BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 



GOUTYNA NEBRIS. Guen. var. G. nitela Guen. 



From the fact that the larvae of these two ? species are found to- 

 gether in the stem of the same plant ( wild parsnip ) at the same 

 time, and that the chrysalids cf eaTi disclose at the same time ( Oc- 

 tober and beginning of November ) I regard them only as varieties 

 of one and the same species. 



Since making this observation I have had in copulation G. nebris 

 m. with G. nitela f. and also G. nebris f. with G. nitela m. al hough 

 there were at the time unoccupied of both forms in the same bree- 

 ching cge. 



Both species are remark bly alike, and are only distinguishable by 

 the presence of the bright yellow spots on the primaries of nebris. 

 In a c osely allied species Hydroecia nictitans we hive almost the 

 same variation and we can not attach much importance to this fact. 

 The synonymy reads therefore; 



G03TINA IIES-TIS Guen. var. G. NITELA, Guen. 



Edw. Graef. 



IK COLLECTING SILPHIDAE instead of trusting to the occa- 

 sional find rg of carrion, I invest a few cents at the batchers for a 

 couple pounds of poor meat, chop it up and pi ce it under stones, 

 small boards et \ The first days I find there Carabidae ( Carabus, 

 Pterostiehus, Platynus ) and then N-crophori, Silphae, and St phi- 

 linidae. I think this way makes the collecting of such specimens 

 far less disgusting and unpleasant. 



Schaupp. 



When the cherries on the tre s become rotten, swarms of Elateri- 

 dae come at dusk flying from a 1 sides towar i them. I captured 

 several species : Atajhes memnonius, Melanotus communis, Cupes 

 con.olor etc. 



A g:od way to collect coprophagus coleoptera 

 ( H'ster, Aphodiusetc. also Staphiliriidae ) is to shovel the dung of 

 cow,-., ho ses, sheep, etc. into a pail of water, * the dung sinks and 

 in a i'ew moments the insects living in it, come up clean and nice 

 and are easily captured, while swimming around in the water. 

 The working with a pail of water is easily done especially when 

 living on a farm for a time, simply by carrying half a pail full of 

 water around in the pasture. 

 * Jfiherc is a sljwty running brcoA: near, shoyel the dung into it. 



