of fruit and flower;. Fig. -Flgeater (AllorMna nitida).Bureau of Entomology.) 20 FOOD HABITS OF THE GROSBEAKS. two or three days suffice to ruin a vineyard. These insects havevery long and spiny legs, and opinions differ as to whether birdseat them, some affirming that they do, others that they do not. As amatter of fact, they are preyed upon by several wild birds, includingthe yellow-billed cuckoo, crow blackbird, kingbird, phoebe, green-
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