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approach was unobserved until a piece of dead wood was hurled at him, 

 when he reluctantly left. The throwing of a second missile quickened his 

 pace and caused him to distribute his perfumery, which rendered the air 

 rather more fragrant than Lubin's Ext. of new-mown hay. It is unneces- 

 sary to state that our recreation for the evening was at an end. 



We have frequently taken at sugar tree toads and various species of 

 Coleoptera. A Texan correspondent says it is not uncommon for him to 

 take at sugar Scorpions, and also species of Lizards, which are numerous 

 in that latitude. 



TETRAOPES TETROPHTHALMUS Forst. 



BY W. L. DEVEREAUX, CLYDE, N. Y. 



In the early part of June, 1876, while plowing through a patch of 

 ■Asdepias cornuti (the plant upon which beetles of the above genus are 

 found), I observed numerous Cerambycidian larvae in the bottom of the 

 furrow, stirring about in the soil. Two of the larvae were put in a glass 

 jar with a growing milk-weed plant. Although they were put in the soil 

 near the roots, they soon came to the surface and wriggled about for a 

 week, and then pupated, and finally came out perfect specimens of T. 

 tetrophthalmus. 



I have endeavored to find them in or about the roots of the milk-weed 

 since, but have failed to find a trace of any. To judge from the black 

 scars and other appearances of the roots, it seems the larvae live in the 

 soil and wound the roots with their mandibles, and thereby subsist on the 

 milk or juice which Mows so readily at the slightest abrasion. 



Recently I saw a larva of Corymbitci cylindriformis which had cap- 

 tured an imago of Harpalus Painsylvanicus. It had crushed in one 

 elytron with its mandibles, and still held it firmly, though the beetle was 

 striving hard to get away. 



