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lating with lighter of some of its fur, tinges it a little with rusty, but the general 

 color is glossy black. Brownish beneath, but there almost black. 



50. S. CaroUaensis Gm. — Graj' and Black Squirrel.* Less frequent than the Fox 

 Squirrel. Both Gray and Black found in Kansas. 



51. Tamias striatus Linn. — Chipmunk. Striped Squirrel.* Rare. Found along 

 edges of timber beside grain fields. 



52. Spermopliilus FranMinii Sabine. — Gray Gopher.* Not common. 



53. 8. tridecem-lineatus Mitchell. — Striped Gopher. Prairie Squirrel.* Frequent. 



54. Pteromys volucella Pallas. — Fljdng Squirrel.* Occasional in timber. 



55. Gynomys ludovicianus Ord. — Prairie Dog.* Common in western parts of the 

 State. Said by Prof. Mudge to be dying out ver}^ fast for some unknown reason. 



5G. Arctomys mona.r. Linn. — Woodchuck. Ground Hog.* Rare. 



HTSTRICID^. 



57. Erethizon dovsattiK var. epizanthus Brandt. — Porcupine. Allen. Found 

 sparingly in western parts of the State. 



LEPOBID^. 



58. Lepus syleaticus Schreb. — Gray Rabbit.* Abundant. Destructive to orchards 

 and gardens. Its flesh counted good eating. 



59. L. campestris Bach. — Prairie Hare. Allen. Identified in the central parts 

 of the State. 



GO. L. callotis Wagler. — Jackass- Rabbit.* Common in western parts of the State. 



DIDELPHID^.- 



61. Didelphys Virginianus Shaw. — Opossum.* Not rare in eastern parts of the 

 State. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS OF CERTAIN 



LARV^. 



By George F. Gaumer, Student in the University of Kansas. 



During the past summer I have been considerably interested in the peculiar 

 habits of several larvae which I have undertaken to breed. 



About the first of July I found some larva3 feeding upon the leaves of the Cana- 

 dian Moonseed {Menispermum Canadense). These larvae were then about one inch 

 in length. The general color was glossy-black, thickly dotted all over with white. 

 They had concealed themselves by cutting off the leaf-stems and fastening the stems 

 and leaves all together with a silken web. Some of these leaves were green ; others, 

 and by far the larger proportion, were dead. I noticed that none of the green leaves 

 were eaten, while the dead ones were ragged from having been eaten. 



On the evening of the tenth of July, while collecting moths just after dark in a 

 woody pasture, I chanced to pass through a thicket of Moonseed vines, where I 



* Specimens marked * in Baker University Cabinet. 



