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W. Quinn, two of them being found dead, lying in the open 

 road. These two were found in the vicinity of Da Costa, At- 

 lantic County, New Jersey. 



It is not my purpose to say anything about the generic posi- 

 tion or the specific value of this beetle; this has been done, 

 however, by Dr. George H. Horn, in Entomological News, 

 3, ^2)1 1892, under the title Dorcus parcUns Say. I made the 

 photograph for Dr. Horn and superintended the printing of 

 the illustration accompanying his article. It is somewhat 

 doubtful whether Dr. Horn's views will be acceded to by the 

 Coleopterists of to-day. The annual report of the New Jersey 

 State Museum, including a Report of the Insects of New Jer- 

 sey for 1909, page 311, credits the species to Da Costa (Say) 

 and Weymouth (Daecke). The locality whence Say received 

 the species appears to be unknown and Daecke has never 

 taken the species. Da Costa and vicinity have been the 

 stamping ground of the Philadelphia entomologists for over 

 half a century and none of them ever found a specimen of 

 Dorcus brezns, with the exception of those above mentioned 

 taken by G. W. Quinn, who lived at Da Costa. The locality 

 where brevis was taken is a very wild one and is a good sec- 

 ond in midsummer to the desert of Sahara. It has changed 

 considerably since the early days. This part of Jersey is cov- 

 ered with scrub pine and oak, but the axe of the woodsman 

 and forest fires have greatly changed things. Many of 

 the old sand roads through the woods have been surfaced with 

 gravel. Weymouth is about six miles southwest of Da Costa. 

 I have collected at Da Costa on hot days and found it about as 

 trying a place as I have ever been in. The lack of water and 

 the heat reflected from the sand make a combination that only 

 the enthusiastic entomological collector can stand. 



The way to get brevis would be to spend a couple of months 

 at Da Costa (July and August) and make a regular campaign 

 for the insect. ]\Iy interest in the species was brought about 

 by a conversation with Mr. Henry \\'. \\'enzel, who has known 

 the locality for years and often collected there. He is also fa- 

 miliar with the early history of the species. The Bland family 



