120 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



shape of the scutellum and is more closely allied to Botanobia than 

 to Gaurax, differing from it principally in the distinctly pubescent 

 arista. i 



Chaetochlorops, n. gen. 



The type of this genus is Siphonella inguilina Coquillett. The 

 characters given in the foregoing table should suffice for its identifi- 

 cation. This is the only species I know which is referable to this 

 genus. 



The other changes in generic names I have already dealt with 

 in the Canadian Entomologist, 1913, p. 175. 



A PHALANGID DRINKS MILK. 



I generally have a cup of milk placed in my room, which I 

 drink after I have finished mv nocturnal rounds of my treacled 

 trees. 



The other night I saw a very fine specimen of a Harvestman 

 (Phalangid) in the saucer. Wondering what brought him there, 

 I managed to remove the cup without disturbing him, and found 

 that a small quantity of milk had been spilt into the saucer and 

 that the spider was taking a drink. 



He first anchored his fourth pair of legs on the rim of the 

 saucer; then gradually — very slowly — lowered his body till it was 

 nearly touching the liquid. It was then tipped forward and down- 

 wards, until the mouth was in contact with the milk. After about 

 a minute he raised himself to his ordinary standing height and 

 began to clean his mouth, opening and shutting his mandibles (or 

 whatever they are) like a pair of compasses. I was surprised at 

 their size- — far larger and more formidable looking than one expects 

 from the size of the creature. Then he raised one or other of his 

 second pair of legs and used the claw to finish the cleaning process. 

 This done to his satisfaction he took another drink. This he did 

 three successive times, and then, satisfied I suppose, took his 

 departure. I noticed he was most careful to keep his feet out of 

 milk. — E. Firmstone Heath, 



The Hermitage, near Cartwright, Man. 

 September 6th, 1913. 



