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LIVING BEETLE LARV^ IN THE INTESTINES OF A CHILD. 



Dr. G. Sauclberg gives an accoimt in the UntomoL Tidsl-rift, 1890, 

 (pp. 77-80) of the occuiTence of living coleopterous larvte in the intes- 

 tines of his 10-year old son. After tlie boy had been complaining for 

 more than two years of colic, pain in his breast, headache, and nausea, 

 more serious symptoms manifested themselves, especially at night. He 

 would start from his sleep shrieking and delirious, with subsequent head- 

 ache, prostration, and exhaustion. The use of vermifuges and the con- 

 sequent excretion of small "pin worms" brought about no improvement 

 in his condition, and this was not accomplished until recourse was had to 

 stronger ])urgatives and the subsequent expulsion of two full-grown 

 Elaterid larvae, about 2 centimetres in length, of the species Agrypnus 

 murinus. 



NEW BEE-FLIES. 



In the West American Scientist for September, 1891, Mr. 1). W. Co- 

 quillett publishes descriptions of two new genera and three new si^ecies 

 of Bombyliidte of the grouj) Paracosmus. All are described from cap- 

 tured specimens taken in California. They are Amphicosmus n. gen. j 

 elegans n. sp. ; Mefacosmus n. gen. ; exilis n. sp. ; Paracosmus insolens n. s. 



In the August number of the same journal he describes two additional 

 species of the genus Lordotus and gives a synoptical table of the eight 

 species known to inhabit the United States. He also adds a descrip- 

 tion of Toxophora vastw and gives a revised table of the species of this 

 genus. 



A BARK-LOUSE FROM ANTS' NESTS. 



Mr. J. W. Douglas publishes in No. 21 of his Notes on some British 

 and Exotic Coccidw [Eniomolgisfs Monthly Magazine^ second series, vol. 

 II) a description of Orthesia occidentaUs n. sj)., from specimens collected 

 by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell at West Cliff, Colo., at an altitude of 7,700 

 feet, in the nests of an ant of the genus Myi-mica. This occurrence is ot 

 decided interest, as no species of Orthesia has heretofore been found in 

 such a location, nor does any si)ecies feed upon the roots of plants. 



CEBALUS PITGNAX AN ENEMY OF GRASSES. 



Under the above title Mr. H. Garman, of Lexington, Ky., gives {Psyche, 

 April, 1891, p. 61), a statement of his observation of the habits of QShalus 

 pugnax, which shows that this insect, hitherto considered as predaceous, 

 is also, and perhaps generally, a vegetable feeder, affecting particularly 

 the grasses of the genus Setaria and Panicum. He describes the eggs 

 and habits of the insect and refers to the statement in the fourth re- 

 port of the U. S. Entomological Commission, p. 97, that the species has 

 been observed attacking the Cotton Worm. The facts brought out by 

 Mr. Garman indicate for this species what is already known for allied 

 Pentatomids, as for instance Nezara hilaris Say, namely, that they are 

 both carnivorous and herbivorous. 



