128 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [October, 



looking up to see what all the commotion was abodt. The jay 

 appeared greatly agitated by the insects, and kept up a constant 

 flutter and chatting. As it appears a w^// ^.f tablished fact that the 

 bluejay is not a strictly insectivorous bird, I could not account for 

 its actions. Thinking to drive her from the nest I threw a stone 

 at it, missed of course, but brought down a mass of yellow fungus 

 that was full of Megalodacne heros, several of which I bottled. 



In the neighborhood of the lake I captured specimens of Van- 

 essa milberti, Feniseca tarquinius, Grapta J-album and Alypia 

 octomaculata. I have never seen birds so abundant as they were 

 in this valley, one I slew is a Chordeiles virginianus, the night- 

 hawk, the skin of which is now in my collection. The craw was 

 literally stuffed with coleoptera, showing it was a better collector 

 than myself 



As I had had a good day's collecting we took to our buggy 

 again; after riding .yome distance a bolt broke, on account of the 

 nice road spoken of above, and for a moment it looked as though 

 I should lose the result of my trip, but we fortunately found a 

 smith who soon put us in good shape, so that I arrived home in 

 time for supper, and quite satisfied with my success. 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 

 [The Conductors of Entomological News solicit, and will thankfully receive items 

 of news, likely to interest its readers, from any source. The author's name will be given 

 in each case for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] 



In the future all papers received for publication in the Nevrs ^rill he 

 printed accordingr to date of reception. 



Pamphila aaroni was found in abundance at Cape May last month by 

 Mr. Witmer Stone. C. eubule was also found. 



Sometimes at least a quart of mosquitos could have been gathered from 

 under each electric light on Congress Hall porch, Cape May, N. J. 



PoMPiLus ^THioPS Cress., was seen at Westville, N. J., carrying away a 

 species of Trochosa which it had evidently just captured and killed, as 

 the spider was bright and perfect. Wasp and spider were both bottled. 



A NATURALIST observes, admiringly, "There is a butterfly, one of the 

 world's 12,000 species, the tiny eye of which contains 17,000 facets." This 

 will explain to small boys why the butterfly is such an expert in dodging 

 a hat. 



