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my rambles on the days mentioned, some of them rather scarce ; also the 

 followimg Cicindelidae : C. Zeconfei Hald., C. sexguttata Fab., C. pur- 

 purea Oliv., C. vulgaris Say, and C. repa?ida Dej., the first named 

 being the only rare or local kind. In walking over some sand hills or 

 tracts on April 23rd they arose from about my feet almost in clouds. I 

 do not remember to have met with them so abundantly before except late 

 in the summer. 



Cut-worms of many sizes and markings appear to be common this 

 spring under boards, stones, etc. One morning about the beginning of 

 May I noticed a sand wasp (Pompilidae Leach.) dragging a cut-worm, 

 apparently nearly full grown, to its nest in the sand. When first seen by 

 me the wasp was a foot or more away from home. The larva was not 

 only much larger but heavier than its capturer, and much too weighty to 

 be carried. The wasp found it quite an undertaking, for it left its 

 prey several times, going to the nest, only to return for another pull. It 

 is not unlikely that the distance covered previous to my arrival was con- 

 siderably more than that while I was present. 



I intend in the course of a few weeks to trespass further on the kind- 

 ness of readers of the Entomologist by the insertion of continued notes. 



ON WILLOW AS FOOD-PLANT OF P. TURNUS. 



BY W. H. EDWARDS, COALBURGH, W. VA. 



In Nov. No., 1885, I asked if readers of this magazine had ever found 

 the larva of Ticriius feeding on willow, etc., to which I have had several 

 rephes. 



Mr. W. Brodie, Toronto, Can., wrote that on Sept. 10, 1SS5, Thos. 

 Parks, of Toronto, found three larvae in his garden under a peach tree, 

 and he put them in a box and fed on peach leaves for several days, and 

 till pupation. So far as I know, the peach has not before been observed 

 to be a plant of Turnus. 



J. D. Sherman, jr., Peekskill, N. Y., writes that his father, who once 

 had a very large collection of American butterflies, " states positively that 

 he has several times taken the larva of Turmts from the wild willow." 



Miss Caroline G. Soule, of Boston, Mass., writes : " I have found 

 more larvse of Turnus on willovv than on any other plant. I have found 

 it on ash and poplar, but if I hunt for it, I take willow as the plant most 

 likely to supply my need. This is in Stowe, Vermont, where most of my 



