56 BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 



On Distinguishing' some of our more Common 

 Cicin&elae. 



Cic repanda, 12 guttata, vulgaris and hirticollis have always 



proved puzzling to beginners. Now, besides their specific char- 

 acter there is another good way to distinguish these four species, 

 viz., by the humeral lunule. 



§Fig. 7. a, Cic repanda has for the hu- 

 Bl S) Ri meral lunule a regular c. 

 MB mX mm ^ ^*° hirticollis has the posterior end 



WJf ■Br wM of the c bent upwards. 



g, Cic vulgaris has the same end bent 

 d. b. a. c. downwards. 

 d, Cic 12 guttata with its varieties oregona and guttifera 

 has instead of the humeral c only the two ends of this letter 



The middle fascia, the apical lunule, and the marginal marking 

 may vary ; but the humeral lunule is constant. 



F. G SCHAUPP 



Until recently Cucujus clavipes has been considered quite rare 

 in this locality. Within the past few weeks, however, it has 

 been disc wered in its several stages in great abundance beneath 

 the bark of decayed buckeye and white-poplar trees. T e 

 larva is elongate quite depressed, and of a yellowish brown tint. 

 Preparatory to pupation it constructs a slight cell from minute 

 particles of the damp bark, in which it undergoes its further 

 transformations. When full grown the larva is about 23 m.m. in 

 length. The pupa is of a whitish color and considerably flattened. 

 Before the imergence of the imago, the antennae, eyes, and p r- 

 tions of the legs turn black. Length about 14 m.m. Imago with 

 head, thorax, elytra and femora, at first white, but in a day or 

 two gradually assuming their characteristic red color. 

 Cincinnati, 0. harold b w,lson. 



Omophron robustum, Horn, Coptodera aerata, Dej., and Dacne 

 Ulkei, Cr., were captured somewhat abundantly this season near 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



CHAS, DURY, 



