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heteromerous tarsi. On my last visit to Washington Col. Casey kindly 

 showed me the type in which I recognized a Clerid and possibly 

 the same as Thancroclerns tantillus which species it seemed to re- 

 semble very closely. Unfortunately that species was not represented 

 in Col. Casey's collection though no comparison could be made 

 However, the next day Mr. Schwarz showed me specimens of that 

 species in the Nat. Museum and judging by memory I did not 

 see any reason to change my opinion expressed the day before to 

 Col, Casey, except that his specimen was perhaps a little more 

 finely punctured than those in the National Museum collection. As 

 I do not possess a specimen of tantillus nor crinita I am not able 

 to state definitely that it is that species. Wolcott, erecting the genus 

 Prionodera for T. tantillus describes the tarsi as four-jointed while 

 Casey states that they are heteromerous in Ababa crinita. The first 

 joint of the front and middle tarsi are often very small and more 

 or less covered by the second joint and therefore easily overlooked, 

 especially when the joints are densely pubescent. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Records of Ccenomyia ferruginea in the Vicinity of New York City. 



— This widely distributed fly is not recorded in the last list of New 

 Jersey insects, so the following records may be of interest. West 

 Point, N. Y., June 3 and 4, 1911, 10 males, 9 females; June 13. 1914, 

 one male. Fort INIontgomery, N. Y., May 31, 1903, female. Ramapo, 

 N. Y., May 31, female; June 3, 1905, female. Greenwood Lake, N. 

 J., June 6, 1909, male. Alpine, N. J., May 3, 1909, female. The 

 above mentioned are in the author's collection. In the American 

 Museum there are three specimens from the following localities : 

 Suffern, N. Y., male. Pearl River, N. Y,, May 31, 1913, female (F. 

 E. Watson). Hewitt, N. J., June 8, 1913, male. 



It will be noted that all of these localities are in the hill country. 

 So far the insect has not been collected in the more level portions 

 along the coast, such as Long Island, Staten Island and the plains of 

 New Jersey. A 'box containing these flies has a peculiar and not 

 unpleasant odor, resembling that of the bark or dried leaves of the 

 slippery elm. — Wm. T. Davis. 



