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Orig. 

 No. 

 31. 

 37. 



130. 



90 



DIPTEKA. 



Orig. 



Tahanns atratus. 

 1 abanus abdominaUs. 

 Tabanus riijicornis. 

 Tabanus sp. 

 Tabanus sp. 

 I]ra.v striola. 



No. 

 132. 



Stratiomys sp. 

 IJrax striola Lw. 

 Anthrax sp. 

 Chrysops sp. 

 Lucilia ciesar. 



HEMIPTEKA. 



75. Proxys punctulattts. 

 138. Proxys inmctidatus. 



98. Cicada pruina. 

 103. Cicada pruina (pupa). 

 102. Cicada pruina. 



68. Cicada pruina. 

 12G, Stonopoda cinerea. 



PertJiostoma aurantiaca, 



Aulacizes irroratus. 



NEUEOPTERA. 



62. Agrion sp. 

 138. Agrion sp. 



Mvsothemus longipennis. 



Anax heros. 



70. Cermatia forceps. 

 87. Filistata capitata. 



Anax sp. 

 Libellula, 2 spp. 

 Agrion, 2 spp. 



MYRIOPODA. 



ARACHNIDA. 



138. Nepliila plumipes. 



During tlie mouth of August several people, observing the interest 

 I took in the insects of the country, brought me many specimens col- 

 lected from the same range frequented by myself. On the 10th of that 

 month a young man brought me a single living specimen of a luminous 

 elaterid larva. His captive appeared so curious and rare in his eyes 

 that he demanded the price of five dollars for it. This I was hardly able 

 to afford, and the collector allowed his specimen to perish before he would 

 accept auything less for it. Strange to say, his first demand was three 

 times this amount. The specimen was taken at Covington, La., in 

 the eastern part of the State, and nearly due east of New Orleans. 

 My examination of it was quite limited and in the evening, but suf- 

 ficient to satisfy me that it answered very closely to the description 

 given of a specimen by Samuel F. Clarke, of Baltimore, Md., in a 

 letter published in an article upon the subject by Professor Riley in 

 the third volume of the American Entomologist, page 201. This fig- 

 ure represents the appearance of this interesting larva so well that I 

 take the liberty of reproducing it. From the article just referred to, 

 I quote the following information. The author states that, " We have 



