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Mr. Howard remarked that no Hymenopterous parasites of 
Termes Were known, unless Caratomus should prove such. 
Mr. Schwarz said he had seen Caratomus only on the walls of 
the Department of Agriculture where there are Termes. 
SEPTEMBER 6, 1888. 
Seven members present. President Schwarz in the chair. 
The following paper was read by the Secretary : 
NOTES ON COLEOPTERA OF PEEKSKILL, N. Y. , FOR 1887. 
BY JOHN D. SHERMAN, JK. 
Helops cereus and micans, the former in the greater numbers, occur to- 
gether under stones at the bases of trees. 
Haltica igntta is common on the leaves of Kalmia early in May. 
Prionochceta opaca is common both in carrion and fungi. 
I found some sixty or seventy specimens of Pityophthorus querciperda 
under bark of a felled oak tree. 
Xantholtnus fulgidus was found among rubbish, such as dried sticks, 
ashes of a bonfire, old leaves and soil, late in April and early in May; 
about 35 specimens. 
Throughout April Oxytelus rugosus is very common under small stones 
in the garden, some 30 having been found under each stone. The beetle 
also flies about on warm afternoons. 
Oxyomus porcatus and RJiyssemus scaber also fly around heaps of rub- 
bish on warm afternoons in the early part of May. 
A pair of Hister planipes was found in an ants' nest under a stone on 
April 21. 
Coptocycla aurichalcea frequents the flowers of Ranunculus., with which 
it closely assimilates in color. 
Prasocuris varipes is also found on Ranunculus in the latter part of May. 
Valgus canaliculatus flies on warm days in May, and is also found in the 
dirt under bark of old stumps. 
On May 7, a chilly, showery day, nearly 160 specimens of Meg-ilia macu- 
lata were found huddled together under one stone. 
Aphodius fossor was quite common in May and June. 
Diabrotica vittata, D i2-punctata, and Bolboceras lazarus, one speci- 
men each, and several specimens of Aphodius stercorosus were attracted 
by a light at night July 15. 
Pseudebceus oblitus was common in the latter part of May amongst the 
lichens on rocks. 
Ottorkynckus, ovatus was common in July, as usual, on fences, old wood, 
around houses, etc. 
