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red. We succeeded in 

 adding 50 more examples 

 to the collection, and in 

 finding a number of sec- 

 tions of the forest where 

 the insects occurred in 

 great numbers, but ow- 

 ing to my supply of vials 

 having been exhausted 

 from the necessity of 

 placing but a single 

 Clerid in each 1 no further 

 collections could be made 

 at that time. Therefore, 

 after securing a number 

 of good photographs of 

 some interesting features 

 of the forest, (some of 

 which are reproduced, see 

 Figs. XXXVI, XXXVII 

 and XLIV), we returned to my hotel at Hagenau, where I was 

 entertained during the evening by Oberforester Strahmeyer in 

 the hearty manner characteristic of German hospitality. 



The next day after an exceedingly interesting exploration of 

 the forest on the east oi the city, accompanied by Oberforester 

 Strahmeyer and his son, I returned to Strassburg, and in the 

 evening called on Oberforester EichhofF, to report my success. 



RETURN TO STRASSBURG. 



After dinner with Mr. EichhofF and spending a most enjoy- 

 able and profitable evening in the company of this renowned 

 and classic specialist in the study of Scolytidae, and in looking 

 over his elaborate collection of bark and timber beetles and 

 their work, I returned to my hotel and made preparations to 



1 It was found that if more than one adult or larva were placed together in a bottle 

 or box, that they would attack each other and one or both would soon die from the in- 

 jury, or that a strong one would completely devour weaker ones placed within its 

 reach. 



Fig. XXXVI. View in cultivated forest of 

 pinus sylvestris near Hagenau, Germany. 



