March, '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 133 



On the morning of June loth several eggs in a freshly de- 

 posited mass were noticed to be shriveled and, as the aphids 

 were then clustered about the others, it was decided to investi- 

 gate. After careful examination under a lens and low-power 

 microscope it was found that the aphids had inserted their 

 beaks into the eggs and were actually sucking them dry. A 

 winged female and as many as six nymphs were watched thus 

 feeding, each insect completely absorbing the contents of a 

 single egg during the observation. Each egg gradually col- 

 lapsed. 



I believe that this fact has not been recorded; the conditions 

 under which it was observed, namely, those of confinement, 

 must be taken into consideration. Has this anything to do 

 with the fact that coccinellid eggs are seldom or never found in 

 colonies of aphids ? 



Notes on Some Neuropteroids from Raleigh, N. C. 



BY C. S. BRIMLEY. 

 /. Chauliodes. 



On April 4, 1906, I found some Chauliodes larvae preparing 

 to pupate under the bark of rotten and soggy stumps near a 

 marsh. All had the respiratory tubes on the eighth segment, 

 close together and unequal in length. I put them in a jar 

 with some damp, rotten wood, and most of them pupated. 



From the pupae emerged big, gray Chauliodes, of which 

 one which emerged on April 2ist and another on May 4th 

 were C. pectinicornis by the antennae ; the rest, of which one 

 emerged on April 2oth, five on April 2ist, and two on April 

 22d, were all C. rastricornis judging by the antennae. 



On April 22d, 1907, I found another lot of larvae in the 

 same locality and in similar situations to the others. All had 

 respiratory tubes close together and unequal, and appendages 

 on the tenth segment extending beyond the claws of that seg- 

 ment. From these nine adults were bred, a rastricornis on 

 May 1 5th and eight pectinicornis, one on May i5th, one on 

 May lyth, four on May igth, and two on May 2oth. I have 

 also taken two pectinicornis on sugar. 



