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two inches from the end of its nose to the tip of the tail, and when 
living would stand, I think, about seven inches in height. Its 
body was sixteen and one-half and its tail fifteen and one-half 
inches in length, with sixteen rings alternately black and white, 
It was killed in Fairfield County, where I understand there were 
two of them, and as this one is a male, the other was most prob- 
ably a female, and it is to be hoped may yet be captured.—J. 
Sutirvant, Columbus, Ohio. i 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF Bassaris ASTUTA.— A late num- 
ber of the “ Ohio State Journal” contains an interesting account 
by Prof. J. Sullivant, of the capture of this animal in Fairfield 
County, Ohio, a locality considerably removed from the habitat of 
the species as hitherto known. This curious creature, the only 
American representative of the Viverride or numerous family of 
the civet cats, etc., of the old world (though not belonging strictly 
to that group of animals), has always been supposed to be a Mexi- 
can form, restricted in its northern range to Texas, Arkansas and 
corresponding latitudes, thence westward. (See Audubon and 
Bachman, Quad. of N. A. ii, p. 314, pl. xeviii; Baird, Mam. of N. 
A.,p. 147; Coues, Am, Nat. i, p. 351.) As corroborating Protes 
sor Sullivant’s article, which gives, besides, several interesting 
facts and suggestions, we may state that Mr. J. A. Allen, of = 
bridge, during his recent explorations in the West, obtained 
unquestionable .evidence of the occurrence of Bassaris m the 
vicinity of Fort Hays, Kansas.—ELLIOTT COVES. | 
Cororapo Poraro BeerLe.—I notice that, in the April No. of 
the American Narvuraxist, my friend Sanborn Tenney is puzzl 
to account for the sudden disappearance of the Colorado Potato 
Beetle at Niles, Mich. The followtng extract from my f ot 
Report may give him some light on the subject. They have 
disappeared for good, however, but will doubtless pre sent them- 
selves the coming season, though, mayhap, in greatly re% 
numbers. 
But if the bugs themselves were unprecedentedly nu 
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