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All t hie us ccrz'iiiiis Laf. April i. 



Coninionly found under rubbish in sandy places. Hibernates as 

 an imago. Taken under logs in sandy lane bordering cultivated 

 field. 



Amhly dents pall ens Lee. April 7. 



Found under rubbish or lx)ards. One specimen, from the Devil's 

 Neck, picked up on the blowsand. 



Bpicauta pcnnsylvanica De G. 



This species, which is a member of the family Mcloidae or blis- 

 ter-beetles, is found upon prairie plants along roadsides in the sandy 

 loam tiats, but is seldom found in bunch-grass or blowsand. The 

 larva? prey upon the eggs of grasshoppers. The adults emerge in 

 late summer and are found upon flowers ; their food is chiefly nectar 

 and pollen. They are usually found with the soldier-beetles, Chauli- 

 ognafhus. The whole family is best represented in the West and 

 Southwest. 



R/iipiphonis oetomaeitlatus Gerst. ; Wolcott, det. July 23. 



The adult RhipipJioridcie occur on flowers but are comparatively 

 uncommon. The larv?e are usually parasitic; some in the nests of 

 wasps, and others on cockroaches. 



This species is occasional in flowers of herbaceous plants of for- 

 est margins. I have found RJiipiphoridae very abundant in flowers 

 of Bupatorium perfoIiatiti}i. One specimen, from Matanzas Lake, 

 on a mint (PyeiiantJiennun). 



Phaccpholis sp. June 28. 



The Rhynchophora, or snout-beetles, form a suborder of the 

 Coleoptera. They are characteristically plant feeders. This species 

 was taken in the bunch-grass on a stem of Lithospennuni giiiclini. 

 This plant has hard white seeds (nutlets) ; and the weevil resembles 

 the seeds so much, in appearance and position, that ordinarily it 

 would not be distinguished from them. This species, according to 

 Chittenden, is undescribed. 



PhytonoDUts puiietatits Fab. June 23, April i. 



The "clover-leaf weevil," as this species is called, is a brown 

 snout-l3eetle, quite common and of wide distribution, its spread be- 

 ing doubtless hastened by cultivation. One specimen from the 

 stomach of a toad, with Serica and Ligynts. This one was doubt- 

 less a resident of the mixed forest, where the toad was captured. 

 Another specimen was taken under a log near a cultivated field, hav- 

 ing apparently hibernated. 



