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like Bermuda, where it can find abundance of its favorite shellfish 

 for food on the sea beaches. It is also fond of grubs and snails, of 

 which it destroys large numbers. 



Food of the Bermuda Lizard, p. 697. 

 Specimens killed on Castle Island, a rather barren locality, were 

 recently dissected by me to ascertain the nature of the food. Rather 

 contrary to what might have been expected, the principal part of 

 the food consisted of an Amphipod crustacean ( Orchestia agilis), 

 which is abundant under decaying sea-weeds at, and just above, high- 

 tide mark, and therefore easily available for this lizard, which often 

 lives in the crevices of the shore-cliffs and retaining walls. There 

 were also remains of terrestrial Isopods, with a few ants and the 

 elytra of a beetle. When living at a distance from the shore, it prob- 

 abty feeds principally on insects. Its food was pretty finely divided. 



Additional Insects, etc. 



Among the insects received from Mr. L. Mowbray in December 

 and January were a few Hymenoptera, including males, females, 

 and very small workers of one or two species of ants of the genus 

 Pheidole, as determined by Mr. Th. Pergande. These are common, 

 as House-ants, and destructive. Also two small Ichneumon-flies, of 

 the genera limner ia and Cratichneumon, determined by Mr. W. H. 

 Ashmead; and two other species. The material is not sufficient to 

 determine the species. The small number of Ichneumon-flies hitherto 

 discovered in Bermuda is very remarkable. 



Mr. L. Mowbray sent early in January several fresh specimens 

 of moths, which are of interest as illustrating some of the species 

 that fly at this season. Five are additions to the fauna, though 

 some are not fully determined. To Dr. H. G. Dyar, to whom this 

 lot was sent, I am indebted for the following determinations : 



Autographa rogationis Dyar, List of N. Amer. Lepid., p. 200, Dec, 

 1902 = Plusia rogationis Guen., Spec. Gen , vi, p. 344, 1852. 

 Figure 238. 



Plusia dyaus Grote, 1875. 



Nearly black. Thorax with a large and high erect tuft of long 

 hair-like scales ; and a lower depressed tuft on each side, at bases 

 of wings; another lower tuft on base of abdomen, inclined back- 

 ward. Color of tufts, dark bronzy brown. Fore wings varied with 

 black and dark lustrous bronzy brown ; a large angular patch of 

 black around the white silvery spots, which are conspicuous ; inner 

 one U-shaped; outer one ovate; marginal fringe and under side of 

 wings, lighter bronzy brown. Length with closed wings, about 18 lnr ". 



