SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION 



THE first edition of this book having been nearly exhausted in 

 less than a month after publication, the author has not yet had 

 opportunity to avail himself of the criticisms of scientific friends 

 who are presumably looking for sins of omission and commis- 

 sion, of which it is sincerely hoped they will acquaint him when 

 discovered. Thus far all criticisms have been of an approbatory 

 character, and have only expressed pleasure. 



The writer is indebted to Mr. Harrison G. Dyar, the Honorary 

 Curator of the Department of Entomology in the United States 

 National Museum, for reminding him of the fact, which he had 

 carelessly overlooked, that the larva and chrysalis of Eumceus 

 atala (see p. 237) have been fully described by Scudder, " Memoirs 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History," vol. ii., p. 413, and 

 by Schwartz, "Insect Life," vol. i., p. 39. The caterpillar is found 

 abundantly upon the "coontie" (Zamia integrifolia, Willdenow), 

 and the insect, according to Schwartz, fairly swarms in the pine- 

 woods between the shores of Biscayne Bay and the Everglades. 



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