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Scynmus fratcrnus Lee. ? 



CUCUJID/E. 



Lceviophlceus convexuliis Lee. Rare. 



DERMESTID/E. 



Derftiestes bicolor Fabr. One specimen. 

 CryptorJwpalum ruficorne Lee. Rare. 

 Orphilus glabratus Er., var, Rare. 



HISTERID^E. 



Hister defectus Lee. 

 exaratus Lee. 



BYRRHIDiE. 



Syncalypta echmata Lee. Very abundant a few years ago on the Parlia- 

 ment Buildings, but rarer of late. 



DASCYLLIDyE. 



Scirtes orbiculatus Fabr. Several specimens of this pretty species were 

 taken last summer, on weeds growing along a stream flowing 

 through an old beaver meadow, but owing to the variety of plants 

 growing intermingled, I cannot say on what species it occurred. 

 Previously to last year only one specimen had been taken by me. 



Cyphon collaris Gudr. This species is rare, not more than half a dozen 

 specimens having been captured. 



(To be Co7itinued.) 



CERATOCAMPA (CITHERONIA) REGALIS, Fab. 



BY JOHN HAMILTON, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



In the first number of this volume one of your contributors, Mr. 

 Clarkson, writing about atheroma regalis, infers that the moth always 

 appears about the end of May, regardless of the time at which the larva 

 enters the earth, and that it is the habit of the pupa to work out of the 

 earth and lay on the surface of the ground during the winter. The first 

 statement is correct in a certain sense. The insect in question is not un- 

 common here, and I have had them in numbers. Take a larva captured 

 the first week in August and another the last in September, and allow them 



