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anterior tarsi, which in the male are much broader than in the 
female. Itis unnecessary further to describe the imago as in this 
state the dentator is well known. I have only taken these beetles 
in Massachusetts but have found traces of them in Connecticut 
and in northern New York, whence it can be inferred that they 
inhabit all New England. — F. C. Bowpircu. 
Tue Parntep Bunriye.—The Plectrophanes pictus visited south- 
ern Iowa last fall in great numbers, appearing toward the close of 
October, but whether it is as abundant every season I cannot say, 
but am inclined to think that it was far more common than usual, 
as was the case with almost all northern birds., In its habits it 
was very similar to the Lapland longspur, but differed in being 
less gregarious, frequently feeding singly or in small parties of 
five or six, which the latter bird seldom does, and in ‘showing a 
partiality for wet meadows and moist low-lying prairie swales, 
while the longspur prefers the cornfields and higher ground, as a 
rule, and does not appear until some weeks after pictus. The 
notes and flight of the two species are quite similar, though dis- 
tinguishable.—T. M. Triprr, Garden Grove, Iowa. 
New Norra American Hymenoprera.— The last number of 
the Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis contains 
a posthumous paper by the late B. D. Walsh, in which many new 
species of Tenthredinide, and Ichneumonide are described. 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Nore on a COLLECTION OF SKIN SCRAPERS FROM New JERSEY.— 
Since the publication of our notice of the stone implements found 
in New Jersey, in the Naturauist for March and April, 1872, our 
attention has been frequently called to the greater variety of 
shapes than we then supposed to occur, and to the unusual degree 
of excellency exhibited in the manufacture of these well known 
relics. In the paper referred to, we figured four relics as sera- 
pers, each bearing considerable resemblance to the others. In 
collection of fifty-four specimens lying before us, we find five 
types; one of them is the English form, being thin flakes of 
jasper, of a uniform surface on one side, sloping to either side 
_ from a median ridge, and chipped to a bevelled edge in front. 
. The three specimens bear considerable resemblance to those fig- 
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