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Florida," which list has been loaned me by Mr. Schwarz, I find 

 the following: ''Epicauta strigosa and a n. sp., the female of 

 which has the thorax smooth, impunctate, polished." It is very 

 probable that the new species thus briefly mentioned by Dr. 

 Hamilton is the one I have above dQscnhzAdi^Epicaut'iwitsonsi. 



Anthonomus scutellaris Lee. — Two specimens on March 

 9, by beating plum. In the "Rhynchophora of N. E. America," 

 its southern range is given as Georgia and Texas. Bred from wild 

 plum taken at Brookville, Fla., by P. H. Dorsett. (Schwarz Mss.) 



Anthonomus elegans Lee. — On February 27 a single ex- 

 ample of this handsome weevil was swept from the foliage of the 

 mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L., on Hog Island. Known hereto- 

 fore only from Haulover, Jupiter and Biscayne Bay on the east 

 coast of Florida. 



Conotrachelus serpentinus Boh. — One specimen taken 

 March 6, by beating in the Skinner Hammock. Recorded only 

 from Enterprise and Biscayne Bay. 



Acalles granosus Lee. — Two specimens of this rare species 

 were taken February 17 in company with Anchonus duryi and 

 Conotrachelus maritimus beneath chunks of saw palmetto stems 

 along the beach of Clearwater Bay; also recorded only from near 

 the east coast. 



Cryptorhynchus helvus Lee. — Of this rare species, known 

 heretofore only by the unique type from Enterprise, Fla., I possess 

 a single specimen kindly given me by H. L. Dozier. It was taken 

 near Gainesville on June 26, 1916. 



Sphenophorus chittendeni Blatch. — A fourth specimen of 

 this distinct "bill-bug" was picked up December 21 from the 

 sidewalk along the bay front at Dunedin. It evidently occurs 

 only along or close to the sea coast. 



In order to be enabled to devote all of his time to closely 

 allied economic work in the Agricultural Department of the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota, Professor F. L. Washburn, for fifteen years 

 State Entomologist, has asked and obtained the consent of the 

 Board of Regents of the University to drop the State Entomo- 

 logist work, with its attendant police and quarantine duties, this 

 change to be effective February 6th, 1918. 



