748 General Notes. [September, 



uralist, we would mention that while several species of the 

 genus Cetonia (C. cenea and C. aurafa) are known in Europe to 

 live in the larva state among ants, and while it is also known that 

 the species of Cremastochilus are true myrmecophilous insects, 

 yet nothing has been recorded of the earlier stages of Euphoria, 

 though some species are among our most common beetles. Mr. 

 Laurence Bruner now communicates to us from West Point, 

 Nebr., that he finds Euphoria hirtipes Horn — larvae as well as bee- 

 tles—quite commonly in the hills of the common red ant (which 

 in all probability does not differ from the European Formica r/'fa 

 Linn.). There is scarcely any doubt that other species of Eu- 

 phoria will have the s:ime habits. The only other myrmecophi- 

 lous Scarabaeid known from the U. S. is Eupaiia castanca, which 

 is very commonly met with in the Southern States in the nests of 

 Solenopsis xyloni McCook, the so-called stinging ant of the cotton 

 fields. 



Mr. Theo. Pergande made an interesting observation the 

 past spring on Hymenorus rufipes. He found its pupae 

 in the hill of a large, black, sericeous ant {Formica fusca 

 Linn.), and the pupae of another species of Hymenorus, 

 H. obscurus Say, in the nest of a large yellow ant under 

 a stone, but which cannot be named at present. The great 

 care and attention bestowed by the ants upon the pupae of the 

 beetles when the nests were disturbed, seem to show that the 

 pupae were not in the nests of the ants by accident. Further 

 observations are necessary to establish the fact, but as myrme- 

 cophilous Tenebrionidae are known, and as an undescribed spe- 

 cies of Anthicus is undoubtedly an inquiline of the red ant in 

 Colorado, we should not be surprised if these species of Hymen- 

 orus would prove to be myrmecophilous in their earlier states. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz, who has collected largely in ants' nests, 

 and who has many unpublished facts, will, we hope, ere long 

 give us a list of all N. A. Coleoptera known to live among ants. 

 — C.V. Riley. 



Discontinuance of Publication.— We are advised by the pub- 

 lisher of the Revue Coleopterologique of the discontinuance of this 

 periodical. When we noticed 'in these columns (p. 152) the ap- 

 pearance of the Revue, we hoped that it would cover the whole 

 subject of coleopteroloc, r \\ thus furnishing to the specialist, at 

 short intervals, that information which the Zoological Record and 

 the Zoologischcr Jahrcsbcricht give only in very condensed form 

 at long intervals. However, the magazine greatly disappointed 

 us as it was evident that the managers were too much absorbed 

 in lists of " new species," synonyms and the other dry bones of 

 the science to create any general interest in its pages. The result 

 just announced was, it seems to us, but natural. 



