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aiul several t)ther species. Ikit uur verv best trap tDr such Coleup- 

 tera is a dead snake I This never fails to furnish numerous speci- 

 mens and great variety. From such ophidian mines I tot)k 

 S(jp/iiii/s sp., Dcrnitsfts 'I'tilpiints/ J^ronirtopia (i-iiiaciiliittn, ami 

 various species of Silf<lia ami Xtiiophoiits. 



Umier tlie bark of coniferous trees, chiefly pine, AUuis iiiyops 

 was abumlant, and among them I, one day, captured a good 

 specimen of that fine large Elater, Ai^rvp/n/s .ui//t'/. Along a sandy 

 l)luff near tlie water many Hymenoptera were flying, Pompilidiv, 

 .Sphecidce and Larrithu. Here I took AniniopliiUx ccniciitaria, Larra 

 iiimricana, /.. ari^i'ii/ata, Tiu/ivsp/icw (Wiihi, J', sp. (prol)at)ly unde- 

 scribed), J\)iiipilits tropicus, P. posti-rus, Prioc'iuiiiis valiJiis and Pri- 

 ononyx bifovcolatus. .\round the blossoms of Coreopsis sp. 1 caught 

 Megixchile ^^enerosa, M. ^j;cor^^iia, OJyiicnis fiilvipcs, O. arvciisis, Phil- 

 antluis diibius and many other honey-loving insects. Under seaweed 

 along the shore I found several immature mole-crickets {Giy/li>- 

 hilpa. The water here is all salt or brackish, and 1 found little 

 in the way of aquatic insects. A species of Dinciitcs was skimming 

 about in several places. Our colored dri\er called them " Melon- 

 bugs " and said they smelled " jes' like watermelon." There was 

 a good deal of hickory growing hereabouts, and upon it I found a 

 curious larva a semi-looper, which 1 took for a Catocahi. IJefore 

 1 could examine it carefully it drew together some leaves in the 

 glass where I had confined it, and soon changed to a slender dark 

 brown pujia. 1 brought it north with me and at I'ranconia in 

 June, nearly five weeks after pupation a '(\\\it specimen of Eubo- 

 Jina stylobata Harv. emerged. 1 do not know whether this larva 

 has been described. It is not included in Mr. Hy. Edwards' 



list. I can only say that its appearance was Catocala-like, its 

 general color a sort of pale violet-gray, and that there were oval 

 spots of black on the venter. I found also on hickory the weevil, 

 Calaiuira caiyic. 



From Pensacola 1 went to Suwanee Springs, " way down 

 upon the S'wanee River." Here I found a very different flora and 

 fauna, vegetation rich and luxuriant and all animal life abundant. 

 Wild flowers were plentiful, trees and shrubs in full leafage, 

 ground well wateretl, and consequently there were many 

 insects. 



On the muddy margin of the sulphur spring, Ciciiuicla tortimsa 

 was flying and lighting and I took one specimen of C. abdoininalis 

 among the pines in the forest. Lejiidoptera were still very scarce. 

 I have never seen such a remarkable dearth of both butterflies anil 



