46 [OCTOBKK 



Commuuicatiou from Mr. Ridings, read August 9th 1859, reporting the 

 capture of the following Coleoptera in Northern Virginia during July :- 



Dijndstcs Titi/iiH^ was found abundantly on the limbs of the Ash tree, 

 on the last day of July, near the banks of the Shenandoah River, a short 

 distance from Front Royal, in Warren County. Also Cjchru^ Andrcwsi!^ 

 Cijchrus viduus, and Nomaretus n. sjj.,^ under stones on the Alleghany 

 Mountains in Hampshire County. 



Communication from Mr. Cox, read September 26th 1859, reporting the 

 capture of the following Coleoptera in the vicinity of Lewistown, Mifflin 

 County, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1859 :- 



Pasimachus depressus. Dicselns dilatatus. Temnoch'du virescens. Holo- 

 lejyta fossalai'u. Aranfhocerus apJiodioides. Osvioderma scabrmn. Tivh- 

 ius bdjens. Adelocera impressicollis. Alaus niyops. Scricosomns sUaccus. 

 Dotopinx ohhniqiroHis. MegapcnthcH limhalis. Lndiux attemiatus. Ancij- 

 lochira fasvlatu. Aiici/Iochiru lineata. Ptoshna gihhicolUs. Tricliodes api- 

 vorus. Dorcaschema nigrum. Toxofus cylindricoUis. Toxotus vittiger. 

 GlyptosceltH liirta. Cassida cruciata. 



Communication from Mr. Bland, read October 24th 1859, reporting 

 the capture of the following Coleoptera :- 



On May 29th, at Chester, Pa., found 8 specimens of Listroderes 



on the plantain, at the junction of the stem and the root. 



On June 5th, captured specimens of Cisfela eryihropteva on the blos- 

 soms of the Tulip-poplar; also Lehia viridis, Lehia ornata, Lehia vittata, 

 and Lehia srapularis, collected with the beating net. 



On October 2nd, obtained specimens of 3Ionoci-epidius hdlus and Mon- 

 ocrepidius auritus under stones on hill-sides facing south and east; also 

 found specimens of Conoirachelus in abundance on newly cut tim- 

 ber. 



Communication from Mr. William S. Wood, read November 12th 1860, 

 reporting that he observed the larvae of Safuniin maia Drury, in broods 

 of 50 to 75 in each, feeding on the scrubby oak near the sea shore; they 

 feed together until the third changing of their skins when they commenced 

 to scatter. They went into the ground on the last of August, 1859, and 

 became a perfect insect on October 10th 1860. 



* This species has since been described and figured by Dr. Horn in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Vol. 8, jj. 669, tab. 8, 

 fig. 1. as Nomnretvs imperfcctus. 



