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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



[Dec.. '09 



gus. The case is formed of closely packed particles of frass 

 and sawdust, and is lined with a dense sheet of grayish white 

 silk. It is 8 or 9 mm. long, broadest in the middle, tapering 



to a narrower neck at each side 

 of the middle, then flaring out 

 again at the ends which are 

 somewhat ragged. 



The larva does not seem to 

 feed upon the large white patch- 

 es of fungus, where its gray 

 case would be very conspicuous, 

 but attacks the small patches 

 just beginning to grow around 

 the crevices in the bark. While 

 feeding the case extends out 

 horizontally ; at other times it is 

 closely appressed to the bark, 



and is not easily discovered. At pupation the case is strongly 

 attached to the bark at both anterior and posterior ends by 

 four groups of silken threads, two at each end. 



The cases were first observed on the fifth of June, and the 

 larvae continued to feed for about a week. The imagoes ap- 

 peared June 29th and July 7th ; captured specimens in my col- 

 lection are, however, dated a week or ten days earlier. 



Case of Tinea croceoverticella Chamb. 



THE United States Civil Service Commission announces an examina- 

 tion on December 15, 1909, to secure eligibles from which to make certi- 

 fication to h'll a vacancy in the position of entomologist in the Bureau 

 of Science, Manila, Philippine Islands. The salary of this position at 

 present is $1,600 per annum. 



ZOPHOBAS MORIO Fabr. This species of Tenebrionidae described by 

 Fabricius in his Genera Insectorum, p. 241, 1776, should be added to the 

 List of American Coleoptera and placed after U pis. Specimens bearing 

 the label "Fla" have been for years in the collections of Dr. Horn, the 

 American Entomological Society and Dr. Castle. According to data 

 received from the latter this species has been collected at Key West, Fla., 

 VIII, 28, 07, and later dates by Mr. John Hanlon in numbers under the 

 loose saddles of the palmetto. GEO. M. GREENE. 



