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and to report their success, in order ttat we may soon 
come to a definite conclusion upon tlie subject 
The Brownish-Black Anisoscelis.— (-4wesosce?*s ?) 
A very large anisoscelis, about an incb and one-fifth in 
length, and of a brownish black, I found quite numerous in 
the cotton fields of Florida. The head of this insect is 
brownish black, with prominent eyes ; the thorax rough, 
black, and somewhat triangular; the antennae, four-jointed; 
the legs, brown ; the thighs, brownish black and spiny ; the 
hind-legs, in appearance, entirely disproportionate in size 
to the insect ; with the thighs very stout, thick, and spiny, 
and the tibiae with broad, flattened, wing-shaped projec- 
tions ; the trunk is recurved under the thorax. 
These insects, though somewhat numerous, were never 
observed to suck the sap from the bolls ; yet it would be 
well to investigate their habits more minutely, before 
deciding whether they are injurious or not. 
The Dark-Shaded Cetonia. — {Oetonla melanckolica.) 
This beetle is found on those bolls which have been 
bored into by the boll-worm, extracting the flowing sap 
from the lacerated sides of the wound. As many as five 
have been taken from the interior of a single boll, which 
had been previously hollowed out by the worm, and where 
the sap was flowing very freely. Some planters accuse 
them of making the holes in which they are found ; but 
most of the bolls examined by me had evidently previously 
been hollowed out, and the beetles had only entered for the 
sake of the extravasated sap. Sometimes, however, they may 
80 abrade the skin of a boll as to cause a flow of juice, of 
which they will avail themselves, as I have occasionally 
