THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 389 



Plagionotus speciosus Say. For thirteen years I have looked in 

 vain for this species on the infested maples at Monmouth, and 

 during this time I have received but two, both dismantled wrecks, 

 from friends there. One year a friend cheerfully informed me 

 that he had collected seventeen and was keeping them alive in a 

 jar for me when his wife let them all out a few days before my 

 arrival because it was "too cruel to keep the poor things shut up 

 like that." On July 9, 1914, at South Paris I took my first specimen, 

 and for a week I made regular trips two or three times a day from 

 tree to tree around the village I acquired fourteen specimens 

 and a desire for more, besides arousing the curiosity of all the 

 villagers. It is remarkable how inconspicuous these large and 

 highly coloured beetles are, unless directly in the sun and low down 

 on the tree. They are slow moving and I lost but one specimen 

 seen, which escaped by flight from the ground while I was trying 

 to dislodge a second one from a high limb by throwing my 

 net at it. 



Leptura nigrella Lee. The first specimen of this sombre 

 insect I ever saw was a female which was taken in the mill yard 

 at Monmouth, June 28, 1912. It was taken by a lucky swing 

 of the net while in the air after an awkward leap from a pile of 

 logs. When I had examined my catch I felt more than repaid 

 for the shaking up of the undignified landing. A male was taken 

 on a maple stub in a small clearing on July 17, 1914. 



Leptura hiforis Newm. A single specimen was taken on flowers 

 at Monmouth, August 29, 1902. 



Hoplosia niihila Lee. One specimen was taken on a log in the 

 mill yard at Paris, July 12, 1913. 



Oherea pallida Casey. This species has been beaten from 

 Alnus incana in considerable numbers, both at Wales and Mon- 

 mouth, on several occasions. The dates range from June 19 to 

 the 29, and a single specimen was taken at Paris on July 10, 1910. 

 This species seems to be abundantly distinct from any other Oherea 

 and can be readily distinguished by the uniform colour of the entire 

 insect, even the black callous spots of the pronotum become, in 

 some cases, (not a sexual character as indicated in the description) 



« 



nearly concolorous with the rest of the disk. 



