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Dotted geometer. Late in the summer larva of the chain 

 <lotted geometer, Cingilia catenaria, were plentiful upon sweet 

 fern, and large swarms of these beautiful, smoky winged moths 

 were common during the cool autumn days and evenings near 

 Orono and Alfred. See figure 17. 



Snout beetle. At North Wayne in June an interesting look- 

 ing bronze gray snout beetle was found in and about a house 

 frequented by the strawberry crown girdler. More of this 

 species were reported from North Wayne during September and 

 -one of the specimens was sent Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, for identification. Dr. Howard kindly replied that the 

 specimen " was identified by Mr. E. A. Schwarz as Sciaphilus 

 vniricatus, Fab. This species is now referred to asperatus. A 

 iDrief note on its occurrence in Maine with reference to other 

 ^occurrences in this country is given on p. 272 of vol. VH of 

 Insect Life. It is an introduced species, and some doubt has 

 "been expressed by Mr. Schwarz as to its permanent location in 

 this country." 



The reference to Insect Life reads as follows : 



" During September of the present year a correspondent at 

 Bangor, Me., sent to this office a small lot of a European snout 

 beetle, Sciaphilus asperatus Bonsd. {miiricatus Fab.), which has 

 -attracted some little attention in that city. Our correspondent 

 informs us that the beetles gather on the fences, and ' getting 

 ^on the top rail just cluster and keeping still seem to enjoy life.' 

 They have a singular habit of ' piling up on each other in a 

 straight line, many at once and in many small groups.' They 

 were not, however, observed to be copulating. This unusual 

 gathering took place during the first of September and was 

 preparatory to hibernation. 



" The first notice of the occurrence of this insect in North 

 America is by Mr. Samuel Henshaw, published in 1888 in 

 Psyche (vol. V, p. 137). The insect was collected at Brook- 

 line, Mass., by Mr. F. C. Bowditch, on Populus balsamifera. 

 In the Canadian Entomologist (vol. XXIII, pp. 23, 114, 1891) 

 Mr. W. H. Harrington reports this species at Sydney, Cape 

 Breton, Nova Scotia. It was found in 1884 and 1890 and was 

 'not uncommon. In the National Museum collection there are 

 also specimens from Maiden and one other locality in Massa- 



