272 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '03 



C. spreta Lee. 



Should be dropped from the Rhode Island check-list. It 

 was named from Schaupp's description, but the type of spreta 

 Lee. is green, while the description said black, and a single 

 Rhode Island specimen was black. 

 G. generosa Dej. 



Taken occasionally from May 6th to September 8th. A 

 large, active specimen is taken occasionally on the sand-banks at 

 Fields' Point (which locality is also famous for its clam-bakes) . 

 C. valgaris Say. 



Abundant March 27th to November 2d. The most common 

 species in the State. Wherever there is a sand-patch or road, 

 there we may find it on a sunny day, and although so common, 

 I notice few records of its food habits. Members of the R. I. 

 Ent. Society have recorded it as eating ants and bees, and 

 recently I kept one for two weeks on a diet of flies. It ate 

 four Musca domestica in one day. 

 G. horiconensis Leng. 



Of this greenish variety of vulgaris, I captured three speci- 

 mens on April 27, 1901, and since then several members have 

 taken one occasionally, but it is still uncommon. 

 G. repanda Dej. 



Smaller than vulgaris, but almost as abundant. It prefers 

 sandy spots near water, and herds by itself. Common April 

 20th to September 4th along the shores of Mashapaug Pond. 

 G. 12-guttata Dej. 



Rare ; only two stragglers recorded, both taken in April. 

 G. hirticoUis Say. 



Common April 2 2d to July 12th, probably later. To my 

 mind this is the most interesting species we have, on account 

 of the variations. 



Mr. Leng writes : " We have, on the Atlantic coast, speci- 

 mens in which the markings disappear more or less. 



* * In the specimens before me, a discal dot representing the 

 end of the middle band, an apical lunule and some portions 

 of the marginal band remain. 



* * I am doubtful whether this is even a race, and I assign no 

 name to it, although it is quite generally separated in col- 

 lections." 



