Vol. xxvii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. I IQ 



Hoplia trifasciata Say. Common. Taken on wild cherry, etc. 

 Hoplia modesta Hald. Rare. Taken from low shrubs during the 



early part of July. 



Serica trociformis Burin. Very rare. 1 specimen July 12. 

 Diplotaxis atlantis Lee. Not common. Taken from poles at 



light in May and June. 

 Lachnosterna tristis Fab. Taken at light in April and May. Very 



rare. 



Lachnosterna gracilis Burm. Taken at light in July and August. 

 Anomala oblivia Horn. Common. Occurs on the blossoms of 



wild cherry in the spring. 

 Ligyrus gibbosus DeG. Taken at light in May. Rare. 



Family CERAMBYCIDAE. 



Elaphidion villosum Fab. Rare. Taken at light. 

 Elaphidion unicolor Rand. Taken at light July 18. Very rare. 

 Purpuricenus humeralis Fab. Very rare. 2 specimens taken on 



wild parsnip July 13. 

 Clytanthus ruricola Oliv. Occasionally found on wild carrot in 



May and June. 

 Cyrtophorus verrucosus Oliv. Rare. Taken on meadow-sweet 



and wild carrot April 24-July 9. 

 Anthophilax malachiticus Hald. Taken in Oregon by my sister 



on June 9th. Found on the ground at the edge of a small brook. 

 Acmaeops directa Newm. Fairly common on the blossoms of wild 



carrot. The specimens I have taken here vary considerably from 



the type in having the thorax a dark brown or nearly black in 



some cases. 

 Arhopalus fulminans Fab. Quite rare in my experience. Mrs. 



Deming, of Middletown, has taken it in considerable numbers 



from wood-piles and in wood-sheds. 

 Typocerus acuticauda Casey. Quite common on wild carrot and 



parsnip from June 2G-July 9. Occurs earlier than T. I'clntinus. 

 Leptura proxima Say. Very rare. 1 specimen July 12. 

 Leptura mutabilis Newm. Rare. Taken from wild carrot in May 



and June. 

 Leptura mutabilis var. luridipennis. Very rare. Have taken but 



one specimen of this. 



Leptostylus macula Say. Quite rare. Taken from July 1-24. 

 Liopus alpha Say. Not common. Beaten from dead oak June 15- 



July 4. 

 Oncideres cingulata Say. Rare. Taken on electric light pole on 



August 20. 

 Saperda obliqua Say. Very rare. My single specimen flew into 



my study room on the night of July 4th and lit on a pinned 



