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make up part of the maculation or ornamentation. The pink spots 

 may also be considered a central fascia sharply interrupted in the middle 

 by the elytral suture. The color of the elytron posterior to these spots is 

 darker in color, almost piceous. Length n mm. 



This species is most nearly allied to quadrisignata Say, and 

 was common in Carr Canyon in August. It is a large and 

 handsome species. 



Cymatodera tricolor n. sp. 



Form moderately slender, sparsely pubescent. Antenna? pale brown ; 

 anterior and middle legs brown, posterior pair dark brown, almost black. 

 Head and outer third of the thorax very dark green, a red band crossing 

 the thorax at the middle, the basal third of the thorax red. Abdominal 

 segments black. There is a yellowish white median fascia, narrowest at 

 the suture ; anterior to this is a black band of about the same width and 

 from this black band to the base of the elytra is red. From the fascia to 

 the apex the elytra are piceous. 



It is perhaps more nearly related to be/fragei than to any 

 other species. It is very striking and distinct. From one 

 specimen, Carr Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. I 

 hope to publish a list of the Coleoptera I took in Arizona and 

 will mention at this time a few rarities. 



Byrsopolis lanigera Bates. 



Biol. Cent.-Amer. Coleop. ii, pt. ii, p. 291, a large and 

 handsome lamellicorn was taken (3 specimens). 



Pasiinachns inc.vicanits a beautiful species. Euphoria holochloris 

 recently described by Prof. Fall was fairly common. Ambly- 

 cliila baroni which appears to be quite distinct from A. cylin- 

 cLriformis and a much smaller species. It is still very rare in 

 collections. 



DESPITE the prevalence in Germantown, Philadelphia, of the praying 

 mantis, the queer bug from Japan, to many people it is still a terror. A 

 pupil in one of the public schools in that district found a nest of the insect's 

 eggs on the branch of a tree the other day, and thinking it was abutterflyls 

 cocoon took it to her teacher. It was hung up in the school room and soon 

 showed signs of life, but instead of the butterfly came hundreds ot bugs 

 which looked like large mosquitoes. They could not fly, but crawled 

 around on the branch with such threatening aspect that the teacher, 

 afraid to touch them, was compelled to dismiss the class. The janitor 

 was called in, but promptly refused to tackle the job of removing the 

 mantids until, upon further urging, he got a bucket and, with the aid of a 

 long scrubbing brush-handle, dropped the branch into it. Then he clapped 

 a cover on the bucket and removed the perfectly harmless insects, and 

 the pursuit of education was resumed. Newspaper. 



