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Prof. Riley asked whether the larva has a perceptible odor ? 
Mr. Schwarz said it had not. 
Mr. Schwarz read the following paper : 
TERMITOPHILOUS COLEOPTERA FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA. 
BY E. A. SCHWARZ. 
Dr. Horn has quite recently (Trans Atner. Ent Soc., vol. xv, 1888) de- 
scribed and figured the very interesting larva of Glyptus, a genus of Cara- 
bidce, which occurs in tropical Africa in the nests of white ants, and this 
reminded me that I had long since promised to put on record a list of such 
of our North American Coleoptera as are known to live exclusively among 
termites. The paleotropical region seems to abound in such Coleoptera ; 
in South America some extraordinary forms have been discovered among 
termites, and two of these genera, Corotoca and Spirachtha, have been 
described and figured by the late Prof. Schicedte. In North America only 
a few termitophilous species have hitherto been observed, but I feel quite 
confident that future investigations, especially in the southwestern portion 
of the country, will greatly swell their number. Our field coleopterists 
pay too little attention to the subject, and then it must be remembered that 
termitophilous Coleoptera, with the only exception of the genus Philo- 
termes, are much more difficult to find than myrmecophilous species. As 
is the case with this latter class of Coleoptera, we are quite ignorant re- 
garding the earlier stages of termitophilous species, nor do we know any- 
thing of their relations to their hosts. 
The list of species, so far as I am able to make it out from the few ob- 
servations on record and from the experience of my friends and myself, 
is as follows : 
1. Myrmecochara pictipennis. According to Dr. G. Kraatz (Linnaea 
Entomologica, vol. ii, p. 41) this has been found by Prof. Schaum in the 
nests of termites in Louisiana. I found this little-known species at vari- 
ous points in the Southern States, but always among ants {Solenopsis 
geminata), and a second undescribed species, in all probability referable 
to the same genus, occurs near Washington, D. C., also among ants 
{Pheidole debilis). Thus I catalogue this species with some doubt among 
the termitophilous Coleoptera. 
2. Philotermes pilosus, found in Mass., Pa., D. C. and Tenn. 
3. Ph. pennsylvanicus, found in Mass., Pa., D. C. and Florida (Crescent 
City). 
4. Ph. Fuchsii, found in Tenn. and Fla. (Crescent City). 
5. Microcyptus testaceus, found in Ga. (Athens^ and Fla. (New Smyrna 
and Crescent City). 
6. Trichopsenius depressus, found in Texas (Columbus), La., and Fla. 
(Crescent City). I was quite surprised to learn from Mr. Fred. Blanchard 
that he found it also near Lowell, Mass. 
7. Xenistusa cavernosa. 
