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males, prove to be a new species which I propose to call Endelus 

 calligraphus from the great resemblance of the mines to hand- 

 writing. 



Leaf specimens thus far examined show the eggs as being 

 laid almost invariably near the tips, the larvae working toward 

 the petiole and then crossing and recrossing their older gal- 

 leries, often returning as close to the leaf tip as possible, but 

 always going back down the midrib for pupation in a very 

 slightly enlarged chamber at the end of the gallery near the 

 leaf base. This entire gallery may be made in that portion 

 of the blade lying on one side of the midrib (Plate I, fig. 5). 



The larvae succeed, with great skill, in keeping the gallery 

 walls intact, as will be noticed, even when the turns lie very 

 close together. But when they cross an old gallery it is usually 

 at right angles and in a straight course. All the galleries, old 

 and new, lie in the same plane, so there is no doubt that on 

 crossing an old one they actually tap it and do not go above or 

 below it as might be supposed. This is borne out by dissection 

 of the leaf. 



The life history of this species has not yet been worked out. 

 It .will be noted in the figures in Plate II that the dark spots 

 shown along the central line of the gallery indicate the distri- 

 bution of the pellets of excreta, or frass. Their arrangement 

 is much more regular than is possible in a blotch mine, the 

 growth of which is far less regular. 



The total length of the gallery or mine shown in Plate I, fig. 

 5, is 89 centimeters, while the mine shown in Plate I, fig. 4, 

 is 111 centimeters in length, the average being exactly 1 meter. 



Endelus and allied genera of Buprestidse, for example, Apha- 

 nisticus and Trachys, will probably be found to contain many 

 species the larvae of which are miners in the leaves of plants 

 of the Asplenium nidus group and related genera of ferns. 



A NEW BUPRESTID 



Thus far but the two species of Endelus mentioned here have 

 been recorded from the Philippines, but there are at least two 

 other undescribed species in the college collection. 



Endelus calligraphus sp. nov. 



Entirely brown with uniform greenish bronze sheen over 

 entire dorsum; head more brilliantly greenish bronze; ventrum 

 a black bronze; legs similarly colored; eyes darker brown. 



Head and pronotum microscopically reticulate and with 



