318 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. TJuly, 'cj 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OP THE GLOBE. 



The News will not be published for August or September. The next 

 number will appear October ist (No. 8). 



While collecting in Sapello Canyon, New Mexico, some years ago, 

 I made a few notes on the early stages of Argynnis nitocris nigro- 

 caerulea Ckll., which may be of some interest until someone works 

 out the complete life history. Eggs were laid August 24th, and were 

 examined September 4th. Probably yellow when laid, pinkish in color, 

 conoidal, flattened at the base and run to a blunt point at the micropyle ; 

 well-marked longitudinal ribs, with many transverse ridges between ; 

 each ridge is joined at the apex with its fellow. There is a small central 

 opening or depression at the apex. Eggs hatched September 7th. First 

 stage of larva — Head black ; body very pale greenish-yellow ; eleven 

 rows of green warts, lateral ones bear long setae. Second stage — 

 Appearance totally changed; numerous black, shining spines, tipped 

 with coarse black hairs ; body yellowish-brown, with numerous single 

 hairs or setae. The larvae probably died as the rough notes end here. 

 They were not intended for publication when written. — Henry Skinner. 



Phengodes Illiger. — A note on luminous females and larvae. — For a 

 number of years I have taken, in numbers fairly common at electric 

 lights, during June and July, in McPherson, Kansas, males of Phengo- 

 des, which prove to be Phengodes fusciceps.hec. 



The summer of 1005, I heard of two specimens of "glow worms," but 

 failed to secure them. In May and June, 1006, I was so fortunate 

 as to secure two specimens of these "glow worms," and the last of 

 July, a third specimen, and heard of as many more during these months. 

 They were found on the lawns of residences on warm evenings. The 

 first two specimens were of a cream color and opalescent in certain 

 lights. The July specimen (which was probably a larva, and not an 

 adult female) was cream colored on ventral surface and sides, but 

 the dorsal part of each segment was dark brown, shading to black. 

 Of the June specimens, one was larger than the other, the larger being 

 about twenty-eight millimeters when extended and moving, and the 

 smaller about twenty-three millimeters in length. The last of July 

 specimen was of the same length as the smaller one of the June 

 specimens, but was more slender than either of the others. 



They were kept in a tin box with a glass cover. When taken out 

 doors the latter part of June and the first half of July in the twilight 

 of warm evenings the males of Phengodes fusciceps would appear in 

 numbers. One was observed beating against the wire screen of a door 

 endeavoring to enter the room where the "glow worms" were kept. 



