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would put the matter right, as I beheve the habitat of the 

 plant would give the habitat of the insect. 



Might I say in conclusion, if anything further were needed 

 to show the specific distinction between these two insects, that 

 on an occasion before the insect was described, when I was 

 at Tring I read Edward's original description of ucnmoegcni 

 out while Dr. Jordan examined a specimen of burnsi, and 

 when we had gotten half-way through Dr. Jordan said, "You 

 may stop, that description does not ap])ly to this insect at all." 

 This was after Dr. Dyar suggested that I should not describe 

 this insect as their investigator was examining a Hctnilcuca in 

 S. Nevada. Who that investigator was, or what the insect was, 

 I am uncertain. If it was Prof. Aldrich, the larvae which he 

 was investigating and which were used as food by the In- 

 dians, some of which were sent to me for identification, were 

 not the larvae of H . bitrnsi. as they fed on willow on the mar- 

 gins of streams. If it was Mr. Ainslie, the insect that he was 

 investigating and of which I have a long series, was Eiilciico- 

 plieas oliviac, which feeds on various hard grasses but which 

 I succeeded for a time in getting to feed on some of our com- 

 mon English grasses. 



An Interesting new Species of Eleodes (Col. : 

 Tenebrionidae). 



By H. F. WiCKHAM, Iowa City, Iowa. 

 During the late autunm of 1916, I was engaged by the U. 

 S. Bureau of Entomology in making some field investigations 

 of Elcodcs. Until fairly recently, these insects were not 

 known to inflict nmch damage upon field and forage crops, 

 but it now looks as if they might have to be reckoned with in 

 various sections of the semiarid interior, since the larvae have 

 developed considerable capacity for depredations upon wheat. 

 In the course of my work, I came across one very small but 

 interesting undescribed species, occurring in abundance in the 

 bean-growing district near Willard. New Mexico, and. though 

 it has not yet been reported as troublesome, it seems desirable 

 that a name be assigned in order that some use may be made 



