. The cave fauna of North America, with remarks on the anatomy of the brain and origin of the blind species. Cave animals; Caves. Fig. 3.—Zonitcs eubrupicola. FAUNA OF CLINTON'S CAVE. Zonites subrupicola Dall. (Since found under stones above ground in California.—Dall.) Pohjdesm m cavicola Pack. Nemastoma troglodytes Pack. Tomocerusplumoeus, var. alba Pack. NOTE ON THE FAUNA OF A CAVE AT MANITOU, COLORADO. I made a brief examination of a large but very dry cave, about 600 feet long, opened to trav- elers in 1874, in the Carboniferous limestone in Williams Canon, at Manitou, Colorado. The only
. The cave fauna of North America, with remarks on the anatomy of the brain and origin of the blind species. Cave animals; Caves. Fig. 3.—Zonitcs eubrupicola. FAUNA OF CLINTON'S CAVE. Zonites subrupicola Dall. (Since found under stones above ground in California.—Dall.) Pohjdesm m cavicola Pack. Nemastoma troglodytes Pack. Tomocerusplumoeus, var. alba Pack. NOTE ON THE FAUNA OF A CAVE AT MANITOU, COLORADO. I made a brief examination of a large but very dry cave, about 600 feet long, opened to trav- elers in 1874, in the Carboniferous limestone in Williams Canon, at Manitou, Colorado. The only life found in the cave was a beetle, identified by Dr. Horn as Diclidia laetula Le Conte, two flies, and three Coleopterous larvae. The beetle occurred near the entrance, and did not differ materially from other specimens which I collected under stones in tbe canon near the entrance to the cave. A species of Mycetophilid fly also occurred near the door, as well as a specimen of Blepharoptera defessa Osten Sacken, not differing from specimens which occur in various caves in Indiana (Wyandotte), Mammoth Cave, and adjoining caverns. The occurrence of this species in caves so remote is interesting. No Diptera, I am informed by Baron Osten Sacken, are peculiar to caves, though this species is com- fig. 9.—Diclidia Untold larva. mon }n most of our caves, especially near the entrance, and has not been found elsewhere. Associated with the beetle were three larvae, which I am inclined, with some doubt, to regard as the young of Diclidia Iwtula Le Conte. It seems to agree with the family char- acters of the larvse of the Mordellidse, as laid down by Chapuis and Candeze; but of course, until some one rears it, the identification will be uncertain. I give meanwhile a brief description of it. In general form it is like the larva of Anaspis, the body being rather long and narrow, the head nearly as wide as the prothoracic segment, the body a little wider than the head, thickest in
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