Ii8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Mar., '16 



Family MALACHIDAE. 



Collops eximius Er. Rare. Swept from flowers of spicebush. 

 Collops 4-maculatus Fab. Quite common along fences and on 



cultivated land from March to July. 

 Anthocomus erichsoni Lee. Quite common on flower heads in 



July. 



Attalus terminalis Er. Common. Occurs with A. scincctus. 

 Attalus scincetus Say. Taken on flowers of meadow-sweet June 



7. Rare. 



Family CLERIDAE. 



Cymatodera bicolor Say. Rare. July 6. 



Clerus rosmarus Say. Common. Taken by sweeping from April 



to July. 



Hydnocera cyanescens Lee. Rare. June 25-July 7. 

 Hydnocera tabida Lee. Very rare. 1 specimen July 13. 

 Necrobia violacea Linn. Common. Occurs in numbers around 



skeletons of horses and cattle from April 8-May 18. 



Family PTINIDAE. 



Sitodrepa panicea Linn. 1 specimen taken by sweeping July 6. 

 Hadrobregmus carinatus Say. Rare. 1 specimen June 10. 

 Anobium notatum Say. Rare. Taken by sweeping on July 2. 

 Endecatomus rugosus Rand. Frequent in the sapwood of an aged 



elm. 

 Lyctus caniculatus. Rare. 1 specimen June 18. 



Family CUPESIDAE. 

 Cupes concolor Westw. Rare. Beaten from oak on July 6. 



Family CIOIDAE. 

 Cis fuscipes Mellie. Common under bark of trees in March. 



Family LUCANIDAE. 

 Platycerus quercus Web. Quite rare. Taken flying April 29 and 



May G. 



Family SCARABAEIDAE. 

 Copris anaglypticus Say. Common. Found on roadsides and in 



pastures in June and July. 

 Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Harold. Rare. Taken by sweeping 



August 27. 

 Ataenius gracilis Melsh. Very rare. 2 specimens by sweeping 



on May 14. 



Aphodius vittatus Say. Very rare. 1 specimen April 24. 

 Aphodius lividus Oliv. Rare. Taken by sweeping in April and 



June. 

 Aphodius inquinatus Hbst. Common. Taken on the wing during 



Marcli and April. 



