170 Psyche [October 



on the ''24th, none, and on the 25th, 23 eggs were deposited. The 

 insect died on the 26th, after a normal Hfe of ten days, retaining 

 93 ova. Thus the total number of eggs carried by this female 

 was 518.^ It is of interest to note that only the eggs which were 

 deposited on the first day were fertile ; although the insect remained 

 in coitu the usual length of time, all the eggs deposited subsequently 

 proved infertile. 



It is much to be regretted that breeding experiments on the 

 inheritance of fluffy cocoon making coukl not be carried to com- 

 pletion. This extremely interesting problem should be taken up 

 by some one having proper breeding facilities. 



July 29, 1911. 



NOTES ON COLEOPTERA FROM CONNECTICUT. 



By Alfred B. Champlain, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Conn. 



Carabid^ 



In a previous article, entitled "Some Carabidse Taken in Con- 

 necticut," ^ the author gave notes on a number of species of this 

 family. These additional notes are supplementary, and are the 

 result of further collecting in the state. 



Cychrus lecontei Dej. Found this species at night under an arc 

 light, New Haven, May 7; about a week later Mr. B. H. Walden 

 found it at another light. 



Cychrus elevatus Fabr. Observed fragments of this species in 

 the remains of an owl pellet. Several years ago in Pennsylvania, 

 I dissected C. stenostomus Web. from the stomach of a toad. 



Carabus serratus Say. New Haven, May 21, under an arc 

 light. Previous to this year, I had never observed Cychrus or 

 Carabus at arcs. 



Carabus memoralis Mull. This introduced species occurs rather 

 abundantly in one section of New Haven. Mr. J. K. Lewis, while 

 on his way to the Station every morning, from April 25 to May 10, 

 found specimens crushed upon the sidewalk in the vicinity of a 



'Records kept on the oviposition of sixty-four ordinary cecropias (Trans. Acad. Sci., St. Louis, Vol. XX, 

 p. 316, 1911) showed that the number produced varied from 200 to 480, with an average of 344. 

 2Psyche, vol. 18, p. .3.5 (1911). 



