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Field and Forest, v. 1. 



* 905. Jac: Stauffer. Dung beetles, p. 71-72. [Apr., 

 1876.] 



A female Canthon laevi.^, whose ball had fallen into a hole from which she 

 alone couhl not remove it, left the ball and fetched an assistant, with 

 whose help the ball was extricated. 



* 906. C: R. Dodge. Entomological gleanings in south- 

 ern fields, p. 73-76. [June, 1876.] 



Larvaj of Goniloba olijntlius found feeding on leaves of Carina indica, at 

 Charleston, S. C, 10 or 12 June, pupated 19 and 20 June, imaginated 26- 

 28 June; method of concealment of larva, and of pupation; larva and 

 pupa described. Method of emergence of Mantis Carolina from the egg. 

 Description of the nest of a "trap-door spider " from S. C, and of one 

 from the West Indies; the spider in the former nest feeds at night and re- 

 sists attempts to inspect it by day. 



* 907. Fs: G. Sanborn. A few words on cocoons and 

 cocoon-builders, p. 76-78. [June, 1876.] 



Definition of a cocoon in a strict and in a broad sense; description of the 

 silk-forming organs, of various silks and of various silken abodes formed by 

 larvte. 



* 908. W. L. Carpenter. Notes on the alpine insect 

 fauna of the Rocky Mountains, p. 80-83. [June, 1876,] 



Correspondence of alpine and arctic faunas; speculations on the reason 

 of colorational variation and variations in size; relative luxuriance of in- 

 sects of the several orders in warm and cool climates. 



* 909. C: R. Dodge. Comparative scarcity of insects in 

 the mountains of Colorado, p. 89-91. [July, 1876.] 



Upon an excursion through stated localities in Colorado, insects were 

 common on the table lands but scarce in the mountains; speculations. [See 

 Rec, no. 941.] 



* 910. Field and Forest, v. 2 (1876-1877), contains the 

 following, and Nos. 911 to 945. 



a. Galeruca cahnariensis eating leaves of Ulmus, p. 12. h. Centennial 

 captures \_Pieris rapae, Papilio troilus, Cimex lectularius taken in Philadel- 

 phia], p. 33. c. Notice of meeting of the Entom. Club A. A. A. S. to be 

 held at Buffalo, 22 Aug. 1876, p. 36. d. Hyoscyamus niger eaten by Dory- 

 phora 10-lineata (by J. W. Chickering, Jr.), p. 44. e. Colonies of aphids 

 on Cirsium lanceolatum visited by several species of insects here insuffi- 

 ciently named (by E. Foreman), p. 52. ./. Sinea multixpitiosa reported to 

 puncture and exhaust blossoms and twigs of api)le-trees, in Texas and 

 Pennsylvania, p. 67. f/. Euschistus punctipes preys upon DorypJiora 10- 

 lineata, p. 69. h. Need of legislative provision for the destruction of locusts 



