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remaining of the fast dying- day was lost amid the great ever- 

 green trees about me. The fantom note, ever sounding beyond 

 me, together with my somber surroundings, brought over me 

 a feeling of exaggerated loneliness that made light and human 

 companionship very desirable. I therefore gave over my fruit- 

 less chase and hastened back to the road and was soon pour- 

 ing my tale of woe into the unsympathetic ears of Dr. Dyar. 



Other specimens of the insect were heard singing as we 

 returned, and the next evening, armed with a very dirty lantern, 

 kindly loaned us by an accommodating host, we sallied forth to 

 capture one of the songsters. This we succeeded in doing, 

 capturing two males after much climbing over and under fallen 

 timber. The species proved to be, as I had surmised it would, 

 Cyphoderris piperi, a species described by me some time be- 

 fore from the same locality. The very large and inflated 

 elytra of this insect seem especially adapted to the production 

 of ventriloquous notes. The effect was probably intensified 

 in the case cited above by local conditions. The difference 

 between the apparent and actual location varies, as that of the 

 two specimens captured was not so much as that observed the 

 preceding evening, being probably something over one hundred 

 yards. 



Cyphoderris piperi was described as a variety of C. mon- 

 strosus, but it is very surely a distinct species and should be 

 so listed. Like monstrosus, which has been reported as ven- 

 triloquous by Turley, piperi is slow of motion, and when dis- 

 turbed shows little inclination to leap. The specimens taken 

 by Dr. Dyar and myself crawled slowly along the twigs upon 

 which they were resting, keeping on the side opposite the ob- 

 server. They sometimes stridulate quite persistently, but 

 usually they cease their song when closely approached. 



No, Maude, dear, the bee culturist doesn't suffer from hives any 

 more than the lumber dealer does from shingles. 



Henry A. Wenzel and Harry Kaeber had a most successful collecting 

 trip to Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. They brought 

 back many rare and interesting Coleoptera. 



