Pe fence ee 
E 
1884.) Entomology. 427 
NEST OF THE PseuDO-ScorPION. —In confirmation of the refer- 
ence to this subject in “ Packard’s Guide to the Study of Insects,” 
fourth edition, p. 658, I found, Feb. 5, 1884, a pseudo-scorpion, 
which had died in its nest, in the act of molting. The nest was 
made at the edge of a piece of paper lying on a beam in a garret. 
When the paper was removed, the nest still adhering to the edge, 
had its lower surface torn open, disclosing the dead insect. The nest 
(Fig. 1, under side, nat. size; :Fig..2, 
_ Upper side, enlarged five diameters), 
l was oval in outline, two-teriths of an 
_ inch long. Its lower surface was a 
» White web of extremely thin, 
translucent texture. Its upper sur- 
P 
SR 
3g 
oo 
rees 
eS 
> 4 
n 2 
cS 
Ò 
3c 
D + 
aE 
ES 
i = 
S 
kat 
3.5 
o= 
$5 
although wrinkled on the back, reach- 
ing nearly its original position at the 
= og ig Snip it was ruptured 
each side, from the head back- , 
wards toabout two-thirds of its length, aie + oa pepe ponies 
somewhat resembling a pair of open- enlarged. Fic.3.—Pseudo-scorpion 
Ng oyster shells. The empty cover- view from above. Fic. er 
ings of the lar ge maxillary palpi wese from the side.—F L. Zabriskie. 
ca in perfect condition, still bearing the prominent long 
rs on the forceps. But the molted palpi themselves were bent 
seenwards and backwards, with their tips extending under the 
men, where also all the legs were gathered with their tarsi 
Placed ther.— F. L. Zabriskie, Nyack, N. Y. 
eee 
Pseudo-Scorpion’s nest. 
i 
; 
i 
i OLOGICAL NeEws.—Papilio closes its third volume with 
_ |. Ment triple number. The transformations of Hemaris uni- 
l tes Darapsa chærilus, Cressonia juglandis, Sphinx chersts, 
bri Detopeia bella, Parasa chloris, Limacodes 
my 
a 
et 
: tee bed by H. Edwards and S. L. Elliott. Mr. H 
vation Ne Species of Euchetes, and shows by Mr. Elliott’s obser- 
Pam . larvæ, that Æ. collaris is a different species from 
OB ken The genus Arctia and its variations are discussed 
2 Dena, hogen n with the result of reducing several so-called 
Hagen’ to varieties. Mr. W. H. Edwards comments at length on 
vi To Om the genus Colias; while W. Schaus, Jr., de- 
er 
