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measured, when full (lci>th, were only i.S inches in length. All were 

 slightly on the slant from a level surface. 



Two distinct sizes are to be found among the larvne in autumn, which 

 correspond to the first and second year of venusta, so that it seems highly 

 probable that the larval life lasts two years, while that of the adult 

 continues for about i i months. 



Jui/^ida. Say. — An interesting form of this species, with rather 

 variable markings, has been collected by Mr. |. 11. W'allis at Westbourne, 

 .Man., who says of it • " I took /ul};iiia on what is known al Westbourne 

 as the .Salt Plain, an alkaline stretch of some extent. The plain is in the 

 main fairly well covered with a loosely-growing wiry grass, with fairly 

 numerous bare or nearly bare patches of soil not sufficiently alkaline to be 

 more than gray. W^xn ful\^ida was plentiful in company with trauque- 

 bar'uu. The species is of strong flight, readily passing from one bare spot 

 to another." 



The above mentioned specimens were taken during the middle of 

 August, and the species will probably be found to hibernate not at any 

 great depth. 



Scutelltiris Lecontei, Hald — Larvie are found in similar situations to 

 the beetles. A pupa was discovered on .August lo at a depth oF five 

 inches, and one inch from the larval burrow. On the nth four adults 

 were dug out, one of wiiich had very recently arrived at maturity, and 

 another had worked its way to within half an inch of the surface. The 

 pupal chambers were from one to two inches in depth, where they 

 branched off from the main burrow, and from two to ihrce inches in 

 length, dropping an inch in two and a half. Five larval holes at the 

 approach of winter averaged 28 inches in length. The beetles have been 

 found in fair numbers, especially when hibernating. I'hey select denser 

 vegetation than most of the other kinds, and prefer the south edge of 

 bushes which border old fields. They j>ass the winter at 10 to 26 inches 

 below the surface of the earth. 



Pusi/h, Say. —No larvrc have been found in Manitoba, but two new 

 localities for the beetles were discovered, one specimen being taken by 

 .Mr. Wallis at Westbourne among the grass, and three by Stuart Criddle 

 near the mouth of the Souris River, on a gravelly shore. These insects 

 made no attempt to fly, but seemed to rely entirely upon their power of 

 running and hiding to escape capture. 



