98, BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 



Notes on Coleopterous larvae. 



BY F. G. SCHAUFP. . 



On page 24 of this' volume I mentioned on the article, ' 'Inhabi- 

 tants of a beech-tree. ~ the captures of 1 5 larvae evidently of Osmoderma, 

 this being the only Lamellicornide of such a size found at that locality, on 

 July 15, 1879. 



Having put five in Alcohol I placed the remaining ten into a tin 

 box with the same black earth in which they were fonnd (in a hole of the 

 beech tree.) Five died: October, 25-29 the rest made oblong cocoons of 

 earth, outside rough, inside very fine and smooth, 30 mm. long and 24 

 m.m. broad, considerably firm. 



At that time all the earth in the box had evidently passed through 

 the larval, as it consisted of oblong particles looking like excrements, 



Nov. 25 one broke its cocoon, but made a new one after two days, 

 Dec. 20 another broke its cocoon, and lived in the ground till about 

 April 20. 



May 9 one imago appeared, Osmoderma scabra, Beauv; by open- 

 ning the other cocoons I found one pupa which I preserved in Alcohol, 

 and two larvae, One of which pupated May 1 6. 



The Annual fleeting of the Entomological Club 

 of the American Association for the 

 Advancement Of Science 



Will be held at the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory, corner of Berkeley and Boylston Sts., Boston, commencing at 2 P. M. 

 Tuesday August, 24, 1880. 



It is proposed to send to every member of the Association and to all 

 others who may favor the undersigned with their address for that purpos 

 a circular announcing the special subjects which will be presented at this 

 meeting of the Club; and therefore all entomologists who desire to read 

 communications at that time are requested to notify one of the undesigned 

 before August 1st. This will ensure a fuller discussion of the topics pre- 

 sented, and it is hoped a larger attendance. 



B. Pickman Mann, Secretary. Samuel H. Scudder, Pres. 



Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. 



