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J}f\n JBflpk 6lntDraoIogirflI Horiptg. 



Vol. T. 



DECEMBER, 1893. 



Ko. 4. 



SPRING COLLECTING IN NORTHERN FLORIDA. 



l'>\ Annik 'rkiMiiii-i, Slossox. 



I left New \\)rk on April i2tli, aiul reiulied Montgomery, 

 Alabama, the next evening about nine. Around the electric 

 lights near the hotel many insects were flying. I took four or five 

 specimens of the sphinx, Choerocaiiipa tersa, one Dilophonota obscitra 

 and some small noctuids and geometers. Bclostoma americana and 

 Cybistcr fiinbriolatus were numerous, and I captured one specimen 

 of Calosoma scrutator. The next day was like midsummer, hot and 

 bright. T drove out of the city eastward and found insects plenti- 

 ful ; around the blossoms of various shrul)s, especially the dwarf 

 horse-chestnut [.Esiu/its /(w/d) with its bright red flowers, were 

 flying many Hymenoptera and Diptera, Aii^:^oihlora and C/irysis 

 with brilliant metallic tints of green and blue, Mc/issoJrs, J/t-xci- 

 <-/i/7(- and Boiiibiis, while a few of the earlier Syrphida; hovered 

 around. There were many butterflies, but I made no notes con- 

 cerning them and do not now recall the species. I remember 

 taking F.udantus /ycidas, E. tityrus and several other Hesperida\ 

 liuler stones and chips I found Anisodactylus dulcicollis, A. riisticus^ 

 Opatriiius not its, Chlaeniiis toi/icntosi/s, Sclenophorus pedicularis and 

 Platyiius rttbripes. On a leaf I found one specimen of Ei/pOi:;o>iiiis 

 tonwntosKS, and around flowers I'lnphoria stpiitcliralis, and C/iau/ioi:;- 

 nathtis iuor_i:;in<i/is both so common in Florida. Three or four 

 sjiecies of Curculionidte were captured, a fine Sphciiophorus sp. 

 the well known Hylobiits pales of wide distribution, and a pretty 

 little Cciitrinus on Cratcc^^iis sp. Resting on a leaf of Spiraea I 

 found that lovely little member of the Cassidini, Coptonda i^i/tfata, 

 its markings shining likf burnished gold, but fading into tlullness 

 soon after death. Later in the day the weather changed, and 



