Nov., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 437 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



UNTIL further notice, Dr. P. P. Calvert will be unable to undertake 

 the identification of Odonata. Correspondents will please not send 

 him specimens for this purpose. 



THE annual flight southward of Anosia plcxippus began on October 

 2d, continuing for several days, during which many stores in the busi- 

 ness district were invaded by these interesting creatures. Their number, 

 however, was probably a trifle short of what it has been on former oc- 

 casions. A fine albino specimen of A. plexippus was taken by the writer 

 during the flight. Catopsilia cubulc also seemed less in evidence than 

 formerly. Ulolodes hyalina was taken here last July at a light. Calop- 

 teryx iiiacitlata was quite abundant. Not a few collectors took Stiria 

 rugifrons. Pamphila Iconardus, both male and female, are among this 

 season's catch. A somewhat worn specimen of Pamphila dclaware was 

 also captured on the Missouri side of the "Father of Waters," but con- 

 tinuous diligent search failed to reveal another. Collecting Lepidoptera 

 here this summer and fall was somewhat of a disappointment, as there 

 seemed to be a dearth of everything, except Debis portlandia and Nath- 

 alis iole. The latter fairly swarmed, especially about sandy railroad 

 beds, for the vicinity of which it seems to entertain a particular fond- 

 ness. This little insect, similarly plentiful in 1904, seemed to have dis- 

 appeared from here entirely during the following years, only to re- 

 appear this season in uncountable numbers. So far as known, no 

 Terias mexicana was seen here this season. AUGUST KNETZGER, St. 

 Louis, Mo., Oct. 12, 1908. 



A REMARKABLE OUTBREAK OF TIPULA LARVAE. Early in February, 

 1908, a number of Tipula larvae were sent in to our laboratory from 

 Mariposa County, California. The letter accompanying them said 

 that they were occurring in immense numbers and devastating the 

 grass lands and wheat fields. The following from a letter from Dr. 

 H. B. Stanley, of Hornitos will show something of their abundance : 

 "At the present time in all pasture lands you cannot overturn a stone, 

 rock, or bunch of cow manure anywhere without finding from five to 

 fifty under each. A few days since, at sundown, I sprinkled a square 

 rod of land with a solution of cyanide of potassium, a grain to the 

 ounce. Next morning 1 went to the place and found the ground liter- 

 ally covered with larvae. You could not put down the point of a pin 

 anywhere without touching one ; I counted twenty-eight on one square 

 inch. This was on a hillside where three weeks ago the ground was 



