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times, and twice on the day followiiifj;. 'I'lieii again on May 2.'5rd, and llien once 
daily from May 2(ltli to May 30th, inclusive. 'I'lie act is normal for the ( 'oleoptera. 
Length oj life ei/rle. The lengths of the dilferent stages have already heen tahn- 
lated. Taking the averages from the.se and eomhining them we get the average 
length of the life eyele, as follows: — 
A'^umber of (lenemtionx in (leorgin. Ihd’ortiinately we were miahle to gather 
any definite data hearing on this, hut our ohservatious lead us to helieve that there 
are at least three full generations of this in.sect in this locality of (leorgia. 'I'his 
statement is made with ([ualitication. 
iVah/m/ enemiex. During late May, an adult of Sinea diaitema Fahrieiiis was 
captureil with a larva of instar III ini|)aled on its heak. 'I'he hody of the larva was 
partly eollap.serl. In eoufinement, this .same individual Sinea destroyed several 
other larvae in dilferent instars. We are indehted to IMr. ( )tto Ileidemann, United 
States National Mu.seum, for the determination of this insect. 
No true insect [airasites were met with. 
lOOd. Tower, W. L. The develo])inent of the colors and color |>attertis of Cole- 
optera, etc. Decennial puhlieations. University of Chicago, X, It) pp., d |)ls. 
'I'hese notes are piihlished through the kindness of Dr. U. ( ). Howard, chief 
of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Strict rules of nomenclature seem to rei|uire a dilferent name for the s])eeies 
de.scrihed (Psyche, .xiii, [>. 120, 1906) as Podi.sma xendderi, in eon.sequenee of the 
fact that Melanophix xendderi was once referred to this genus (Walker, Cat. Derm. 
Salt. Brit. Mus., iv, 7 IS). 
Length of the egg .stage — 
Length comhined larval imstars 
Length time in soil — 
Average length of life cycle. 
■I days, 2d hours 
I I days, 6 hours. 
I I days, 7 hours. 
2S days. 
LITElLVrUKE UEFEUBED 'Ft). 
I’ODISMA AUSTRALIS NO.M. NOV. 
A. P. Moust:. 
