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several days, went to the Thousand Islands and Montreal and 

 returned to New York in October. 



In the latter part of January I went again to Florida, and Oi- 

 keticus accompanied me. He had shown no sign of life for nearly 

 a month, and even the return to his native place did not at first 

 revive him. But in a few days I saw him crawling about, and 

 occasionally nibbling at a piece of dry leaf. Fresh food he 

 scarcely ever tasted. Again I returned North, and again my 

 larva came with me; after this he refused all food, but crawled 

 about his glass prison, and from time to time added a bit of deco- 

 ration to his house. Then he became quite motionless, and thus 

 remained, hanging from the netting for some six weeks. In that 

 state I carried him once more to Franconia. On a cold morning 

 in early May, among the northern hills, his lagging, prolonged, 

 creeping existence terminated, and he flew out a fine winged 

 imago, nearly fifteen months from the day I first found him in 

 southern Florida. 



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A NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA FROM CALIFORNIA. 



By F. E. BLAISDELL, M.D., Coronado, Cal. 



Scyniuus lophanthae n. sp. Oval, slightly elongate, punctulate, pubes- 

 cent. Head, pronotum, and entire under surface rufo-testaceous. Mouth 

 parts piceous. Pronotum with a faint discal cloud occupying central por- 

 tion, reaching quite to apical border; sides parallel in posterior half, ar- 

 cuate anteriorly with apical angles slightly rounded. Elytra black, with 

 a strong metallic lustre; pubescence dual, consisting of blackish, erect 

 and recumbent flavo-cinereous hairs. Abdomen rather thickly set with 

 semi- recumbent hairs. 



Female. Under parts testaceous. Length 2.2 mm.; width 1.7 mm. 



Hab. San Diego. There is considerable variation in the dis- 

 tinctness of the pronotal cloud, it may be absent or very decided. 

 In many specimens examined the sternal and central abdominal 

 areas were quite dark; as a rule the color is lighter in tin- female. 

 My attention was first attracted to this very interesting species by 

 Wm. Vortriede, gardener in charge of the parks at Con>nad<>. 

 He had observed them feeding upon the San Jose Scale (.-/.</>/<//- 

 otus perniciosus) infesting the Acacia lophctnthct. Subsequent 

 observation fully confirmed his statements. The scale was ex- 

 ceedingly abundant, as was also the beetle in all stages of de- 

 velopment. 



