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surface of the mixture: One Tachys Icevus Say, seven Tachys 

 granariiis Dej., one Amara cupreolata Putz., two Agonoderus 

 testacens Dej., many Stenolophus conjunctus Say, several Helophorus 

 lineatus Say, one Ilybius biguttalus Germ., one Phelister subrotundus 

 Say, three Cytilus (sericeus) altematus Say, two Heterocerus brunneus 

 Melsh., one Atcenius imbricatus Melsh. (my first record for this), 

 four Aphonns castaneiis Melsh., two Graphops curtipennis Melsh., 

 one Graphops marcassita Cr., twelve Dyschirius sp., seven Aleo- 

 charincB sp., one Aleocharince sp., two Stenus sp., two other Staphy- 

 linidcB sp., two species of ants, several spiders, two plush-covered 

 caterpillars, two larvae, one chrysalis, and one small Dipteron 

 that appeared at home on the surface of the water. 



The only vegetation here was some moss or lichens and a few 

 spears of grass. Several much more favourable looking places failed 

 to yield a single specimen other than Hydrobius fuscipes. 



The catch numbered 60 odd specimens of 21 species representing 

 19 genera and 9 families of the Coleoptera alone. 



C. A. Frost, 



Framingham, Mass. 



Aphids on California Privet in New Jersey. 



As a rule, California privet {Ligustrum ovalifolium) enjoys 

 unusual freedom from insect attacks in New Jersey, even though 

 it becomes infested with Aleyrodes citri Riley & Howard in the 

 southern states and the San Jose scale in California. In New Jersey 

 white grubs {Lachnosterna sp.) have been found injuring the roots, 

 and occasionally a stray San Jose scale is discovered, but on July 15, 

 1915, a privet hedge in Jersey City was found to be infested by 

 plant lice. The upper surfaces of the leaves were characteristically 

 discoloured, some being quite yellow and the foliage of the infested 

 plants had a peculiar limp appearance instead of being twisted 

 and curled. Specimens were sent to Prof. C. P. Gillette and deter- 

 mined by Mr. L. C. Bragg as Rhopalosiphum ligustri Kalt. They 

 also stated that they believed this to be the first record of the 

 occurrence of this species in the United States. 



Harry B. Weiss, 



New Brunswick, N. J. 



