1895.] Entomology. 179 
In the East, however, it was still being taken at new points, as the fol- 
lowing notes show, the dates being those of publication : Nova Scotia, 
1889; Chicago, Illinois, 1889; Wayne County, Ohio, 1892; Quebec, 
1892 ; Indiana, 1892 ; New Jersey. The western range has been greatly 
extended by the capture of this insect at Laramie, Wyoming, in 1893, 
by Mr. Niswander, and at Santa Fé, New Mexico, by Mr. Cockerell, 
in July, 1894. the specimens in both cases being sent me for identifica- 
tion. 
“Tt will thus be seen that the recorded distribution is very much 
extended of late, and the species by no means restricted in range. 
Though the dates are insufficient for the tracing of the exact path of 
the insect, it at least appears to have slowly spread westward and 
southwestward from the New England States, where it may have been 
introduced from Europe. From the scattered records and the absence 
of O. ovatus from many points within its range, worked by diligent 
collectors, I judge that it is not very aggressive in invading new 
territory, but doubtless tolerably easily introduced in shrubbery or 
other nursery stock. 
“A word as to food-habits here, and I am done: Dr. Hamilton takes 
it on various bushes. It has been recorded from muskmelon (Web- 
ster), strawberry (Weed), borage (Cook), currant (Mrs, Wickham). 
Mr. Webster also found it breeding in roots of blue-grass. At Iowa 
City it has been found under boards, and often in bunches of pine 
shingles. The habit of thus creeping into crannies would greatly aid 
in extending the distribution by artificial means and explain its ap- 
pearance in new localities where it could not have been introduced 
with plants.” 
