August — Sqilfiiilicr 1SS4.] 



PSYCHE. 



203 



tiun. since tlicv gi\e proof that the liees 

 know how to help themselves nntler all 

 circumstances, that thev understand how 

 to overcome any obstacle. The most 

 irregular cell in the bee-hive is the queen- 

 bee cell, in which, as is well known, 

 the queen has to pass her youthful 

 stages. This queen-bee cell is shaped 

 like an acorn, and does uot stand hori- 

 zontalh like all the other bee cells, but 



hangs \erticalh . with the opening dow n- 

 ward. 



These few quite imperfect remarks 

 may serve to call attention to some of 

 the so numerous irregularities among 

 insects. I hope thev ma\ incite others 

 to further new and more interesting 

 observations. 



/.eipzii;. /, yiiiw /SSf. 



FOOD-l'LA\ r.S OF BEETLES IJRED IX MARYLAND. 



BY OTTO I.UGGEK, BAI. ri.MOI! E, .Ml). 



[The nuinerns (inserted by the editor) .ire, for the coleoptera, tliose of G; R. Crotcli's ''Clieck list ot the coleo- 

 ptera of America, north of Mexico" (Psyche, Rec, no. 43), and, for the food plants, those of Horace Mann's 

 "Catalogue of the phaeno^anious plants of the l-Tnited St.ates" .... Where the species of the food -plant is not 

 ^stated, the nuinero expresses aconjectui^. j 



El. AIKRIDAK. 



3S63. Tliarops ohiiqnus 

 4260. C'orviiihites z'eriialis 

 4310. ■' //a/iia/iis 



4.3 74- 



KlIII'KEKIDAE. 



■S'ir/ii/()/iis pet ro pit ya 



C'ER.\>nntlDAE. 



492 V SplieHostcHiiis taslei 

 4941. Sill fldi cum cncujifoi-nie 

 4943. Dill ar ins hrcvilinciis 



(^uercus alba. 



Finns mitib. 



Qiiercus coccinea var. tinctoria. 



Cercis canadensis. 



Ostiya \irginica. 



Cornus [florida ?]. 



Robinia ]-)scudacacia (spines). 



2600. I'agus ferrugiuea. 

 2660.' Finns.- [strobus.']. 

 447. Rhus toxicodendron. 



74. (.^uerciis alba. 



2^74. Qiiercus alba. 



2621 .' .Salix [alba?] 



253S.' Ulmus [americana.?]. 



