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separated by nearly their own width; antennae slender, one-half the length 

 of body, the joints obconical, the third more than twice the length of 

 second, one-half the length of fourth. Thorax three-fourths as long as 

 wide, sides parallel from base tw^o-thirds their length, then broadly rounded 

 into the front margin; disk evenly convex, very finely alutaceous, finely and 

 sparsely punctate^ without trace of median line or basal foveae. Elytra 

 one-fourth wider than thorax, their sides parallel to apical fourth then 

 rounded to a blunt apex ; disk striate, the striae with rows of close-set 

 punctures; intervals feebly convex, each with two rows of minute punc- 

 tures. Abdomen smooth. Basal joint of hind tarsi equal in length to the 

 other three combined. Length 9 mm. Two species beaten from live oak 

 near Sanford. March 29. 



Diaper 'n maculata florida?ia, var. no v. 



This variety differs from typical fnaculata {hyd?ii Fab.) in the colour of 

 the elytra, the elongate submarginal dark spot near the humeral angle of 

 7naculata being absent and the large irregular black spot on apical third 

 here uniting with the suturai black stripe to form a common cross-bar. 



Frequent beneath bark of fungus-covered oak log near Sarasota, 

 Feb. 28. Horn in his remarks on D. maculata* states, "This species is 

 remarkably uniform in its system of elytral coloration. 



Mr. F. W. L. Sladen, F. E. S., has been appointed Assistant Entom- 

 ologist for Apiculture in the Division of Entomology, Ottawa. Up to the 

 time of his appointment, Mr. Sladen devoted his whole time to Api- 

 culture in England, where he possessed a large apiary and made a special 

 study of queen-rearing according to scientific methods. His writings on 

 the subject include "Queen-rearing in England", "Breeding the British 

 Golden Bee", and several articles on the collection of pollen, etc. His 

 studies of the Bovibi are recorded in "1 he Humble Bee", reviewed in the 

 present number of this Journal. As he has travelled in Europe, India and 

 North America his knowledge of Apiculture and native bees is unusually 

 wide and his appointment will prove an additional source of strength to 

 the Division of Entomology, where he will have charge of the apicultural 

 work. He will also study the Canadian Bomhi and native bees. 



C. G. H. 



*Trans. Amer. Philosophical Soc, XIV, 379. 



