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Piazorhinus pictus, ib., 105. — This variable species is fairly abundant 

 here, and is beaten from various bushes, especially oak. In Florida it 

 seems common. 



Cicmdeia, ib., 201. — On Brigantine Beach, N. J., C. lepida is some- 

 times found with C. hirticollis. When at rest it is not readily seen on the 

 white sand — its own colour — and rarely moves till in danger of being 

 trampled on, seemingly aware of the protective colour of the sand. A 

 collector has stated to me that where it occurs on dark ground it is ex- 

 ceedingly wary and difficult to capture. With the species of the main 

 land mentioned, occur in abundance, C. consentanea., piirpurea and 

 punctulata. 



Danais archippus, ib., 204 — Very few individuals were seen on 

 Brigantine in 1887 and 1888, and no larvae oi Ajith. polyphemus, nor of 

 H. io were found, though quite abundant other years. 



Clxotus aphociioides, Vol. XIX., 64. — This species has been the sub- 

 ject of renewed observation, and the former statement of its mode of 

 hibernation must be re-affirmed. Mr. O. Lugger (Proc. Ent. Soc, Wash- 

 ington, V. I., 84) sheds light on its early stages, stating that he has fre- 

 quently bred these beetles from their eggs, and has found them in all 

 stages, 171 situ, viz., under the bark of dead trees, where they found food 

 in the decaying material : adding, that very likely the specimens found by 

 myself did not enter the holes to hibernate, but rather had made them to 

 leave the place of their birth. The statement of Mr. Lugger is very inter- 

 esting as to the habits of the larvae, and it is to be hoped he may make 

 known in greater detail the form of the eggs, larvae and pupge, as it is, so 

 far as I know, the only species of the Scarab. Laparosiicti thsitis recorded 

 as being lignivorous in the larval state. With decaying wood as the 

 breeding place of the larva, any discrepancy of observation about hiberna- 

 tion may be readily reconciled. Mr. Lugger's timber, under the bark, 

 was probably rotten, and there the larvae fed, pupated, disclosed, and the 

 beetles hibernated. My timber, under the bark, was sound, and the bark 

 inseparable from the wood, and there was no rotten wood for the larvae to 

 feed on ; but the base of the tree and the subterranean roots would supply 

 this material amply. The beetles, however, could not hibernate there, 

 and so crawled up the tree and into any available hole ; this also accounts 

 for the mud on the elytra of many. 



Saperda Fayi, Vol. XX., 6. — I have further to state that some of the 



