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were picked up on the ground in the meadow. Comparison with 

 the species of this genus in the LeConte collection, showed that 

 all but one of my species were marked almost exactly like the 

 specimens labelled hipustulatus Fab., but in every specimen the 

 hind angles of the prothorax were depressed in a manner similar 

 to that of the types of pulchellus. My specimens show that the 

 extent of the black markings is variable and indicate that a larger 

 number of specimens will give a complete series of colour inter- 

 grades. We shall then have but comparative extent and depth 

 of the depressions of the hind angles of the prothorax for the specific 

 difference (Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. vol. V, p. 7) I have not 

 examined the two species for other differences, but the character 

 above given is very slight in the specimens seen. 



Necrophorus vespilloides Hbst. Two specimens of this species 

 were taken on a dead woodchuck in the deep woods at Wales, 

 June 15, 1909, and another specimen from the same locality bears 

 the date of July 10, 1913. 



Listotrophus cingidatus Grav. Some time was spent at Mon- 

 mouth watching this species to find the reason for their immediate 

 appearance on fresh cow dung. I soon found that they were stalk- 

 ing the green flies that infested the manure in numbers. Several 

 of the beetles were observed with flies in their jaws, but the exact 

 manner in which they were seized was not seen. The beetles 

 evidently came upon them around the edges of the pile or cornered 

 them in folds and pockets of the mass. They have also been seen 

 feeding on adult Aphodius fimetariiis . 



Phyniaphora pulchella Newm. Four specimens were found 

 at Monmouth, June 27, 1912, beneath the ragged bark of a dead 

 basswood (linden) tree. In identifying this rare catch it was noted 

 that figure 199 on page 537 of Blatchley's Coleoptera of Indiana 

 is a fair representation of Mycetina perpulchra Newm. and not of 

 P. pulchella Newm. as stated in the text. 



Cryptorhopalum ImmorrJioidale Lee. This species has been 

 taken rarely on Spiraja flowers in Maine. Three were taken 

 somewhere within the limits of the town of Turner on July 14, 

 1914, by the labour-saving method of sticking the net out of the 

 automobile as we rode along the narrow shrub-fringed road. 



