122 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Mar., 'l6 



Family TENEBRIONIDAE. 

 Xylopinus rufipes Say. Taken on electric light pole on night of 



July 18. Rare. 



Tenebrio obscurus Fab. Fairly common from June 2-July 20. 

 Uloma impressa ? Melsh. 1 specimen on May 14. 

 Paratenetus punctatus Sol. 1 specimen July 12. 

 Platydema excavatum Say. Occurs plentifully in company with 



Hoplocephala bicornis Oliv. under bark of fallen trees in March and 



April. 

 Platydema subcostatum Lap. Very rare. 1 specimen July 18. 



Family CISTELIDAE. 



Capnochroa fuliginosa Melsh. Rare. Taken at light clinging to 

 pole on July 10. 



Androchirus erythropus Kirby. Taken at light on pole in Hem- 

 lock Grove on July 18. 



Family MELANDRYIDAE. 

 Penthe obliquata Fab. Very rare. 2 specimens dug from under 



rotten stump. 

 Synchroa punctata Newm. 1 specimen at light on July 19. 



Family OEDEMERIDAE. 



Nacerdes melanura Linn. Very rare. 1 specimen taken from the 

 post office building in Meriden on June 17. 



Family MORDELLIDAE. 



Anaspis rufa Say. Rare. Took one specimen June 19. 

 Mordella scutellaris Fab. Taken by sweeping. Fairly common 



from June to July. 

 Mordellistena pustulata Melsh. Very rare. Taken by sweeping 



on July 2. 

 Mordellistena bihamata Melsh. Very rare. Swept from flowers 



on July 13. 



Family ANTHICIDAE. 

 Corphyra collaris Say. Taken with Orsodachna atra on willow 



catkins in May. Very common. 

 Macratria confusa Lee. Very rare. Taken in June and July. 



Family MELOIDAE. 

 Meloe angusticollis ? Say. Not common. Taken crawling over 



the grass. 



Macrobasis unicolor Kirby. Very common. 

 Epicauta vittata Fab. Rare. 1 specimen June 7. 



Family RHIPIPHORIDAE. 



Rhipiphorus dimidiatus ? Fab. Taken from heads of white daisy 

 in July. Rare. 



