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were eating one of the crackers. Later we fed one of them by 

 hand. He would seize the piece of cracker and hold it in his 

 fore legs while it was being devoured. Beyond the end of the 

 board walk to the eastward, and further from the grass plats, the 

 grasshoppers were not so numerous. Some had reached the 

 winged stage, but most of them were immature. 



We had never seen the Carolina grasshopper in such numbers, 

 and on this occasion he certainly escaped most of his enemies. 



Wm. T. Davis. 



The Makers of Coleopterous Species 



By R. P. Dow, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 There is little about the close of the 18th century to mark 

 an epoch in the history of beetle describing, although the Napo- 

 leonic w^ars were an enormous handicap for over fifteen years. 

 The date parting an old and a new regime was rather the Anglo- 

 American war 1812-1814. During this time all traffic ceased 

 between the United States and Europe. The study was actively 

 carried on, and by 1815 the insects of Europe were described as 

 fully as they were in America — say, in 1865. During the first 

 decade of the century most of Linne's personal pupils paid their 

 debt to nature. The new arrivals in the field were numerous, 

 but few left their mark on American species. A notable 

 Bon. of this period was Professor Bonelli of Turin, Italy, a 

 country hitherto not represented conspicuously in nature 

 study. Bonelli lived until 1830, and was at his prime in 

 1812. His great work was an attempt to classify the Carabidae. 

 The ten genera of that family which concern the United States 

 are all among the largest and best known. His species are scat- 

 tering and number 35. The 'best French beetle man 

 Beauv. of this time was J. F. Palisot de Beauvois, whose work 

 dates from 1805. His monographs included illustra- 

 tions, and his American species numbered about 35. On the 

 whole, German scholarship continued to lead the world. 

 Hellw. Professor Hellwig contributed his mite of a dozen 

 Duft. genera and species. Professor Duftschmidt was teach- 



ing in Austria, and 'has a few species to his credit. 

 Sch. Professor C. J. Schonherr, working at Stockholm, pub- 



lished extensively from 1806 to 1846, and was re- 



