1)3 



III, i<S71, i»i». 1.57, 13S), or before the ai)i)earance of the syno])sis of lial- 

 aninuH by i>r. llorii, and long before tliat by .Mr. Bhmehard. After the 

 appearance of the former pajn'r we liad aseertaiiied by further reariii<; 

 and eoinparisoii that the speciiiuMis foi iiierly e(»nsi(h'r«'d by ns as />'. rectus 

 were all referable to />'. uniformis Lee. 



We take this opportnnity to plaee on reeoi'd an abstract of onr notes 

 on the breedinj;' habits of this <i(Mnis. 



BalaninuH proboscideuH Fabr. — Bred in Angust, iS.Sl, from Chinquapin 

 nuts collected at Washington, D. C, in Septendjer, 1880. The larvie 

 were noticed to leave the nuts on Septend)er 30, 1880. 



One beetle found by Mr. L. O. Howard, ()ctol)er 3, 1879, with its beak 

 imbedded in a Chin([uapin nut near Washington, D. C. 



One beetle reeeived from Massachusetts with the note " from Chestnut." 



Bala )t in IIS carya' Horn. — One specimen bred from Hickory nuts, Au- 

 gust 3, 1871, at St. Louis, Mo. 



Specimens bred July 13, 1877, from Hickory nuts collected at St. 

 Louis, ]Mo., October 8, 1870. 



One specimen is marked ''Bred from acorn September 17, 1873," but 

 no further notes are preserved. 



Several specimens received November 21, 1885, from Mr. J. T. liicli- 

 ardson, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn., with the statement that 

 they i)uncture the stalks of tobac(;o plants. 



Balaninus rectus Say. — Two specimens bred from Chin(piapin nuts 

 collected at Washington, 1). C, Sei)tend)er, 1880.* One specimen issued 

 from the ground on August 10, 1881, and the other on February 15, 1882. 



Several si)ecimens bred July 30, 1880, from larv;t infesting Chestnuts 

 received November 2, 1885, from Mr. Fred H. Card, Sylvania, Bradford 

 County, Pa. 



Balaninus nnifonnis Lee. — Several specimens marked "bred from 

 acorns September 17, 1873" without further notes. Others bred A^nil 

 20, 1875, from acorns collected near St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 1874. 

 On September 21, 1875, one of these larvai was still aiive. 



One specimen found on leaves of Hazel, Cadet, Mo., Mr. J. G. Barlow, 

 Oct. 1, 188(). 



Balaninus qtiercus Horn. — Specimens bred from acorns by iMr. J. Pet- 

 tit, of Grimsby, Ontario, were received October, 1871. 



Balaninus nasicus. — One specimen bred April 20, 1875, from the same 

 lot of acorns from which B. uniformis was obtained (see above). 



Many specimens bred in April and May, 1883, from acorns of Quercus 

 grisea received July 20, 1882, from Mr. H. K. Morrison, Fort Grant, 

 Ariz. (This is published in Dr. Packard's report.) 



(Page 470.) Chri/somela pallida Say. — This article has many errors. 

 The description of the larva is credited to Mr. French instead of to Mr. 

 CoquiUett (Ca Mar/. Entom. xv, 1883, p. 21). The description itself would 

 apply to many Chrysomelid larvae but can not be referred to any species 



*This is the saaie lot of Chinquapiu uiits from which B. prohoscideus had been bred 

 as mentioned above. 



