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1.-Insects and spiders 10-minute exposure 18 to Sept 1954-Continued Order according to alti air was smooth altitude flown altitudes of 100 Anthicidae Ashm Bethylidae Bostrichidae Brownsville Chloropidae Coleoptera collected at altitudes collected by airplane convection cotton Cwfd daybreak dew point Diptera dissidens Ephemeroptera Falfurrias feet feet feet female genera genus Glick Hippelates Horismenus Hymenoptera INSECTS COLLECTED NUMBER insects taken insects were taken King Ranch areas light traps Louisiana airplane collections lower Rio Malachiidae males Melanophthalma Melsh mesquite meteorological Mexico miles per hour minutes of flying mosquito moths were taken number of insects number taken Pachybrachis Pelopia pest Phalacridae Phoridae pink bollworm pink bollworm moth PSOCOPTERA pusio Raymondville Rio Grande Valley Scaphytopius screens slightly rough Solenopsis species were represented spiders collected TABLE 1.-Insects taken at 100 taken at altitudes temperature Texas Thysanoptera Total taken 100 tudes undt upper air Valley and King vegetables wind direction