1900] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 469 



Calosoma sayi appears to be a very voracious insect, having 

 frequently taken this at the electric light and in every case 

 found it attacking some soft-bodied caterpillar or cutworm. 

 It is not nearly so common here as C. scrutator. 



Pterostichus taitaricus, a male specimen found here, exceeds 

 25mm. in length ; have found but two, also at lights. 



Nothopus zabroides, found but once, exact locality not noted, 

 being a male and dated July 30. Mr. Wickham states that he 

 found several at Independence, la., on a sandy stretch over- 

 grown with sand burrs, chiefly in wagon ruts, about the last 

 of August. He found this species at Albuquerque, N. M., 

 also at Colorado Springs, Col., always on sandy stretches. 



Brachyacantha \~punctata has occurred but once, beaten from 

 leaves of soft maple. G. R. Crotch, in his revision, gives 

 Illinois, Massachusetts and Georgia as localities. 



TriphyUus humeralis, taken abundantly in fungus on an old 

 log, the specimens differing from the usual form in the almost 

 complete absence of the reddish humeral spots. 



Dermestes pulc/icr was found March ist under loose bark on 

 dead oak. The beetle had formed a cell of loose particles par- 

 ticles of decayed wood, which were cemented together, and I 

 believe the cell was formed for the purpose of hibernation, the 

 specimen being perfectly mature, and no larval or pupal re- 

 mains being present. The cell was about 10 mm. in diameter 

 inside, and the walls 3 or 4 mm. in thickness, the trunk form- 

 ing the bottom and the bark the top, the thickness of cell being 

 but little more than the height of the beetle. I kept the speci- 

 men alive several days, offering it dead coccinellids, which were, 

 however, not eaten. 



Zcnoa picca. Have taken six or seven specimens at various 

 times, usually in July, always under bark of old decayed logs 

 such as one would invariably pass as a fit abode only for 

 Passalus conn/tits. 



Silis percomis occurred quite abundantly in the open fields 

 along a railroad track on bright, calm days. 



Tryphcnis latipcnuis was found in numbers beating trees and 

 shrubbery along the Kickapoo River. 



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