1174 General Notes. [ November, 
the work by forcing itself partly out. There could be no ques- 
tion as to the digoneutic nature of Arzama obliquata at Wash- 
ington, and none as to its variability, as illustrated by his speci- 
mens. He doubted the generic value of Sphida that had been 
proposed for this species by Grote, or whether the five described 
species represented more than two good ones. 
antharis nuttalli injuring wheat—Mr. Riley exhibited wheat 
which on the intelligent testimony of Mr. T. S. Roberts, of Min- 
neapolis, had been injured by Cantharis nuttalli. The beetles 
were abundant in some of the wheat fields of Dakota, and ate 
into the grain while it was tender. 
Adjourned to meet at the call of the president. 
I have never eaten them raw, as my courage was not sufficient 
but they are very nice when cooked in the ashes, tasting some 
thing like roasted chestnuts. i a 
Similar larvz of moths, etc., are eaten by the natives all over 
the continent. But I have never seen them eat earthworms 
raw snails, as some writérs have stated—Aadw. B. Sanger, MO” 
ville Center, Long Island, N. Y. 
ass—On the 
OCCURRENCE OF JUNONIA ca@enrIA aT Natick, M a 
17th of August I had the good fortune to see a se 
Junonia cema flying by the roadside in this town. Unie wg 
I had no means at hand for capturing it, so didn’t get t 
sure of its identity, as I am familiar with the species from sw 
ern specimens which I have had for a number of years in my 
lection. iyed from 
I will quote for you the following from a note lately recem Payelt 
Mr, S. H. Scudder concerning cenia: “ You will find in ‘gs fit 
Vol. 11, p. 276-7, a list of New England localities for «em sights 
as I knew them four years ago, Nearly all the captures pp e 
were of single individuals, and were along the coast ~a the 
larger river valleys. The farthest north known to mé Nee 
southern extremity of Maine, just north of Portsmouth, A — : 
E. F. Smith, Natick, Mass. - aa 
882 in 0 
d Wo 
Tue COLORADO POTATO-BEETLE'— I noticed in I r brood 
garden in Perry county, Penna., that there was 10 seon 
of the potato-beetle. Inquiry and examination 1n es rious t0 
hood showed that the fact was generally true. 1 was at we 
‘Abstract of a paper by Professor E, W. Claypole, read in Section F # a 
meeting of the A. A. A, S. 
