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dentaria, red vars., and said that it had been doubted whether 

 this species had a red form. Mr. Tutt remarked that Mr. 

 Prout had bred a red form from true C. nnidentaria, and thus 

 there was no doubt as to its occurrence ; but he was unable 

 to express a decided opinion as to whether the specimens 

 now exhibited were referable to that form, but they appeared 

 to him to resemble it more closely than they did C.ferru- 

 gata. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited numerous specimens, and con- 

 tributed the following notes : 



Anasa tristis, De Geer (the squash bug). — This common 

 bug is very destructive to squash vines in the United States 

 during August, when it collects round the stems near the 

 ground. The imago hybernates in October, but pairing 

 does not take place till the end of the following June. The 

 odour emitted by this insect appears to be particularly foul, 

 as it is described as disgusting and very offensive. 



Murgantia histrionica, Hahn (the harlequin cabbage bug). — 

 This species is very injurious to cabbages, turnips, mustard, 

 and other cruciferous plants, over a large portion of the 

 United States. The imago hybernates and deposits eggs 

 during the first fortnight in March. The larvae mature in 

 about twelve days, and there are a succession of broods 

 throughout the summer. Riley observes, "The orange and 

 blue-black markings of the imago are very variable both in 

 colour and proportion, the orange inclining to yellow or 

 red." I am indebted for my series of this species to our 

 member Mr. Mansbridge, who collected them at Sequoyah, 

 Indian Territory, U.S.A. 



Anophthahniis tenuis (Horn). — During the summer of 1896, 

 Professor Blatchley, in his capacity of State Geologist, ex- 

 plored all the known caves of Indiana, and with his assistants 

 collected specimens of every living thing found in them. 

 Amongst the Coleoptera were numerous examples oi Anoph- 

 thalmus tenuis, found beneath stones or running over the 

 soft mud by the side of streams, chiefly in the great Wyan- 

 dotte cave. The specimen exhibited is one of them. In his 

 paper on the " Indiana Caves and their Fauna," included in 

 the Twenty-first Annual Report of the Department of 

 Geology, are some interesting particulars of the species. He 

 says, " It is a true cave beetle, and never found elsewhere, 

 and only in remote parts of the caves in which it occurs. It 

 has no vestige of eyes, and appeared wholly unaffected by the 

 light of a candle held within a few inches of it. Like other 

 Carabids, they are supposed to be carnivorous. In Wyan- 



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