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PSYCHE.
NOTES ON THE WINTER INSECT FAUNA OF VIGO COUNTY, INDIANA7 VIII.
BY W. S. BLATCHLEY, INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA. COLEOPTERA (Concluded}.
Thirty-one species of this family were
taken in Vigo County, during my col-
lecting. Of that number representatives
of the following twenty were secured in
the winter months :
337' ~Vyctobates pemsyf-vamca DeG.
Common sit all sensons of the year.
Hibernates in. its usual abiding places, benei~th the loose bark of logs and
stiimps. Usually six or more together
or in close proximity.
23S5 AL barbarata Knoch. This
variety is much less common. But once
in winter, Dec. 19, from beneath mil.
239, Ha$Za&zi-s fernoratus Fab.
But one specimen secured in the county.
Taken Jan. 13, from beneath log on
sandy hillside near large pond.
240, Te~tebrio obsczn'us Fab.
241. T. mulitor Linn. Both liiber-
nate in rubbish in garrets, store rooms, and about stables. Taken on various
occasions in winter, especially in build- ings which were kept warm.
242. T. tenehrioides Beauv. Hiber-
nates sparingly beneath the bark of
walnut and beech logs.
Feb. m.
243- Opatrinus notus Say.
244, 0- aciczdahs Lee. These two
were found in but one locality in the
county viz. : beneath logs, chips and
pieces of bark, on the sandy hillside,
near large pond. They appeared to be
:is common in winter as 111 summer.
24-5, Blafstinus Zecontei Mills.
246, B. moesttis Melsh. Of these,
lecuntei was frequent in winter will1
the species of Opatriiius above nwit-
tioned ; while moesius was common in
dried fungi and beneath logs and rsiils
along' the hi-ders of sandy upland
woods.
24';') TritoZitm fe'rrugineztm Fab,
This was a common mseum pest in
the High School building at Ten-e
Haute. It was taken on numerous
occasions in winter from the boxes of
dried insects.
On Jan. 17, 1896, I received from
Dr. Robert Hesslar, Logansport, hid.
a pill box full of Cayenne pepper in
which were a dozen or more adult
specimens of this beetle. The box
was placed in a drawer of my writ-
ing desk, and not opened again, until
March 20, when the beetles were as
lively as ever. On September 14,
the date of the present writing', it
was opened COT the third time. Two




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living adults and tiuniero~is half grown larvae were found therein, together,
with the uneaten bodies of the dead
adults. The pepper being perfectly
dry, the question arises, how do the
insects secnre sufficient moist~ire to
live and flourish while enclosed in
so small a box.
248, Dioodus punctattis Lee. The
single specimen in my collection was
taken Dec. 25, from beneath a partly
'burned log.
249, Uloma iwipressa Melsh.
250, U. imI,erbis Lec. 130th rather
common in winter in rotten oak and
beech logs.
251, Anaedus lirunnens Ziegl.
But once in the county, Dec. 25,
when four specimens were found
together beneath a half buried locust
log on a sandj hillside.
252, Hoplocephct-la bicoswis Oliv.
Common in winter in dried fungi,
especially those growing on beech
logs; also beneath the bark of logs.
2.53, Piatydema excuvafum Say.
254, P' ?,if.fico?'?ie Shlmri.
z55, P. picilahr~~n? Melsh.
256, P. sztbcostatum Lap. Of seven
species of tlie genus taken in the
county, specimens of the above four
were found in the winter. Picila6~zinz
was scarce, the others common, in
fungi and beneath bark on oak and
elm logs and stumps.
257, Penfhe obliquata Kah.
258, P. fimeiia Fab. Both hiber-
nate in small numbers beneath logs,
preferably those of beecli, in open up-
land woods.
259, GustropJius btcolor Say.
260, E. tomentosus Sax. Sicolor
frequent, tomentosus rare in winter,
beneath rails and chunks.
26r, Notoxus nzo7zodon Fab. Tuken
several times in January from beneatli
chunks on sandy hillside. Common in
June in company with 8. bicolor Sax,
and N. bifasciatus Lec. on flowers of
C0?%us.
262, Tomoderus constrictus Say.
Dec. 5 and JEIII. 21, from beneath rub-
bish on towpath of old canal.
263, Anthicus obscurzis Laf. Fcl).
11.
264, A. fioraiis Linn.
265, A. cerv/?zus La[.
366, A. pubescezs Lee. Jan. 13.
Of the above floralis and cervinus
were frequent in winter beneath chunks
and logs along the canal ; the other two but once each from beneath mullcin
leaves. A. cinctus Say was the only
additional species seen in the county.
267, Meloe impressus Kirby. A
single male of this insect was found
-
crawling along a pathway, near tlie
borders of a stream on Dec. 25, 1889.
~68, Tanymecns conferfus Gyll.
Jan. 7.
269, PandeZete*~ hilaris Hbst.
Jan. I.
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were taken in the county during my
collecting there. The above two in
winter, frequent, beneath logs on sandy
hillsides.
CURCULIOXIDAE.
270, Listronotzts i~zaequali'pennis
Boll.
a^, L. ne&tiloszts Lec.
These were
common in sandy places near the bor-
dcrs of large ponds. They Seed on leaves of Rurnex, and Polygoiinin, which grow
abundantly in the shallow waters. Tn
winter they bury themselves in the sand
beneath logs and rubbish. Three other
species of the genus, viz., sordidus
Gy li, calloszis Lee., ancl la/iå´~tscubi Boh., are known from the county.
272, ~~~crops porceiZ~~.s Say. Plen-
tiful in winter. Singly beneath log's in low places.
273, M. sf,? Once only. Jan. 21.
A single specimen from beneath mullein.
274, Lixzis concavas Say. On sev-
eral occasions beneath bark and logs in
dry upland woods.
275, L. wiacer Lcc. Corninon in
winter beneath logs on sandy hillsides,
near ponds. Plentiful in summer on
the leaves of Rumex and Peltanrlrus.
276, Gymnelron fder Fab. Hiber-
nates in numbcrs beneath mullein
leaves, on which plant it swarms in
smminer.
277, Tyioderma ucrcinit Say. Once
or twice in winter from masses of dried
fungi on reel oak logs.
278, Rhinondws pyrrJsopus Lee.
A single specimen, Jan. 7, from beneath
drunk in low ground.
279, Ce~tv/?z7å´t. .@. ? Once only,
Jan. 6, locality as above.
280, Spheeo'pho9-71s ochrezis Lec.
This, our largest "snout beetle ", hi-
bernates in liltle burrows in the sand
beneath logs and rubbish. It was
found in but one locality, viz., near
the borders of the large ponds, close
to the towpath of the t1 old canal."
28 I, S. perUnax Oliv.
282, S. sczdptills Uhler.
283, -5'. melctnocepJiaUi-s Fab. These
three were taken from beneath logs
-
on the sandy margin of the canal, on
Feb. 6. Pertisax is rare in the
counly. the others common. It1 acldi-
tion to the four named, costipennis,
Horn, cariastis Oliv., sayi Gyll.,
$lacidus Say, $avvti/us Gyll. and
'aca Horn, were taken in the coutily,
and some, if not all of them doubtless
hibernate as imagoes.
284, Allowimus dzibizi.~ Hor11.
Found but once, Jan. 7.
In numbers,
gregarious, beneath the bark of a dead
walnut (Jug'lans nikra Linn.) snag.
285, Cratoparis hmatus Fab.
Common in winter in dry fungi, ancl
partly rotten wood of beech and sugar
innple stumps.
286, Brachyfavsz~s vai-iegafiis Say.
A single specimen, Jan. 6, from
beneath a log near the border of an
upland pond. Frequent in early June,
on the flowers of the button-bush
( CepJzaJ~m/Jzzi.s occidenta& L.).




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458 PSYCHE. [December 1896.
With this article the present series
of GLNotes on Winter Insects" is
brought to :I close. In addition to
the 18 species of Ort-hoptera, 64 of
Hemi1>tcra-Heteroptera and 286 of
Coleoptera, of which especial mention
h:is been made, numerous other forms
\yen! taken, the most of which are, as
yet, 111iidcntiller1.
Among them are some twenty or more
species of Coleoptera ; six of Diptera;
twelve winged Hymenoptera, besides
numerous species of ants (among the
former being feiiiiiles of Vespa am-
aria and 7izacz;Zata and several species of Bombus and Apis.) . Five butterflies
were also found in hibernation, viz.,
Dan& archippus Fab., Grapta in-
terrog-&ionis Fab., and co7>znza IIarr., Pyrameis atalanta Linn., and Vanessa
anttopa Linn., the last most common,
and on the wing on Jan. 21, 1894.
Numerous species of myriapods and
a nuiiiber of spiders were also taken and preserved in alcohol, but are not yet
identified.
If, on account of repetition in giving
the detail of places of hibernation, the notes have not been as interesting as
they otherwise might have been, I trust
that they will go to prove that many
insects live as aclulLs through the cold season, and that their places of liiberr~a- tion arc not difficult to find. An ex-
tended investigation, carried on through a series of years would undoubtedly
show many additional species to hiber-
nate in the perfect stage, and if labora- tory investigations were made in con-
junction- there might be a. solution of
one of thc great entomological prob-
lems ; viz. How can a. living insect bc
frozen solid for weeks and yet retain
vitality sufficient to fully recover and perpetuate its kind when the halcyon
days of spring roll round once more?
LIFE HISTORY OF DEILEPHILA LINEATA.
BY CAROLINE G. SOUT-E, BROOKLINE, MASS.
The egp were sent me by Dr. J. M.
Schaft'er, from Keoknk, Iowa. They were
laid on July 4th and 5th., and were ovoid, sinnll in proportion to those of other
sphiugid moths of the same size as this D. line&, and yellow green, "becoming bluer in a fen days.
July io~h they hatched.
The young larva
was inch in length, pule green, with a
short, smooth, c;nidal horn with two setae at the tip, which turned gray. The head was round, had many gray setae, and was held nearly horizontal. The first segment had a row of setile projecting over the head, and the setae of the body were dark enough to be noticed without a glass. The larvae were very active and restless, and dropped by a thread when disturbed. They did not eat
their shells, and ale grape-leaves but spar- ingly.
On the second day some had a distinct
brownish-red dorsal line from the now black caudal horn half-way to the head, giving a pinkish look to the posterior part of the body. A few had the first few segments decidedly pinkish and looked (without aglass) striped longitudinally, the stripes being- the black setae, which were most numerons on the




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