Entomology of the Illinois River. 



263 



came quite common, floating on the water, early in the 

 following spring. LarvfB and pupae were also collected 

 from a small pond near theUniversit3%at Urbana, July 12 

 and 15, from which three examples of vertebrata were ob- 

 tained July 19 and Aug. 2, The imago was first seen at 

 Havana June 12, and one emerged in a breeding-cage 

 June 16. A female was found ovipositing on the 15th, 

 and continued to lay eggs on being placed in a breeding- 

 cage. Miscellaneous collections of the adult were also 

 made from June 14 to July 24 in the neighborhood 

 of the water. In our general collections we have it only 

 from Champaign county, near bodies of water, May 19, 

 and July 15, 20, and 29. 



RECORD OF ODONTOMYIA VERTEBRATA FOR THE YEAR.* 



•See foot- note, p. 169. 



