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light, and which I, too, took to be Chironomidse. They did not offer 

 to escape when I swept at them with the net, and I was both surprised 

 and delighted to find that they were Henicocephalns. They were 

 so small that they readily passed through the meshes of the net if I did 

 not hastily secure them in a cyanide vial, which was by no means 

 difficult, as they remained rather inactive while in the net. On 

 standing so that they were between me and the sky, I was able to 

 distinguish a considerable number of these swarms, which continued 

 until, when nearly dark, I was obliged to leave them. The number of 

 individuals in a swarm varied from only 2 or 3 to perhaps 20 or more. 

 I was able to secure before leaving a goodly number of specimens. 



On studying them in the laboratory these insects proved to be our 

 only known eastern species of the genus, Henicocephalns ciilicis Uhler, 

 previously recorded from Ithaca and Interlaken, New York, Mexico 

 and elsewhere. Dr. Johannsen, he. cit., republishes Uhler's descrip- 

 tion and notes additional details. He also publishes very excellent 

 figures of this species, and a table to the described North and Central 

 American species. — J. Chester Bradley. 



Calpodes ethlius on Long Island. — On the joint field meeting of 

 the Brooklyn and New York Entomological Societies, held on Decora- 

 tion Day, May 27 to 30, 191 1, at Yaphauk, L. I., Mr. Geo. Franck and 

 the writer each captured a battered specimen of this southern skipper 

 on the flowers of lilacs. During August Mr. Michael Weiss reported 

 the larvae as injurious to the leaves of Canna in the gardens of 

 florists and in the cemetery at Glendale. Mr. Jacob Doll found both 

 larvfE and pupfe abundant on the same plant at Floral Park in Septem- 

 ber and October and this also was the experience of the writer in 

 Prospect Park, Brooklyn, in October and November. For protec- 

 tion, when not feeding, the larv?e fold over part of a leaf and within 

 this cover they also construct a slight web, when ready for pupation. 

 Apparently they never wander away from their food plant. None of 

 the adults was seen flying about, but in the breeding cage they began 

 to emerge on the loth of November. At the time of writing, 

 December 3, several healthy pupae are still on hand. — Geo. P. Engel- 

 hardt. 



A New Variety of Trogosita virescens. — Among the coleopterous 

 material sent by Dr. Kunze, collected through middle and southern 



