OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. I I 



virginiana), its near cousin the common juni- 

 per (J.communis)tiix\& the sweet gum (Liquidam- 

 bar styraciflua). In early spring 1 various species 

 of beetles constitute its principal food. An exami- 

 nation of the stomachs of several birds, revealed 

 traces of the following coleoptera which mostly dwell 

 underneath stones, loo-s and the bark of trees. 



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For want of common names we are compelled to 

 place before our readers their scientific appella- 

 tions ; reserving for a future work, plain and 

 simple descriptions of the configuration and mark- 

 ings by which the uneducated in science ma)' 

 be able to identify them. The most common 

 forms are Dic&lus dilatatns. Harpalus pensylvani- 

 cns, H. compar, 1'angus caliginosus, Scaritcs snb- 

 terraneas, Casnonia pensylvanica> Platynus cupri- 

 pennis; larvx* and images of Laclinostcnia quercina, 

 Cratonychus cincrcns amon^ beetles; Mnsca 



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domestica, Tabanns I in col a, Stomoxys calcitrans, 

 Culex tceniarhynchus\ A\'hosc* common names have 

 been given above, crane tly (Tipulaferruginea), 

 SyrpJnis obliqnus and Scatophago furcata among 

 diptera; Formica sangitinea among hymenoptera; 

 CEdipoda ncbnlosa, CK. sitlpJntrca, Caloptenafemur- 

 rnbrum among grasshoppers, and the black cricket 

 (Ac h eta nigra; larvae of Anisopteryx vcrnata, Eu- 

 fitchia ribcaria, Gcomctra catcnaria of Harris, corn 

 worm (Gortyna zecc}, Pier is oleraccce, P. rape?, 

 Colias philodicc, Spilosoma virginica, apple borer 

 (Penthina pomonella), and Harrisina Americana; 

 besides the earth worm (Lumbricus terrestris). 



