Minot] 410 



incapable of flight, the male being furnished in place of wings with 

 long curved appendages studded Avith fine teeth on the inner edge, 

 and the female apterous. Its feet are long and powerful in proportion 

 to the size of the insect, enabling it to display a considerable amount 

 of activity. Its prominent eyes and elongated tapering rostrum, re- 

 mind one in profile of the Scolopac idee among birds. Its colors are 

 black and a lustrous metallic hue of blue or greenish. Only one other 

 species of this singular genus is known, Boreus hyemaUs of Europe. 



Mr. C. S. Minot exhibited tAvo cocoons; one, of Samia 

 Cecropia, was almost perfectly spherical, instead of being 

 subfusiform ; this may have been the result of disease, for the 

 larva had apparently died after its completion, and no para- 

 sites, nor any sign of their former presence, were to be seen. 

 The other, of Gallosamia Promethea^ was suspended hori- 

 zontally between two branches, the bottom of the cocoon 

 partially resting upon one, but distinctly attached to it by a 

 few silken threads. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page 90. Three figures of the larva and pupa-case of Microdon globosus. 

 Page 102-3. Seven figures illustrating the Filaria of the Snake bird. 

 0pp. page 236. Maps to illustrate the Landslide near Portland, Maine. 

 Page 238. Sketch of Ammoncongin Landslide. 

 Page 242. Sections to illustrate ancient Landslides near Portland. 



ERRATA. 



Page 98, lines 1 and 9. For September 22 read^ September 23. 

 Page 157, line 3. IPor only specimen read only perfect specimen. 

 Page 174, second line from the bottom, after "(Janadiaa Fauna" insert "and be- 

 yond which they do not appear to exist." 

 Page 175, lines 2 and 3. Dele "and beyond which they do not appear to exist." 

 Page 178, line 26. For Pleistodon laticeps read Plestiodon fasciatus. 

 Page 181, 9th line from bottom. For JSew England read Massachusetts. 

 Page 204, 2d column. 



fl2. Salamandra erythronota Gm. fl2. Salamandra erythronota Gm. 



1 13. " symmetrica Harl. | 13. " glutiuosa Green. 



i,„„!14. " dorsalis Harlan. ,.„„jj 14. " symmetrica Harl. 



■^'''^115. " venenosa Barton. '^""1l5. " dorsalis Harlan. 



16. " fasciata Green. 16. " venenosa Barton. 



(l7. " glutiuosa Green. [17. " fasciata Green. 



Page 261, line 13. For posterier doreals elevated read dorsals rounded, posterior 



elevated. 

 Page 261, line 28. For posterior lumbars read vertebrae. 

 Page 276, line 1. Dele P. transversus Stimps. 

 Page 276, 8th line from bottom. For crenatas read crenatus. 

 Page 285, 10th line from bottom. For first rwvd, first and. 



