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1880, June 27 ; C ilia, 5 examples. 



grynea, 1 " 

 linella, 1 " 



" 28 ; ilia, 28 



insolabilis, 3 " 

 serena, 2 " 

 grynea, 3 

 linella, 1 " 



flebilis, 1 

 minuta, 1 " 



" 29 ; ilia, 16 



grynea, 3 

 insolabilis, 1 " 



" 3°; iHa, 4 



grynea, 1 " 

 Total for the week, 7 species, 87 examples. I have not seen an ephuic 

 yet. About one-third of the captures are cabinet examples. I take this 

 as a fair criterion for the appearance of Catocalae in this locality, as the 

 captures were all made in the same pieces of woodland. 



SOME NOTES ON COLEOPTERA FOR BEGINNERS. 



BY C. G. SIEWERS, NEWPORT, KY. 



In answer to a query in the March Entomologist as to the rearing 

 of larvas of wood-boring beetles, I would say that it is very difficult to do 

 after they have been removed from their burrows. Try damp sawdust of 

 the same wood. The better plan where infested timber is found, is to saw 

 it into short lengths, pack in tight box and cover with a wet cloth. Many 

 kinds cannot bore in dry wood. Many Buprestidas perish from inability 

 to perforate the bark of dead trees which has sprung loose from the wood 

 and become hardened by the sun. They then fall an easy prey to ants, 

 roaches and caribs. Where wild grape vines abound, cut them off at the 

 ground in May or June, and let them hang ; in early spring saw them into 

 short lengths and box them, and some rare beetles may be taken. Grubs 

 under stones put away in the same ground in tin or glass, kept moist ; 

 found under logs, use the same log debris, and add some sawdust. Find- 

 ing two very large grubs with black heads under a log late in the fall, I 



