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few are attracted to light or to sugar, but many of the larger 

 species are easily "flushed" from their resting places and may 

 be taken in the net. 



The Tineidae have a world- wide distribution, but certain groups 

 are better represented in some parts of the world than in others. 

 They have been discovered in rocks of the Miocene period and 

 also in amber, indicating their presence on earth in early tertiary 

 times. 



The classifications thus far given are based too largely on su- 

 perficial characters, except the one given of a part of the family 

 by Mr. Meyrick, and this needs verification for the species of 

 this country. I have already made critical studies on the structure 

 of a large number of our species, but have not yet gone far 

 enough to give a satisfactory synoptical table. 



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NOTES ON A FEW SPECIES OF REARED COLEOPTERA. 



By F. M. WEBSTER. 



Leptotrachelus dorsalis Fab. The larvae of this species were 

 first observed by me on July 22, 1884, actively engaged in de- 

 stroying the larvae of the wheat straw worm, hosomatritici Riley, 

 which the reaper had left exposed in the stubble. Early in Au- 

 gust they were observed to stop the cavity in the upper end of 

 the stubble with bits detached from the inside and rolled into a 

 ball. August nth larvae, pupee and adults were observed in 

 stubbles that had thus been plugged up, a single individual only 

 occupying a stubble. I have no description of the larva, except 

 that it is slender, depressed, 8 mm. in length and very active. 

 See Rep. Comm. Agr. 1884, p. 387. 



Phalacrus politus Mels. Adults reared August 4th from heads 

 of rye affected with smut. Larva? observed in these heads on 

 July i2th, at which time they were isolated in breeding-jar. The 

 same species breeds in smut on corn. 



Neoclytus erythrocephalus Fab. Observed female ovipositing 

 in trunk of dead apple tree at Columbus, Ohio, July 21-24, fSgi. 

 From this same tree trunk adults emerged May 31, 1892. 



Bruchus mimus Say. Reared from seeds of Red Bud, Cercis 

 canadensis L. 



Disonycha caroliniana Fab. I reared the adult at Lafayette, 

 Ind. , from a larva captured while feeding on the foliage of the 



