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several days, went to the Thousand Islands and Montreal and 

 returned to New York in October. 



In the latter part of January I went again to Florida, and Oi- 

 keticics accompanied me. He had shown no sign of life for nearly 

 a month, and even the return to his native place did not at first 

 revive him. But in a few days I saw him crawling about, and 

 occasionally nibbling at a piece of dry leaf Fresh food he 

 scarcely ever tasted. Again I returned North, and again my 

 larva came with me; after this he refused all food, but crawled 

 about his glass prison, and from time to time added a bit of deco- 

 ration to his house. Then he became quite motionless, and thus 

 remained, hanging from the netting for some six weeks. In that- 

 state I carried him once more to Franconia. On a cold morning 

 in early May, among the northern hills, his lagging, prolonged, 

 creeping existence terminated, and he flew out a fine winged 

 imago, nearly fifteen months from the day I first found him in 

 southern Florida. 



A NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA FROM CALIFORNIA. 



By F. E. Blaisdell, M.D., Coronado, Cal. 



Scymnns lophanthae n. sp. — Oval, slightly elongate, punctulate, pubes- 

 cent. Head, pronotum, and entire under surface rufo-testaceous. Mouth 

 parts piceous. Pronotum with a faint discal cloud occupying central por- 

 tion, reaching quite to apical border; sides parallel in posterior half, ar- 

 cuate anteriorly with apical angles slightly rounded. Elytra black, with 

 a strong metallic lustre; pubescence dual, consisting of blackish, erect 

 and recumbent flavo-cinereous hairs. Abdomen rather thickly set with 

 semi-recumbent hairs. 



Female. — Under parts testaceous. Length 2.2 mm.; width 1.7 mm. 



Hab. — San Diego. There is considerable variation in the dis- 

 tinctness of the pronotal cloud, it may be absent or very decided. 

 In many specimens examined the sternal and central abdominal 

 areas were quite dark ; as a rule the color is lighter in the female. 

 My attention was first attracted to this very interesting species by 

 Wm. Vortriede, gardener in charge of the parks at Coronado. 

 He had observed them feeding upon the San Jose Scale {Aspidi- 

 otus perniciosus) infesting the Acacia lophaniha. Subsequent 

 observation fully confirmed his statements. The scale was ex- 

 ceedingly abundant, as was also the beetle in all stages of de- 

 velopment. 



