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flattened, with a conspicuous apical bunch of fuscous hairs. With a 

 compound microscope, the abdomen is seen to be minutely transversely 

 striate ; the head and thorax are tessellate ; the front is distinctly, but 

 very sparsely punctured ; the cheeks, legs, etc., are covered with plumose 

 white hairs. 



Hab. Mesilla, New Mexico, July 17 ( Ckll.} One at flowers 

 of Conaiit/nis /n'spidiis ; it may be that the narrow head serves 

 to facilitate the getting of nectar from the flower, but it is ex- 

 tremely peculiar. The insect may be referred to a new sub- 

 genus Conanthalictus, characterized by the peculiarities itali- 

 cised in the above description, and also by the large semilunar 

 enclosure of the metathorax, coarsely granular and dull, with 

 a distinct rim. 



Sph(eridium scarabtvoides Linn, in Northern and Central New York. 

 I was interested in Mr. Pearsall's note in the May NEWS regarding the 

 occurrence of this species in the Catskills. In the NEWS for September, 

 '98, I recorded its occurrence in St. Lawrence County in the vicinity of 

 Potsdam, the first specimens having been taken in the summer of '96. 

 The species is evidently well established there, as I have taken numbers 

 of the beetles each succeeding season. 



On May 4th last, while passing through a cow pasture just outside of 

 Ithaca, I made a short search for Sphteridium, and in the course of a few- 

 minutes located several enough to satisfy me that the species is well 

 established in this locality. 



Like Aphodius fiinetarius Linn., with which I find it associated to a 

 considerable extent, this species may have been introduced from Europe 

 into the eastern part of the United States or Canada, from which point it 

 is now spreading. 



It would be interesting to know how far west and south the species is 

 found. It is a strong flier, so its range could be rapidly extended were 

 the conditions favorable. C. O. HOUGHTON, Ithaca, N. Y. 



EGGS OF Arachnis zuni. On the 2jth of May a large female moth (A. 

 zuni) was taken at Las Vegas, N. M., and confined in a pasteboard box. 

 Four days after about two dozen eggs were discovered firmly glued to 

 the side of the box. 



The eggs are nearly globular, slightly pointed at the micropyle. They 

 are about l / 2 mm. in diameter, and of a light bluish gray. The surface 

 appears smooth and shiny when examined with an ordinary lens, but is 

 found to be irregularly roughened when examined with a compound 

 microscope. WILMATTE PORTER COCKERELL. 



