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Polypleurus geminatus Sol. This is also apparently a scarce species. 

 It has not been recorded from Florida. One specimen was taken near Lake- 

 land, Feb. 15, beneath a large pine' chip, and another at Dunedin, Dec. 25, by 

 beating Spanish moss. Horn in his Revision of the family says that it occurs 

 in the "Southeastern United States." The closely allied P. perforates Germ., 

 is listed by Schwarz from Enterprise as "very rare." The third and only other 

 known species, P. nitidus Lee, is common beneath bark and logs about Dunedin 

 and elsewhere in southern Florida throughout the winter. 



Blapstinus alutaceiis Casey. Three specimens of this scarce species 

 were taken, one at Cape Sable, by beating dead branches, the others at Key West 

 by sifting dead leaves. It was previously known only from Key West and 

 Buck Key, Fla., and Texas. First described ^^ by Leconte as B. opaciis, which 

 name was preoccupied. 



Acanthinus trifasciatus Fabr. A single specimen of this West Indian 

 species was taken from beneath a chunk on the beach at Cape Sable. It is also 

 known from Key West. 



Poniphopcea femoralis Lee. Two specimens of this large and brilliant 

 Meloid have been in my collection unnamed since January, 1913, when they 

 were taken at light at Dunedin. I supposed them to be some introduced tropical 

 form which I could not place by the literature available. They were finally 

 named for me by A. J. Mutchler of the American Museum of Natural History. 

 Leconte described^^ the species from Louisiana, as Lytta femoralis, but it was 

 afterwards erroneously placed as a synonym of P. polita Say by Horn." The 

 head and thorax are a shining bronze, while the elytra are of a brilliant coppery 

 hue. 



DIVISION OF FOREIGN INSECT PESTS SUPPRESSION. 



In an cndeavcur to prevent the further spread of the apple sucker (Psyllia 

 mall Schmid) by artificial means, a quarantine has been placed on the infested 

 district in the vicinity of W'olfville, N.S. No apple stock, including seedlings, 

 scions, buds or grafts may be removed from the quarantined area unless it is 

 accompanied by a certificate of inspection. 



The Brown Tail Moth work in New Brunswick was closed down in the 

 midtlle of January. No nests have been found during the past two years. 

 Only four men were employed this season, and the greater j^ortion of the terri- 

 tory was scouted with the aid of a car. In Nova Scotia 2(')7 Brown Tail nests 

 were collected up to January 31st; this is a considerable redui'tion as com- 

 pared with previous \ears. The brown tail is still continuing to breed in this 

 Province, and local inlestatioiis are uiicox eri'd from lime lo lime. The ma- 

 jority of scouts were discharged on January 31sl. 



15. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XVII, 187S, 420. 

 IC). Proc. Arad. Nat. Sci. Phil., VI, 1S.5:], ;^:5t;. 

 17. Proc. AiiHT. Phil. Soc, XI II, IS7;i, IKi. 



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