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Last winter, while collecting at Lake Worth, Florida, in the beginning 

 of March, I captured a $ specimen of Eiinica.tatila H. S. I do not see 

 this species mentioned in any North American lists. It is a much larger 

 insect than E. monima Cram., and very beautiful. Eunica tatila is a 

 common insect in Cuba and also in Mexico. — W. Schaus. 



Lv a foot-note at the bottom of page 220 of my recent Bulletin on 

 Poecilocapsus Hneatus, I question the date on which Mr. Webster ob- 

 tained adults for use in his experiment at Lafayette, Ind. Mr. Webster 

 has called my attention to the fact that, in the case of Meromyza atneri- 

 cana, the second brood of adults emerged earlier at Lafayette, Ind., than 

 Dr. Fitch had found them in New York. This indicates that difference 

 of about two degrees in latitude between Lafayette, Ind., and Ithaca, 

 N. Y., makes a difference of two or three weeks in the emergence of in- 

 sect life; and the seemingly very early appearance of the adults of the 

 Four-lined Leaf-bug, at the former place, may thus be accounted for. I 

 am glad of the opportunity to make the correction. — M. V. Slingerland, 

 Cornell Experiment Station. 



Notes on the Cucujid^e, observed in San Diego County, Cal. — 

 Silva7ius surinaniensis (Linn.) abundant in cereals; Silvanus bidentatus 

 (Fabr. ) not very common, occurs with the preceding species ; Silvanus 

 imbellis (Lee.) one specimen; Silvanus advena (Waltl.) common in gran- 

 aries and in refuse about stables; Nausibius dentatus (Marsh.) occasion- 

 ally taken in commercial storehouses; Lcemophloetcs bigutlatus (Say.) 

 sometimes met with in immense numbers under decaying and fungus- 

 covered bark of dead sycamores {Plalanus racemosus); Lceniophloeus 

 ccphalotes (Lee.) rare, occurs under the bark of the sycamore, blue gum 

 ^Eucalyptus globulus), pepper tree [Schinus niolle), five oak {Quercus 

 agripolia); Brontes d. var. truncatus (Mots.) common, under the bark of 

 the live oak. — F. E. Blaisdell, M.D. 



