T 
ant taste of the plant. 
We hear from Dr. John Hamilton 
that he is pieparing a catalogue of 
the American beetles which are also 
found in Europe or Asia. There are, 
lie says, over five hundred of such 
species. This catalogue will be of 
great interest to Colorado Coleopter- 
ists, -as we have quite a large number 
of species common to the Old World. 
In the “West American Scientist” 
for November (published January) we 
have defined three varieties of Calo- 
chortus gunnisoni. which we obtatned 
near Swift creek, in Custer county, a 
locality in which this beautiful lily- 
like flower is quite common. The 
first variety, described as “imacula- 
tus,” should be “maculatus.” The 
bulb of Calochortus is frequently de- 
stroyed by a number of orange color- 
ed maggots, which feed upon it. 
T. D. A. C. 
