150 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. v. 
not the Transition, and in New Mexico N. e lceagnifolium is its normal 
food plant. 
Coptocycla clavata Fab ., (det Wickh.)—On Physalis in Mesilla. 
Chelymorpha argus Licht ., (det. Wickh.)—In August on Sola¬ 
tium elceagnifolium in Mesilla. 
Colaspis flavida Say, (det. Wickh.)—Rather common on culti¬ 
vated (mission) grape vines in Mesilla, July 22, etc. 
CURCULIONID^E. 
Trichobaris compacta Casey , (det. Wickh.)—Common in Mesilla 
on Datura metelioides, breeding in the stems. 
Otidocephalus vittatus Horn , (det. Natl. Mus.)—Common on 
Bigeloviagraveolens, var., Tularosa Creek, below the Mescalero Agency, 
October 2. The species found on Bigelovia in the Mesilla Valley has 
been referred to O. nivosus Casey. 
SCARABJEIDAE. 
Atsenius inops Horn , (det. Wickh.)—Flying in great numbers in 
a sandy place, about 5:30 P. M., beginning of October, at Las Cruces. 
Cyclocephala dimidiata Burm. —Common at Mesilla in flowers 
of Datura metelioides . Also at Selden. 
SCOLYTIDZE. 
Xylocleptes cucurbitae Lee., (det. Dep. Agr.)—Bred in the spring 
of 1897 in numbers from dead stems of Cucurbita feetidissima (=per- 
ennis) in Mesilla. 
LAGRIIDHL 
Statira opacicollis Horn. —San Augustine, on the east side of 
the Organ Mountains, August 29, in great numbers in flowers of Datura. 
BUPRESTIHE. 
Agrilus couesii Lee. —Santa Fe, August 3, on Mentzelia nuda. 
Anthaxia aeneogaster Lap. —Ruidoso Creek, 7,500 feet, on 
Rosafendleri (E. O. Wooton. coll.). 
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The dragonfly mentioned on p. 94, of the June number of the Jour¬ 
nal, as Lestes virgo Hagen (sp. n.) [in MS.], is, I find after examina¬ 
tion of Hagen collection in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at 
Cambridge, Mass., the same as Lestes inequalis Walsh.—Philip P. Cal¬ 
vert. 
