THE OAiNADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 79 



M. rugipennis Lee. " between Metis and the mouth of the Matapedia." 

 The date is not given, but as he records Colias philodice " between Metis 

 and Lake Matapedia, iVugust 17th,'' and as he did not arrive at Great 

 Metis until August 14th, it must have been taken in that month or later, 

 M. D'Urban, who drew up this list, states that Mr. Bell's Coleoptera were 

 determined by Dr. LeConte. 



I frankly confess that the records of Messrs. D'Urban and Bell puzzle 

 me, for if the dates given by these gentlemen are correct, and if the 

 specimens taken by them were determined by Dr. LeConte as rugipennis 

 Lee, which is angusticollis Say, then that species must, I think, be double 

 brooded. I believe, however, that if Dr. LeConte had seen specimens 

 taken at those dates, he would have determined them as M. angusticollis 

 Say, which would prove them to have been aniericanus Leach, when the 

 dates would correspond with its time of appearance here, at Portland, and 

 I believe, elsewhere. I am strengthened in this belief by the fact that 

 specimens oi aniericanus in the collection of the Montreal Natural History 

 Society are labeled rugipennis^ a mistake that Dr. LeConte would never 

 have made. 



I think Mr. Brodie's notes also point to the conclusion that americanns 

 is the species found in autumn ; this gentleman could give us important 

 evidence in this matter by carefully comparing his specimens with Say's 

 description, and letting us know which species they belong to. I do not 

 think that any of our Meloes are double brooded, but if Mr. Brodie's 

 specimens are the true angusticollis of Say, it would seem as if such must 

 be the case, as it seems improbable that a species would be taken in some 

 places in spring, and in others in autumn, if it was not double brooded. 



Dr. Packard, speaking of the larvae of Meloe found by him in spring, 

 says : " It is undoubtedly the young of our common M. angusticollis 

 Say." If we substitute the name aniericanus Leach for angusticollis Say. 

 this statement will, I think, be perfectly correct, unless the larvae observed 

 by Dr. Packard belong to one of our other species (I only know 

 angusticollis and atnericanus). 



M. angusticollis probably oviposits during the end of May and 

 beginning of June, and by the end of June and during July we might, I 

 think, expect to find the larva. These are, however, points that require 

 careful investigation, as nothing short of rearing the perfect insect will 

 enable us to identify the larva. 



