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and a lover of innocent pranks, yet at the same time he pos- 

 sessed an ambition to excel and an earnestness which im- 

 pressed all who knew him. In entomology he was especially 

 interested in the Diptera and had intended to devote his leisure 

 time to studies in that group. He was an enthusiastic col- 

 lector, and on leaving Washington he gave his small collection 

 to the National Museum. 



— Mr. Webb presented the following note : 



A NEW SPECIES OF LEPTURA. 



(COLEOPTERA, CERAMBYCID^.) 

 By J. L. Webb. 



Leptura straussi, n. sp. 



Length 8 mm. Head black, shining; mandibles, labrum, and clypeus 

 usually ferruginous. Thorax red, shining, sparsely and very finely 

 pubescent. Elytra black, with light-yellow vitta extending almost to 

 tip, but abbreviated in some individuals, coarsely punctured, and covered 

 with rather fine yellowish pubescence. Ventral aspect black, except pro- 

 thorax, very finely pubescent. 



Type. — No. 10345, U. S. National Museum. Tryon, N. C, 

 April 25, 1904. Collected by Mr. W. F. Fiske. Eight speci- 

 mens were taken by Mr. Fiske on the flowers of dogwood 

 {Cornus florida) at an altitude of over 2,000 feet. 



This species is related to L. znhex, which it resembles very 

 closely in form and in the markings of the elytra. It differs 

 from that species, however, in that the thorax is red and shin- 

 ing ; in L. vibcx the thorax is black, and neither thorax nor 

 head is shining. 



— Mr. Barber spoke of the finding, in Guatemala, of a 

 luminous larva of the coleopterous group Phengodini which 

 may possibly make a fourth section of this group. He reports 

 as follows : 



THE GLOW-WORM ASTRAPTOR. 



By H. S. Barber. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz and the writer were sifting for insects 

 beside a creek near Cacao, Finca Trece Aguas (between Pan- 



