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more in length, by touching the wax and removing the finger to a dis- 

 tance. The sacs are then pasted on the upper side of the sprays of cedar 

 in the manner which you can see .from the specimens. I got several in- 

 sects and placed them in bottles over night. The sacs had been pasted 

 to the bottles, and in doing this the wax had been smeared over a small 

 area around the sacs in an ' untidy ' fashion. In each case the Fulgorid 

 was dead in the morning. It was from these sacs that the moths I send 

 you were reared. 



" I gathered, on September loth, a dozen sacs and placed them in a 

 bottle, with the result that two moths appeared on September i3th, and 

 a chalcicl-fly, which latter I shall send to Dr. Ashmead. The latter is 

 most probably parasitic on the larva of the moth." 



The observations of Mr. Hartman are of very great interest, and I 

 hasten to communicate them to the ENT. NEWS. \V. J. HOLLAND. 



Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 14, 1904. 



MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN DRAGONFLIES (ODONATA). I 

 shall be glad to examine, name and return to the owner, or to purchase 

 or otherwise acquirej Mexican and Central American dragonflies, in order 

 to add to our information on this group for the Biologia Central:- Ameri- 

 cana. I particularly request any one having even one or two of these 

 insects from these countries to communicate with me on this subject. 

 PHILIP P. CALVERT, Acad. Nat. Sciences, 1900 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



COCVTIUS CLUENTIUS Cr. I took a specimen of this species at De- 

 troit, Mich , July n, 1904. Mr. A. W. Andrews and myself had been 

 hunting sphinges, etc., on milkweed blossoms; but as our success was 

 indifferent, owing to the immaturity of the flowers, we decided to exam- 

 ine the electric lights of Highland Park village. We at once met with 

 success, and at the fourth or fifth light- visited I found a huge sphinx, 

 larger than any hitherto known to us around Detroit. It was lying on 

 the asphalt pavement about fifteen feet from the base of the pole. Un- 

 fortunately, it had been injured, apparently by a passing wheel ; yet it 

 was bright and fresh and made a passable cabinet specimen. It was alive 

 when taken, but offered very feeble resistance to capture. 



The present specimen expands six and one-half inches (set in the 

 usual way). It is a deep chocolate color, the forewing lightly irrorate 

 with gray. Beneath the apex is a light brown patch, extending from the 

 outer edge inwards, narrowing as it approaches but not reaching the 

 middle of the wing. Along the inner margin is a large brown patch, 

 somewhat darker than the other and crossed by several darker bands 

 and shades. The hind wing has a pale area beyond the middle ; the base 

 is yellow, divided by a dark streak into two. The abdomen is of the 

 same dark color above with gray irrorations, and has six yellow spots on 

 each side. The specimen is a female. 



The question arises How did this sphinx get so far north ? The near- 

 est railroad, one-half mile away, runs east and west. Three miles south 



