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salagubong. Such taps are surprisingly loud and sufficiently 
strong to attract attention within a radius of 100 feet or more. 
Each performance lasts half a minute or longer, till the beetle 
gives up the attempt to escape. After a short period of inactiv- 
ity, further prodding readily induces an encore performance of 
similar, duration. 
The European Mantis ( Mantis religiosa L.) in New Eng- 
land. — In view of the recent reports from Ontario (James, 
H. G., 1948, 79th Annu. Kept. Ent. Soc. Ont., 41-44) it seems 
pertinent to list the following New England records of this 
introduced insect: one 5? Burlington, Vt., July 27, 1949; one 
2, Chester, Vt., Sept. 7, 1948 (Dr. C. T. Parsons) ; several 
specimens on summit of Mt. Mansfield, Vt., Aug., 1949 (Dr. 
E. A. Chapin); several at Cummington, Mass., Oct., 1949; 
one egg mass also at Cummington, Nov., 1949 (Dr. A. B. 
Gurney) ; one 2, Melrose, Mass., Sept., 1949 (Dr. B. R. Lutz) ; 
one 2? Watertown, Mass., Aug., 1949 (Mr. H. L. Starrett) ; 
one specimen, possibly from Conn., in Agr. Exp. Sta. Collec- 
tion, no data. A number of specimens were also brought in from 
the Boston area during the 1949 season. 
Dr. K. D. Roeder of Tufts College released specimens in 
Medford and Concord, Mass., in 1945, which seem to have 
been responsible for specimens taken in the same localities the 
following year. It remains for future winters to determine just 
how permanent this apparently wide establishment may be. — 
William L. Nutting, Biological Laboratories, Harvard Uni- 
versity. 
