Vol. XXVli] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 1 1/ 



Oestodes tenuicollis Rand. Common. Taken from cat-tail June 



2-20. 



Sericosomus viridanus Say. Very rare. 1 specimen May 8. 

 Corymbites tessellatus Linn. Taken from bark of elm and other 



trees. May 3-16. 

 Corymbites cylindriformis Hbst. Common. Taken by sweeping 



in May. 

 Corymbites tarsalis Melsh. Very rare. Swept from foliage on 



April 29 and May 2. 

 Corymbites hamatus Say. Rare. Taken from foliage of elm on 



June 7. 



Corymbites inflatus Say. Rare. May 21. 

 Hemicrepidius decoloratus Say. Rare. July 9-16. 

 Melanactes piceus DeG. Very rare. Taken from dead and dying 



trees July 7. 



Family BUPRESTIDAE. 



Dicerca pugionata Germ. Very rare. 1 specimen May 3. 

 Anthaxia viridifrons Lap. Taken in Wallingford from dead hick- 

 ory on April 24, by D. J. Caffrey and also in New Haven on 



dead hickory by H. B. Kirk on May 10. Have never met with it 



in my locality. 



Chrysobothris femorata Fab. Rare. Taken from June 19-July 7. 

 Chrysobothris 6-signata .Say. May 9-July 28. Taken in New 



Haven by Mr. Walden also. 

 Eupristocerus cogitans Web. Rare. Beaten from blackberry 



bushes and oak from May 20-July 13. 



Agrilus acutipennis Mann. Beaten from shrubbery. Rare. 

 Agrilus anxius Gory. Rare. Picked off from low shrubs. 

 Agrilus cephalicus Lee. Rare. Beaten from oak on July 6. 

 Agrilus arcuatus var. coryli Horn. Very rare. 1 specimen July 16. 

 Agrilus masculinus Horn. Rare. Obtained by beating from May 



31-June 14. 

 Agrilus obsoletoguttatus. 2 specimens from No. Branford, Conn., 



collected on June 23 by B. H. Walden. 



Family LAMPYRIDAE. 

 Calopteron terminale Say. Rare. Taken along fences and marshy 



places from August to September. 

 Pyropyga nigricans Say. Fairly common. Taken from flowers of 



meadow-sweet and wild carrot during the early part of July. 

 Photinus marginellus Lee. Common from June to August. 

 Telephorus nigritulus ? Lee. Very rare. Taken from meadow-sweet 



blossoms on July 13. 



Telephorus rectus Melsh. Rare. 1 specimen June 19. 

 Trypherus latipennis Germ. 2 specimens taken on sandy shore 



of Little Hanover July 6-13. 



