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in numbers on the gourd vines. On the slope of the banks of Bear Creek, 

 the wild gourds had been covered with sand, and the vines came up in 

 bunches that had not yet begun to spread. On these bunches the 

 beetles were numerous, and could be picked off the vines without diffi- 

 culty. When first discovered, at about six o'clock in the evening, 

 they were sluggish and did not attempt to fly. When disturbed they 

 dropped to the sand, which they resembled closely in color, lay quiet 

 for a short time, and then crawled slowly away. In the hotter parts 

 of the day, their movements were much more rapid. Sometimes when 

 taken hold of on a vine, they clung tightly with their feet and could 

 with difficulty be loosened. On single vines, they would usually drop 

 to the sand if the vine was touched. 



I collected some forty specimens the evening I found them, but on 

 returning to the place the next morning to renew the harvest, I found 

 that some vagrant cow had browsed over the spot and had eaten the 

 bunch of vines that I was depending upon for further captures. How- 

 ever, from the remains of the vines and others more scattered nearby, 

 I secured some twenty additional specimens. 



My specimens in this catch varied in length from 7 mm. for the 

 males to 9^^ mm. for the females; the width being from 2 to 3 

 mm. The annulation of the antennae seemed to be more noticeable in 

 the females. Two oblique fascia or patches of white adorn the gray 

 elytra ; a less marked one, one third from the base, and a well de- 

 fined one, two thirds from the base. These also seemed to be the more 

 constant in the females than in the males. A more obscure fascia on the 

 declivity of each elytron, running at a different angle from the other 

 elytral fasciae, can almost always be observed. The scutellum always 

 shows a patch of white hairs. 



The stems of the growing and of the decaying vines of the pre- 

 vious year were examined for the larvae of the Sicyohius, but neither 

 larvae nor pupfe were found. The stems of the growing vines showed 

 numerous galls or swellings, each of which contained small white larvae. 

 A month later these larvae had reached their full growth of an inch 

 or an inch and a quarter in length, were thick and fleshy and of a 

 light yellowish or opalescent color. They always bored their way out 

 of the gall and entered the ground for pupation. Not being equipped 

 on the trip for securing and carrying the pupae, I did not collect any, 

 and do not know what insect the final transformation disclosed. 



While collecting Sicyobius at Ashland, I noticed in the decaying 



