THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 59 
Florida," which list has been loaned me by Mr. Schwarz, I find 
the following: "Epicaiita strigosa and a n. sp., the female of 
which has the thorax smooth, impunctate, polished." It i^ very 
probable that the new species thus briefly mentioned by Dr. 
Hamilton is the ona I have above des,cnh^(i3.=,Epic^ut'lWltsonsi. 
Anthonomus scutellaris Lee. — Two specimens on March 
9, by beating plum. In the "Rhynchophora of N. E. America," 
its southern range is given as Georgia and Texas. Bred from wild 
plum taken at Brookville, Fla., by P. H. Dorsett. (Schwarz Mss.) 
Anthonomus elegans Lee. — On February 27 a single ex- 
ample of this handsome weevil was swept from the foliage of the 
mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L., on Hog Island. Known hereto- 
fore only from Haulover, Jupiter and Biscayne Bay on the east 
coast of Florida. 
Conotrachelus serpentinus Boh. — One specimen taken 
March 6, by beating in the Skinner Hammock. Recorded only 
from Enterprise and Biscayne Bay. 
Acalles granosus Lee. — Two specimens of this rare species 
were taken February 17 in company with Anchonus duryi and 
Conotrachelus maritimus beneath chunks of saw palmetto stems 
along the beach of Clearwater Bay; also recorded only from near- 
the east coast. 
Cryptorhynchus helvus Lee. — Of this rare species, known 
heretofore only by the unique type from Enterprise, Fla., I possess 
a single specimen kindly given me by H. L. Dozier. It was takea 
near Gainesville on June 26, 1916. 
Sphenophorus chittendeni Blatch. — A fourth specimen of 
this distinct "bill-bug" was picked Up December 21 from the 
sidewalk along the bay front at Dunedin. It evidently occurs 
only along or close to the sea coast. 
In order to be enabled to devote all of his time to closely 
allied economic work in the Agricultural Department of the Uni- 
versity of Minnesota, Professor F. L. Washburn, for fifteen years 
State Entomologist, has asked and obtained the consent of the 
Board of Regents of the University' to drop the State Entomo- 
logist work, with its attendant police and quarantine duties, this 
change to be effective February 6th. 1918. 
