1897.] Entomology. 449 
22. Lasionycteris noctivagans. The Silver Black Bat is rather rare 
here. I have several times had specimens Wope to me in winter that 
were captured in hollow trees. 
23. Vesperugo carolinensis. This and the Red Bat are our two most 
abundant bats. Very common. 
24. Adelonycteris fusca. Large Brown Bat. Rare. Only about a 
dozen specimens taken. 
25. Nycticejus humeralis. The Twilight Bat is fairly common here, 
but never occurs in half the numbers of the Red Bat, or Vesperugo 
carolinensis. 
26. Atalapha borealis. Red Bat. Abundant. This bat flies laterin 
the autumn and earlier in the spring than any other of our bats. The 
number of young at birth is usually three, whilein Vesperugo carolinen- 
sis and Nycticejus crepuscularis two is the normal number. 
27. Lutra hudsonica. Otter. Occurs on all the larger streams. My 
brother, H. H. Brimley, has caught eight specimens at various times. 
28. Mephitis (sp). A Skunk was killed near Raleigh a few years 
ago, the only one we ever heard of. 
29. Lutreola vison lutreocephalus. Southern Mink. Common along 
water-courses. The females (and sometimes the males) are not infre- 
quently brought to me as “ Weasels.” 
Putorius noveboracensis. Weasel. One male caught by my 
brother, when trapping, January 13,1888. I have heard of others, but 
have-never been successful in getting them. 
31. Procyon lotor. Raccoon. Quite rare in the immediate vicinity 
of Raleigh. 
32. Urocyon ecinereo-argentatus. Grey Fox. Not infrequently caught 
by fox-hunters in this vicinity. The Red Fox is said to occur in adjoin- 
ing counties.—C. S. BRIMLEY. 
ENTOMOLOGY.’ 
Insects Affecting Domestic Animals.—In the last issue of 
the new series of Bulletins of the U.S. Division of Entomology (No.5), 
Prof. Herbert Osborn devotes nearly 300 pages to a treatment of this 
subject. The bulletin is an important and extremely useful one, with 
170 illustrations. In the introduction there is a general discussion of 
parasitism from which we extract the following regarding the origin 
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