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170 Psyche [October

on the 24th, none, and on the 25th, 23 eggs were deposited. The insect died on the 26th, after a normal life of ten days, retaining f>3 ova. Thus the total number of eggs carried by this female was 518.1 It is of interest to note that only the eggs which were deposited on the first clay "·ere fertile; although the insect remained in coitu the usual length of time, all the eggs deposited subsequently proved infertile.

It is much to he regretted that breeding experiments on the inheritance of fluff~· cocoon making cou~d not be carried to com-pletion. This extreme]~r interesting problem should be taken up h~· some one having proper breeding facilities.

July 't!l, 1011.

XOTES OX COLEOPTERA FRO:\I CONNECTICUT.

By ~\LFRED B. CHA:\IPLAIN, Agricultural Experiment Station, New HaYen, Conn.

CARABIDJE

In a prenous m~ticle, entitled "Some Carabida:- Taken in Con-necticut," 2 the author gave notes on a number of species of this family. These additional notes are supplementary, and are the result of further collecting in the state.

Cyclzms leconte£ Dej. Found this species at night under an are light, New Haven, nlay 7: about a week lat.er l\Ir. B. H. 'Vaiden found it at another light.

eyclzrus elemtus Fabr. Observed fragments of this species in the remains of an owl pellet. Several years ago in Pennsylvania, I dissected C. stuwstonws 'Yeb. from the stomach of a toad.

Carabus serratus Say. New Haven, l\Iay 21, under an arc light. Previous to this ~·ear, I had never observed Cychrus or Carabus at arcs.

Carabus memoralis l\Iull. This introduced species occurs rather abundantly in one section of New H~wen. l\lr .• J. K. Lewis, while on his 'vay to the Station every morning, from April 25 to l\Iay 10, found specimens crushed upon the sidewalk in the vicinity of a

!Records kept on the oviposition of sixty-four ordinary cecropias (Trans. Acad. Sci., St. Louis, Vol. XX, p. 316, 1911 ) showed that the number produced varied from 200 to 480, with an average of 344.

2Psyche, vol. 18, p. 35 (19ll ).

1911] Champlain-Colcop.'cra from Connecticut 171

light. On ~lay 10, Doctor Britton collected a perfect specimen running upon the sidewnlk during the daytime, and that night, l\lr. 'Yalden nnd myself found it at the light. l\Ir. H. B. Kirk captured a specimen in the snme locality, July 7. Our records show that it occurs as an adult from April 2 until November 3.

Calosoma c.rtenwm Say. 'Vallingford, July 20, taken by l\lr. D. J. Cnffrey under bands placed for gypsy moth larvre. C. will-co.ri Lee. and C. frigidwn Fahr. common, running over trees and feeding upon canker worms during the period when these lan·re were the most plentiful. C. jrig1'dum and C. calidum Fabr. common at 'Vnllingford under Gypsy l\Ioth bands.

Elaphrus .fuliginosus Say. Lyme, April 30. Two specimens found in swamp.

Cliz•ina rubiczmda Lee. Dr. " ' · E. Britton collected five exam-ples of this rare species nt Hamden, l\Iay 25, under stones along a stream in the swamp. I found one specimen at Lyme, April 30, in a si milnr situation.

Patrobus rugicollis Rand. l\Iiddlcfield. Prof. ,V. R. Coe. Pterostichus corrusculus Lee. Single specimens, New Haven,

February 5, l\larch 21, and Pomfret, April 10. Pterostichus ritreuB Dej. Ridgefield, l\Iarch ~9. under stones.

Taken by J. K. Lewis. Pterosticlws scrutator Lee. is found at Lyme in a swamp about

thirty feet in diameter. I have searched for it carefully through all the neighboring country, hut without success. It occurs principally in the moss and grass clustered a bout the hnses of skunk cabbage and small hushes, occasionally under stones. I have taken the adults in April, l\Iay, August and December.

Olistlwpus parmatus Sa~· . :Kew Haven, April 8, one specimen. Taclzyscellus badiipnn.is Hald., and k£rbyi Horn, New Ha,·en,

not rare: T. niyrinus Dej., Pomfret, April10, two specimens.

:\IISCELLANEOUS.

X enodusa cam Lee. L~rme, .1\lay 1, several under stones with :ants. The trees on the station grounds are banded with tree tanglefoot about five or six feet abo\·c the ground, principally to catch the females of the fall canker worm: incidentally we find quite a ,·ariet:r of insects thereon. On August ~. I found X.

172 Psyche [October

ccn'a in numbers caught in this sticky trap; the ants also fell vic-tims. Placing the specimens in a solution of alcohol removes all traces of the tanglefoot.

Among some Staphylinidre sent to ::\Iajor Thomas L. Casey for identification, a few proved to be new species and were described in "l\Iemoirs of the Coleoptera II, 1911," as follows:

Atheta l'icrecl.·i Case~·. Double Beach- H. L. Viereck. At/zeta irl'ingi Casey. Occurs at Stafford-"~- E. Britton. Sableta brittoni Casey. \Vesh·ille- W'. E. Britton. Datomicra (llilarina ) mina Casey. Double Beach- H. L.

\ "iereck. 1/oplandria brittuni Case~·. ""estville-\Y. E. Britton. Strigota recta Casey. Xew HaYen- H. L. Viereck.

JJ alaclzius a'neus Linn. Xew Haven, .June 2, on flowers. Collops tricolor Say. Lyme, ~lay 29, 1910. Occurred on lichen-

eoYered ledges by the hundreds. Their objeet in confining them-selYes to the rock, I could not determine. Vegetation was scarce, and the only trees that grew nearby were cedars. \Ye also haYe recorded from Connecticut.-C. e.rimius Er. )Jew Haven- B. H. " Talden: C. rittatus Say, Stratford-August 17, H. L. Viereck; C. quadrimuculatus Fahr. occurs throughout the state.

The arc lights have great attraction for Scarabreidre, Lachnos-tema predominating, L. ilic£s Knoch occasional and L. crenulata Froehl. very common. ::\Ian~" others, Copris, Tro:r, Ligyrus, Dyscinctus trachypygus Bunn., Catalpa lanigera Linn. are very eommon at times. and occasionally Aphonus castaneus 1\Iels.

Diplotu.ris atlantis Fall. occurs e,·erywhere, at lights, under stones and on plants; we have records of two other species occur-ring here, liberta Germ. and sordida Say, but they are rare.

Polyphylla mriolosa Hentz. One specimen from \Vallingford,. ,July 7, .J. K. Lewis.

Gnormius nzaculo:ms Knoch. New Haven, .June 19, 1910. I found this example flying about the flowers of a species of Cornus on the summit of \Yest Rock.

Euphoria (Cetonia) aurata Linn. Doctor Britton found this European species among imported nursery stock. (See Ninth Rept. State Ent. Conn., p. 374, Plate XVI, 1910.)

A number of Yery interesting species of Longicorns were taken

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from under gypsy moth bands at 'Vallingford by l\lr. Caffrey and his assistants; this idea might be employed 1:ery successfully as a means of collecting tree-infesting insects.

Oberea oculaia Linn. This is a European species collcded at New Haven, .Jul~r 9, by l\Ir. "r alden; one specimen being taken near the Experiment Station. It is recorded as living in willmv.

Pytlw niger Kirby and planus Oliv. 'Vindsor, January 2, 1907. Taken from cells under bark of dead and d~ring white pine-A. F. Hawes.

Rhipiplwrus limbatus Fahr. and .flaripennis Lee. Common in flowers near the Station.

Tricrania sanguinipemzis Say. Lyme , April 3, on plowed ,ground in which a species of bee had made numerous burrows.

llomorus undulatus Uhler. New Haven. Common Disfig-ures the leaves of lily-of-the-valle~r on the Station grounds. (See Fifth Rept. State Ent. Conn., p. 25U, Plate YI. )

Otiorhynclzus sulcatus Fabr. and 0. oNdus Linn. Yery common in Connecticut, and occur in numbers at arc lights

Barypitlzes pellucidalis Boh. New Haven, l\la~"· Common at arc lights.

Steplzanocleonus plunzbeus Lee. Prospect, August 15-"T· E. Britton. New Haven, l\Ia~r 23, July 13- B. H. " 'alden. Unusual in this section.

Plzytonomus meles Fabr. This imported species discovered by Dr. E. G. Titus is very common in the vicinity of New Haven. During 1\lay, I found that it greatly outnumbered P. pzmctatus Fabr. and nigrirostris Fabr. Taken also in ~Ieriden, l\lay 29, b~r ,V. E. Britton.

NOTEs ON A S .-\.RCOPHAGID FouND IN A TuRTLE.

From rather a large number of native turtles collected in the vicinity of New Haven, Conn., for dissecting purposes at the Shef-field Scientific School of Yale University, one was found to be infested in the axilla with maggots of a Sarcophagid.

The maggots, although nearly full grown, were only noticeable after close observation as they ·were well concealed within a black-ened, elevated, horny funnel about 1 em. in diameter and nearly 1 em. in depth. The extreme edge of the funnel was composed of

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