PSYCHE.

NOTES ON THE WINTER FAUNA OF VIGO COUNTY, INDIANA.--VIII.

BY W. S. BLATCttL]Y INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.

COLEOPTERA (Concluded). 244 O. aciculatus Lee. These two were found in but one locality in the T:EN:EBRIONIDA:E. county viz.: beneath logs, chips and Thirty-one of this family were pieces of bark, on the sandy hillside, taken in Vigo County, during my col- near large pond. They appeared to be lecting. Of that number representatives as common in winter as in summer. of the following twenty were secured in 245 ]lafistinus lecontei Muls. the winter months: 246, B. moestus Melsh. Of these, z37, Nycto3atespennsylvanica DeG. leconlei was frequent in winter with Common at all seasons of the year. the species of Opatrinus above men- Hibernates in its usual abiding places, tioned; while moestus was common in beneath the loose bark of logs an([ dried fungi and beneath logs and rails stumps. Usually six or more together along the borders of sandy upland or in close proximity, woods. 238, W. 3arbarata Knoch. This 247 2"riolium ferrugineum Fab. variety is much less common. But once Tills was a common museum pest in in winter, Dec. 9, from beneath rail. the High School building at Terre 239, ttalandrus femoratus Fab. Haute. It was taken on numeros But oe specimen secured in the county, occasions in winter from the boxes of Taken Jan. t3, fi'om beneath log on dried . sandy hillside near large pond. On Jan. 7, 896, I received fi'om 240 Tenebrio obscurus Fab. Dr. Robert Hesslar, Logansport, Ind. 24t, 2". molitor Linn. Both hiber- a pill box full of Cayenne pepper in nate in rubbish in garrets, store rooms, which were a dozen or more adult and about stables. Taken on various specimens of this . The box occasions in winter, especially in build- was placed in a drawer of my writ- ings which were kept warm. ing desk, and not opened again until 242 '. tenebrio[des Beauv. Hiber- March 20, when the were as hates sparingly beneath the bark of lively as ever. On September 14, walnut and beech logs. Feb. 20. the date of the present writing, it 243 Opatrinus otus Say. was opened for the third time. Two 456 PSCH_. [December 896. living adults and numerous half grown preferably those of beech, in open up- larvae were found therein, together, land woods. with the uneaten bodies of the dead 259, tustrophus 3icolor Say. adults. The pepper being perfectly 26o, E. tomentosus Say. l?icolor dry, the question arises, how-do the frequent, tomentosus rare in winter, insects secure sufficient moisture to beneath rails and chunks. live and flourish while enclosed in so small a box. ANTHICIDAE, 248 Oioedus bunclatus Lec. The 26, Arotoxttsmonodon Fab. q'aken single specimen in my collection was several times in January from beneath taken Dec. 25, fi'om beneath a partl.9 chunks on sandy hillside. Common in burned log. June in company with N. aicolor Say, 249, (floma impressa Melsh. and At. bifasciatus Lec. on flowers of 25o, br. imaerbis Lec. Both rather Comus. common in winter in rotten oak and 26a, Tomoderus constrictus Say. beech logs. Dec. 5 and Jan. 2, from beneath rub- 25, Anaeclus arunneus Ziegl. bish on towpath of old canal. But once in the county, Dec. 25 263 Anlhicus obscurus Laf. Feb. when four specimens were found i. together beneath a half buried locust 264, A. ]%falls Lina. log on a sandy hillside. 265, A. cervinus Laf. 252 Hoibloceibhala 3icortis Oliv. 266, A. pubescens Lee. Jan. 13. Common in winter in dried fungi, Of the above jqoralis and cervinus especially those growing on beech were fi'equent in winter beneath chunks logs; also beneath the bark of logs. and logs along the canal; the other two 253 Platydema excavatum Say. but once each fi'om beneath mullein 254 P. rujqcorne Sturm. leaves. A. cinclus Say was the only 255 P. ibicilabrum Melsh. additional species seen in the county. 256, P. suAcostalum Lap. Of seven species of the genus taken in the MLODA. county, specimens of the above four 267, Meloe impressus Kirby. A were found in the winter, ticilarum single male of this insect was found was scarce, the others common, in crawling along a pathway, near the fungi and beneath bark on oak and borders of a stream on Dec. 25, 889. elm logs and stumps. OTtOrtHXNCn:DA. MELANDRYIDAE. 268, Tanymecus cofertus Gyll. 257 ]enthe oMiuaa Fab. Jan. 7' 258 P. pimelia Fab. Both hiber- 269, Pa'deIetejus hilaris Hbst. nate in small numbers beneath logs, Jan. t. But six members of this family December x896.] PS YCttE. 457 were taken in the county during nay 279, Centrinus sp.? Once only, collecting there. The above two in Jan. 6, locality as above. w-inter, frequent, beneath logs on sandy hillsides. CALANDRIDAE. 280, Sphenobhorus ochreus Lec. CURCULIONIDA], This, our largest snout beetle", hi- 270, Lislronotus inaeualibennis bernates in little burrows in the sand Boh. beneath logs and rubbish. It was 271, Z. ne3ulosus Lec. These were found in but one locality, viz. near common in sandy places near the bor- the borders of the large ponds, close ders of large ponds. They feed on leaves to the towpath of the old canal." of Rumex, and Polygonum, which grow 281, S. pertinax Oliv. abundantly in the shallow waters. In 282, S. sculptilis Uhler. winter they bury themselves in the sand 283, S. melanoceibhalus Fab. These beneath logs and rubbish. Three other three were taken fi'om beneath logs species of the genus, viz., sordidus on the sandy margin of the canal, on Gyll, callosus Lec., and latiusculus Feb. 6. Pertinax is rare in the Bob., are known fi'om the county. county, the others common. In addi- 27z, JPIacrois borcellus Say. Plen- tion to the four named, costiibennis tiful in winter. Singly beneath logs in Horn, cariosus Oliv., sayi Gyll., low places. placidus Say, parvulus Gyll. and 273, M. s.? Once only. Jan. 2. zaca Horn, were taken in the county, A single specimen fi'om beneath mullein. and some, if not all of them doubtless 274 Lixus concavus Say. On sev- hibernate as imagoes. eral occasions beneath bark and logs in 284, Allomimus du3ius Horn. dry upland woods. Found but once, Jan. 7" In numbers, 275, L. macer Lec. Common in gregarious, beneath the bark of a dead winter beneath logs on sandy hillsides, walnut (Juglans nigra Linn.) snag. near ponds. Plentiful in summer on the leaves of Rumex and Peltandrus. ANTHRIBIDA:E. 276, Gymnetron refer Fab. Hiber- 285, Cratoparis lunalus Fab. nates in numbers beneath mullein Common in winter in dry fungi, and leaves, on which plant it swarms in partly rotten wood of beech and sugar summer. maple stumps. 277, Tyloderma aereum Say. Once 286, rachylarsus variegalus Say. or twice in winter fi'om masse of dried A single specimen, Jan. 6, from Iungi on red oak logs. beneath a log near the border of an 278 Rhinonchus pyrrhopus Lec. upland pond. Frequent in early June, A single specimen, Jan. 7, from beneath on the flowers of the button-bush clunk in low ground. (Cebhalanthus occidenlalis, L.). 458 [December 896.

With this article the present series a number of spiders were also taken and of "Notes on Winter Insects" is preserved in alcohol, but are not yet brought to a close. In addition to identified. the 18 species of Orthoptera, 64 of If, on account of repetition in giving Hemiptera-Heteroptera and 286 of the detail of places of hibernation, the Coleoptera, of which especial mention notes have not been as interesting as has been made, numerous other forms they otherwise might have been, I trust were taken, the most of which are, as that they will go to prove that many yet, unidentified. insects live as adults through the cold Among them are some twenty or more season, and that their places of hiberna- species of Coleoptera six of Diptera tion are not difficult to find. An ex- twelve winged Hymenoptera, besides tended investigation, carried on through numerous species of ants (among the a series of years would undoubtedly former being females of Vespa are,a- show many additional species to hiber- aria and maculala and several species nate in the perfect stage and if labora- of Bombus and Apis.). Five butterflies tory investigations were made in con- were also found in hibernation, viz., junction--there might be a solution of Danais archgppus Fab., Grapla in- one of the great entomological prob- terroation/s Fab., and comma Harr., lems; viz. How can a living insect be Pframe/s alalanla Linn., and Vanessa fl'ozen solid for weeks and yet retain ant/opa Linn., the last most common, vitality sufficient to fully recover and ant on the wing on Jan. at, I894. perpetuate its kind when the halcyon Numerous species of myriapods and days of spring roll round once more

LIFE HISTORY OF DEILEPHILA LINEATA.

BY CAROLINE G. SOULE, BROOKLINE, MASS.

The eggs were sent me by Dr. J. M. the setae of the body were dark enough to be Schaffer, from Keokuk, Iowa. They were noticed without a glass. The larvae were laid on July 4th and 5th., and were ovoid, very active and restless, nnd dropped by a small in proportion to those of other thread when disturbed. They did not eat sphingid moths of the same size as this D. their shells, and ate grape-leaves but spar- l[neata, and yellow green, becoming bluer in ingly. a few days. On the second day some had a distinct July ioth they hatched. The young larva brownish-red dorsal line from the now black was #2 inch in length, pale green, with a caudal horn half-way to the head, giving a short, smooth, caudal horn with two setae at pinkish look to the posterior part of the body. the tip, which turned gray. The head was A few had the first few segments decidedly round, had many gray setae, and was held pinkish and looked (without a glass) striped nearly horizontal. The first segment had a longitudinally, the stripe being the black row of setae projecting over the head, and setae, which were most numerous on the International Journal of Peptides

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