232 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., '04 



Acrydium granulatum Kirby. 



Twenty-four specimens ; fourteen males, ten females. Pe- 

 quaming, July 2, 5, 8 and 10 (marshy woods and swamps), 

 L/Anse et Vieux Desert Reservation, September 4 (meadow). 

 Baraga Co., August 21, 29 (woods, swamp). 



' Moderately common in early July, about marshy spots 

 on logging trails. They diminished rapidly in numbers, and 

 by the middle of July had almost completely disappeared. I 

 found them to be again somewhat plentiful about the end of 

 August. They were very active, springing several feet, and, 

 owing to the many shadows cast by overhanging branches of 

 trees, they were very hard to follow and locate. I took but 

 three specimens on high ground ; these were taken in stony 

 pasture on the Indian Reservation, on September 4th. The 

 ground color of the majority was dark brownish or grayish ; 

 sometimes, however, the whole pronotum w r as a rich cream 

 color. The pronotum was in many cases ornamented with 

 two or four irregular, intense brown or black spots, and a 

 white or cream saddle-like marking occasionally occurred in 

 front of these, giving the insect a strange appearance." 



These remarks also apply to the following species. 



Acrydium acadicum (Scudder). 



Three specimens ; two males one female. Pequaming, July 

 5 and August i (marsh and cedar swamp). L/Anse et Vieux 

 Desert Reservation, September i (meadow). 



These specimens exhibit three color phases ; one sooty black, 

 another vinaceous cinnamon, with the lower surface, face and 

 sides suffused with blackish, and the last with a median ochra- 

 ceous bar on a blackish ground, relieved laterally by a pair of 

 median, crescentic, velvety-black maculations. The latter 

 type of coloration is very similar to that found in some speci- 

 mens of A. gramilatum. 



Chloealtis conspersa Harris. 



Twenty-two specimens ; fifteen males, six females. Pequa- 

 ming, July 2, 4, 7, 9, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 31 ; August 12, 

 17 (latter, on pine in meadow). Baraga Co., Aug. 30. 



