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Journal New York Entomological Society. 
[Vol. v. 
My two specimens of Odontceus Jilicornis Say, a male and a female, 
were taken nearly twenty years ago in a small tract of woods, in 
northern Illinois, under a decaying log, and I think in late November. 
My only specimen of Tyloderma variegaiwn (Horn) was taken in 
early spring, April, I believe, in an ant hill, located in grass land. It 
was in hibernation, doubtless, as T. foveolatum Say, breeds in the stems 
of the Evening Primrose, CEnothera biennis , and T. fragarice , in the 
crown of the Strawberry. My T. variegatum is from Illinois and col¬ 
lected many years ago. 
Lina scripta Fab., has increased in some places and become quite 
destructive to young willow and poplar trees, being especially trouble¬ 
some in nurseries, where such trees are being grown. It has been found 
to be a matter of considerable difficulty to manage these insects, espec¬ 
ially the adults, with insecticides, and hand picking was found expen¬ 
sive. The present year has witnessed a very material decrease in num¬ 
bers of not only adults but in a marked degree among the larvae. The 
cause of this was pointed out to me by an observing nurseryman, who 
was not an entomologist, and who stated that there were several other 
bugs that were destroying the young. On examination, I found these 
several so called bugs to be the several stages of development of the 
Spined Soldier Bug, Podisi/s spinosus Dallas. I have since noticed the 
very young larvae of the bug, stationed about an egg cluster of the beetle 
and destroying the young as fast as they hatched, and also attacking 
much larger larvae while these were feeding on the leaves. This year, 
the trouble by the beetle has been so slight as to obviate the necessity of 
using preventive and remedial measures against them. 
Not unfrequently we have statements to the effect that insect larvae 
can be killed by shaking them from the plants, in excessively hot 
weather, especially if the plants are growing in sand. As showing the 
possibilities in this direction, though I have never had much faith in it, 
I will say that during the terribly hot weather which occurred in this 
country about the first of August, while walking along the pavement, I 
saw an adult Phytonomus pmictatus Fab., attempt to passover a portion 
of the pavement composed of thick glass for the purpose of lighting the 
room beneath. The beetle had hardly touched the glass before it began 
to exhibit signs of distress, and ere it had passed over an inch of the 
glassy space it turned frantically about, but before it could escape from 
its torture it rolled over and died. The temperature at the time was 
above ioo° Fah., on the sunny side of the walls of the buildings, as in¬ 
dicated by thermometers. 
