372 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Dec., ? l8 



26th and simply riddled this plant. After this plant was gone, 

 they went to Jussicua. Abundant, April 26-Sept. 12. 



Blepharida rhois Forst. Adults and larvae were very abundant 

 on young sumac, April 11-15. Larvae were also abundant, 

 Sept. 29, so that there must be a number of broods per 

 year. 



Chaetocnema confinis Cr. Occurs in abundance in the hammocks 

 on the foliage of basswood, wild cherry, buckeye, and vari- 

 ous other trees and shrubs, March 3-April. 



Chaetocnema pulicaria Melsh. Taken on corn (R. N. Wilson). 



Psylliodes elegans Horn. Taken on oats, April 15 (R. N. Wilson). 

 Abundant by sweeping grass and low vegetation in open 

 field, April 1-3. 



Octotoma plicatula Fabr. The first adult of the season was taken 

 on buckeye leaf, March 6. The ash is their first choice as 

 a food plant, and by March 25 large numbers are at work 

 on this plant. They are to be found for only a few weeks 

 and then disappear. As far as I have observed, they have 

 only a single brood a year. 



Chalepus bicolor Oliv. Several specimens taken sweeping low 

 foliage at hammock edge, April 1. 



Chalepus rubra Weber. Several have been taken between leaf- 

 tyer's old nests in the hammocks on oak from Jan. 25-March 2. 

 They begin to get abundant on linden, the foliage of which they 

 eat, by the middle of March. As with O. plicatula, they are 

 present for only a few weeks and then disappear. A specimen 

 was taken on oak, May I, and a pair in copula on linden, June n. 



Chalepus notatus Oliv. A few were taken on blackberry, Ostrya 

 and oak, April 4-5. 



Metriona (Coptocycla) purpurata Boh. This species has been taken 

 on buckeye, oak and wild morning-glory vines, March is-May 15. 

 It is rather uncommon and its favorite food plant is Ipomoea. 



Deloyala (Coptocycla) clavata Fabr. A specimen of this rough- 

 backed cassid was taken on a weed at Hogtown Creek, April 

 9. Several taken on oak foliage, Dec. 2-3. This is more of a 

 northern insect, and this record extends the distribution of 

 the species for a considerable distance south of its usual 

 range. 



Chirida (Coptocycla) guttata Oliv. Occurs on wild sweet potato 

 vines. A specimen was taken on wild mustard foliage. April 

 20-Aug. 12. 



Coptocycla bicolor Fabr. An abundant species occurring on the 

 foliage of Ipomoea and oak the year round, Dec. 4-Aug. 12. 



