u6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Mar., '16 



Family HISTERIDAE. 

 Hister merdarius Hoffm. Very common. 



Family NITIDULIDAE. 

 Stelidota geminata Say. 1 specimen taken July 16. Quite rare. 



Family LATRIDIIDAE. 



Stephostethus liratus ? Lee. Swept one specimen of this rare spe- 

 cies from deep grass on July 16. 

 Melanophthalma cavicollis Mann. Rare. 1 specimen July 23. 



Family TROGOSITIDAE. 

 Tenebrioides corticalis Melsh. Taken from under bark of elm, 



maple and oak from March 28-April 13. Very common. 

 Tenebrioides americana Kirhy. Took one specimen under bark 



of maple on March 28. 



Family PARNIDAE. 



Psephenus lecontei Lee. Took one specimen July 11. 

 Elmis vittatus Melsh. Rare. 1 specimen by sweeping June 18. 



Family DASCYU.IDAE. 



Anchytarsus bicolor Melsh. Rare. 1 specimen July 13. 

 Cyphon ruficollis Say. Not common. Swept from flowers of wild 



carrot and wild parsnip. May 31-July 6. 

 Cyphon obscurus Guer. Rare. Obtained by sweeping in boggy 



meadows. 

 Cyphon variabilis Thunb. Rare. May 7. 



Family ELATERIDAE. 



Microrrhagus triangularis Say. Rare. 1 specimen July 13. 



Oedostethus femoralis Lee. Rare. Taken by sweeping cat-tail 

 June 19-July 3. 



Monocrepidius aversus Lee. Very rare. Taken at light on win- 

 dow July 16. 



Monocrepidius auritus Hbst. Taken by sweeping in May. 



Elater miniipennis ? Lee. Rare. June 21-25. 



Elater laesus ? Lee. Found in his home by Fred Kaiser of So. 

 Meriden, on March 26. 



Elater rubricus Say. Rare. Taken in June. 



Elater obliquus ? Say. Rare. Swept from elm foliage near little 

 Hanover from April 9-July 7. 



Agriotes mancus Say. Not common. Taken by sweeping mead- 

 ows from June 1-July 7. 



Melanotus pertinax Say. Rare. 1 specimen May 14. 



Limonius stigma Hbst. Very rare. 1 specimen April lf>. 



Limonius griseus ? Beauv. Common on meadow grass from May 

 21-June 9. 



