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LAST winter, while collecting at Lake Worth, Florida, in the beginning 

 of March, I captured a 9 specimen of Eiinica tatila H. S. I do not see 

 this species mentioned in any North American lists. It is a much larger 

 insect than E. inoniina Cram., and very beautiful. Eunica tatila is a 

 common insect in Cuba and also in Mexico. W. SCHAUS. 



IN a foot-note at the bottom of page 220 of my recent Bulletin on 

 Pcecilocapsits lineatns, I question the date on which Mr. Webster ob- 

 tained adults for use in his experiment at Lafayette, Ind. Mr. Webster 

 has called my attention to the fact that, in the case of Aferomyza ameri- 

 cana, the second brood of adults emerged earlier at Lafayette, Ind., than 

 Dr. Fitch had found them in New York. This indicates that difference 

 of about two degrees in latitude between Lafayette, Ind., and Ithaca, 

 N. Y., makes a difference of two or three weeks in the emergence of in- 

 sect life; and the seemingly very early appearance of the adults of the 

 Four-lined Leaf-bug, at the former place, may thus be accounted for. I 

 am glad of the opportunity to make the correction. M. V. SLINGERLAND, 

 Cornell Experiment Station. 



NOTES ON THE CUCUJID.E, OBSERVED IN SAN DlEGO COUNTY, C.\L. 



Silvanus surinamensis (Linn.) abundant in cereals; Silvanus bidentatus 

 (Fabr. ) not very common, occurs with the preceding species ; Silrtmns 

 iniheUis (Lee.) one specimen; Silvanus advena (Waltl.) common in gran- 

 aries and in refuse about stables; A 'an sibiti s den tatu s (Marsh. ) occasion- 

 ally taken in commercial storehouses; Licmophlocns Ingntltitus (Say.) 

 sometimes met with in immense numbers under decaying and fungus- 

 covered bark of dead sycamores (/'/it/units raceinosns}; I.ifinoplilocus 

 ccf>halotes (Lee.) rare, occurs under the bark of the sycamore, blue gum 

 {Eucalyptus globnlus}, pepper tree (Scliinnx niolle], live oak i (inert ns 

 ax~rif>olia); Brontes d. var. trnncatiis (Mots.) common, under thr bark of 

 the live oak. F. E. BLAISDELL, M.D. 



