156 THE CANADIAN KNTOMOLOGIST. 



DelpJiacOiies Afe/ic/uu'i, n. n. =\\ Libuinia fuinipennis, Meliciiar, nee 

 iMeber. 



D. Aujue, n. n. = jl Delphax concinna, Fieber, nee Stal. 



D. taprobaiiensis, n. n. = |! Liburnia pallidula^ Melichar, nee 

 Bolieman. 



D. sinhahmns^ n. n. = Liburnia frontalis^ Melichar, nee Kirsch- 

 baum, 



D. Kahavalu, n. n. = Delphax vetiosiis, Motshulsky, nee (jermar. 



Eumelicharia^ n. n. =|| IVa/keria, Mel., nee J*'lem., type Fhifa 

 radiata, Dist. 



Ormenis epilepsis, n. n. = jj niarginata (Briinn). 



I wrote Dr. Meliehar some years ago that his names v/ere 

 preoceupied, but as he has not, to my knowledge, altered them yet, I 

 must do so now. 



PRACTICAL AxNI) POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY.— No. 13. 



Some Beetles oe Early May. 



by c. j. s. bethune, london, ontario. 



Many of our younger members are now for the first time forming a 

 colleetion of insects. They are filled with delightful enthusiasm, and 

 almost CYerything is a ])rize that comes witliin reach of their nets. Butter- 

 flies and beetles are usually the first to attract attention and to become 

 the most conspicuous features in the incipient collection. Not many of 

 the former are yet on tiie wing, but an almost endless variety of beetles 

 may be found by careful search, aided by sharp eyes and nimble fingers. 

 It is the object of this paper to draw attention to some of the more 

 cons))icuous species. 



First in order come the Tiger Beetles {Cicindela), of which over 

 thirty varieties are to be found in the Dominion, but only about a dozen 

 in Ontario. These lively creatures are to be found in hot sunny places, 

 such as the sandy m.irgins of stream-^, dry roads and footpaths, and one 

 or two species on logs or boulders to which the sunlight has access in 

 open woods or groves. Though brilliantly metallic in colouring when 

 closely observed, they generally conform very much to the ground they 

 frequent, and would not be seen by an untrained eye, but a little watch- 

 fulness soon reveals the beetle as it runs about in search of its prey, and 



