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August-September 1384.1 PSYCHE. 203
tion, since they give proof that the bees know how to help themselves under all
circumstances, that they understand how
to overcome any obstacle. The most
irregular cell in the bee-hive is the queen- bee cell, in which, as is well known,
the queen has to pass her youthful
stages. This queen-bee cell is shaped
like an acorn, and does not stand hori-
zontally like all the other bee cells. but hangs vertically, with the opening down- ward.
These few quite imperfect remarks
may serve to call attention to some of
the so numerous irregularities among
insects. I hope they may incite others
to further new and more interesting
observations.
Lea'/zig. 15 June 1884.
FOOD-PLANTS OF BEETLES BRED IN MARYLAND. BY OTTO BUGGER, BALTIMORE. MD.
[The numeros (inserted by the editor) are, for the coleoptera, those of G: R. Crotch's "Check list of the coleo- ptera of America, north of Mexico" (PSYCHE, Rec., no. 43), and, for the food plants, those of Horace Mann's "Catalogue of the phaenogamous plants of the United States". . . . Where the species of the food-plant is not stated, the numero expresses aconjecture.] BUPRESTIDAE.
3691. Dicerca @gionata 2574. Quercus alba. 3736. Butrestis +cans 2658. Pinus mitis. 3767. Chrysobothris azurea 2579. Quercus coccinea var. tinctoria. 3799. Ptosima gibbicollis 705. Cercis canadensis. 3801. Mastopius subcyaneus 2603. Ostrya virginica. 38 14. Agd-us lecontei 1053 ? Cornus [floricla ?I. 3835- ‰ fo7itu.s 575. Robinia pseudacacia (spines). ELATERIDAK.
3863. Tharofs obliquus 2600. Fagus ferruginea. 4260. Co?y~mbite.s vernalis 2660 ? Pinus ? [strobus ?I. 4310.
6 c hamatits 447. Rhus toxicodendron.
CERAMBYCIDAE.
4935. Sfhenodethus tdei
2574, Qyercus alba.
4941. Smodicum cucztjiforme 262 I ?
Salix [alba ?]
4943, DitJari-its brevfi~ieus
2538 ? Ulmus [americana ?I.




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Oeme rigida 2658.
Gracilia minuta. 2610.
Puy-$zt~~icenushtmeralis 498?
i t var. axiZlaris 2579.
Calloides no b His 2316?
Arho@lzts fulminans
Cyrto$horzis gibbdus 35 74-
Tillomori>ha geminata 2574.
Distenia data
Centrodera decolorata -
Le$tura ema7-ginata
Acanthoderes nzorrisii 1061.
Dectes sfinosus
Hip$ot>sis lemniscata
Dys$hag-a tenuipes 2574-
Pinus mitis.
Betula lenta (band around gin-
barrel).
Quercus rubra.
Juglaus nigra.
Cornus [florida ?] ; 818. Amelan-
chier canadensis.
Acer [dasycarpum ?I.
Qiiercus coccinea var. tinctoria.
Fraxinus [americana ?I.
Quercus.
Qiercus alba.
L i a
Pyrus malusi
Carya.
ulln~ls fulva.
Castanea vesca.
Maclura aurantiaca. - . Morus.
Nyssa m~dtiflora.
Ambrosia.
Ambrosia.
Quercus alba.
SPERMOPHAGIDAE.
Bruchus mimus 705. Cercis canadensis (seed). EFFECT OF CYANIDE UPON COLOUR.
- A very curious case of artificial col- curing in a butterfly has been sent me
by a friend. He says that the speci-
men, a male Gonopie;--yx [sic] rhamni,
,
was placed in a spare cyanide bottle, and left undisturbed for two years ; but that, at some intermediate time, the stopper
was tampered with and not properly
replaced, so that air was introduced.
The result is. that the butterfly is richly coloured with crimson along the costal
area, and partially round the other mar- gins of the fore-wings, and has large
blotches of the same on the hind-wings.
Indeed, the only portion of the wings
which is left entirely of the usual brim- stone colour is that portion which, in G. cleopatru, is clouded with crimson. -
Chas. G. Barrett, Pembroke : 9th April,
1884. [From Evztom. mo. mag., June
1884. V. 21. p. 23.1




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