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brown pods, resembling eggs, in Avliich to lie during their pupa 

 state. 



The insect, a large oblong beetle, smooth and shining, of a 

 chestnut or mahogany color, the males with stout sickle-shaped 

 jaws as long as the head, and having a small tooth on their inner 

 edge near the middle. Length 1.00 to 1.20. Often flies in at 

 open windows, in warm evenings in July. See Harris's Treatise, 

 p. 40. 



7. Rough OsmodermAj Osmoderma scahra, Beauvois. (Coleoptera Melolon- 

 thidse.) 



A w^orm similar in size and shape to the preceding, but much 

 more rough and wrinkled transversely, changing to a broad oval 

 black beetle, coarsely punctured, flattened upon its wing covers, 

 W'hich are rough from irregular elevations and have impressed 

 lines along the middle; the males smaller, purplish black and 

 slightly coppery, with the head flat and its edges turned upward. 

 Length 0.80 to 1.10. Appears in July. See Harris, p. 37. 



8. Smooth Osmoderma, Osmoderma eremicola. Knoch. 



This doubtless has the same form and habits with the preceding 

 though it has not yet been observed in its larva state. The beetle 

 is also similar in size and form, but is perfectly smooth, shining 

 and of a deep mahogany brown color, the males having a broad 

 transverse excavation on the fore part of the thorax. Seo 

 Harris, p. 38. 



9. Big-eyed snapping beetle, Alaus oculatus, Linnaeus. (Coleoptera Elate- 

 ridae.) 



A smooth flattened tawny yellow worm, dark brown or black 

 at each end, growing to two and a lialf inches in lengtli by 0.40 

 in widtli, rather broadest in tlie middle, the last segment witli two 

 thorn-like points curving upward, and on its under side a large, 

 soft retractile pro-leg, with six small slender legs anteriorly; 

 changing to a long, rather flat black snapping beetle, with i(g 

 wing covers speckled with wliite, andon its thorax two large eye- 

 like spots of coal black, surrounded by a white ring. Lengtli 

 1.00 to 1.80. Occurs in June and July. See Harris, p. 48. 



