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subject of investigations for the past forty years by several 

 distinct boards of trained entomologists, and about which sev- 

 eral volumes have already been written, was thought to 

 deposit not more than 500 eggs. That estimate was taken as 

 a maximum. About a year ago, one of the insects in confine- 

 ment actually deposited, in round numbers, two thousand 

 eggs ; and several months ago, another female in confinement, 

 actually raised this by one-half, depositing three thousand 

 eggs, or six times the first, and generally accepted estimate. 

 On the mornings of the loth and nth of June, Hadro7iotus 

 carinatif ro?is Ashm., was observed ovipositing in the eggs of 

 Afiasa, and afterwards many of them were bred in confinement. 

 They were at first taken to be //. anasce, but a comparison of 

 the descriptions indicated otherwise, and Dr. Ashmead later 

 kindly determined them as carinatifrons . 



Collecting Trip to Tulare County, California. 



During the Month of May, 1904. 



By Charles Fuchs. 



My collecting trip in Tulare County started from Visalia to 

 the Giant Forest to an elevation of about 7000 feet, and I can 

 call the result successful in regard to having collected some 

 rare and interesting beetles. 



From Visalia I went to San Joaquin Mill, five miles, to 

 collect a variety of Cicindela pusilla var. hinalonga Schaupp, 

 of which species the type is in my possession. This species 

 was very rare until Dr. Van Dyke discovered it in Tuolumne 

 County. I have been successful in securing many specimens 

 with the different varieties ranging to black without any mark- 

 ings whatever on the elytra. Of Cicmdela vulgaris var. vibex, 

 which species is found with liaialonga on alkali ground near 

 water, I could find only four. Maybe I came too late. October 

 and November, according to Mr. Ralph Hopping, will be the 

 time to collect both species again and vibex (fide Hopping) will 

 have a brighter green in the fall than in the spring. 



On the way from San Joaquin Mill to Kaweah (1000 feet 

 elevation) I beat willow with good results. In Kaweah, 



