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leaves of Celtis integerifolia, and on 12th, part of these were forwarded to 

 me by mail in a tin box, arriving in good order, because the leaves had 

 not lost their freshness, though 8 days on the road in the heat of July. I 

 gave the larvre Celtis occidentalis leaves, which they took to readily, and 

 I had no difficulty in raising several of them to maturity. The first stage 

 was about one half over when I received these larvse, and four days after- 

 ward the first moult took place. The habits of the larvae were similar to 

 those of Clyton, during the early stages gathering in dense clusters and 

 resting for long intervals, during the later stages separating and concealing 

 themselves by stitching together two or three leaves. Clyton, in W. Va., 

 unlike A. Celtis, has no second brood, and all the larvse hybernate after 

 passing the 2nd moult. In the spring they pass three additional moults, 

 making five in all. Flora passed but four moults, like the summer gen- 

 eration of A. Celtis, and none of the larvse hybernated. The butterflies 

 began to emerge froni chrysalis 22nd Aug., and continued doing so till 

 31st, by which time I had 4 ^,6 ^. No examples of Clyton were at 

 any time received last year from Indian River, and probably it does not 

 inhabit that locality. 



NOTES ON SCIOMYZIDAE WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 



NEW SPECIES. 



BY DR. v.. T. DAY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



Tetanocera clara Lw. Mass., Conn. Specimens of this species with typical 

 frontal markings, have the posterior transverse vein nearly straight and 

 perpendicular, as in valida. In a single specimen there is an incomplet-e 

 brownish-black abdominal stripe, interrupted at the incisures. 



Tet. pidipes Lw. Conn., Pa., Kansas, Wash. Ter. Specimens from 

 Wash. Ter. are larger and more melanized than the New England species. 

 Nearly the whole front is occupied by a blackish-brown quadrangular 

 spot, leaving a yellowish border laterally and anteriorly. 



Tet. combinata var. sparsa (Lw.) Mass, Conn., Pa. From the 

 examination of a large number of specimens of both forms, chiefly col 

 lected by Dr. Williston^ I am satisfied that sparsa can not be specifically 



