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count the butterflies and when the shore was reached we had seen 

 ninety-two, every one of which was headed in a westerly direction. 

 On land there were countless numbers of atalanta butterflies, espe- 

 cially about the flowers of Pluchea camphorata, which was growing 

 over considerable areas. Dr. Overton photographed the butterflies 

 that would rise in clouds as we walked through the Pluchea. We 

 did not see over twenty Monarch butterflies, which are so often 

 quite common in the fall. — Wm. T. Davis. 



Pink Katy-dids. — Two pink examples of Amblycorypha oblongi- 

 folia were found among the golden rods at Erma, Cape May Co., 

 N. J., during August, 1912. A female was collected on August 15 

 and a male on August 18. Later three females were found at West 

 New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., in Mr. Chas. W. Leng's garden 

 and vicinity. In Professor Wheeler's paper on " Pink Insect Mu- 

 tants," American Naturalist, XLI, December, 1907, seventeen females 

 and only three males of the pink form of Amblycorypha oblongifolia 

 are recorded, from which it will be seen that the capture of a pink 

 male is of some interest. 



As a slight addition to the subject of pink insects, it may be 

 added that the jassid Gypona octolineata Say is sometimes partly 

 green and partly pink. Individuals either all pink or light brown have 

 been recorded. — Wm. T. Davis. 



A Hemipteron on Carrion. — During a visit to Yaphank, L. I., 

 May 17-20, 1912, the writer came across a barrel buried level with 

 the soil and partly filled with water, in which floated the. dead body 

 of a box tortoise, Cistiido Carolina. Removing the turtle to land, 

 examination on the next day disclosed, besides various species of 

 carrion beetles, a dozen or more specimens of Corynocoris typhcous 

 Fabr. apparently feeding on the putrid matter between carapace and 

 plastron. 



In recording this observation it would be of interest to learn 

 whether other collectors have observed similar habits in this or other 

 species of Hemiptera. — Geo. P. Engelhardt. 



