1897-] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 13!' 



Trox scaber Linn. One specimen, now in National Museum, 

 taken in 1891. 



Dichelonycha ehngata Fab. Abundant, favorite food- plant 

 the basswood, also abundant on common hazel. 



Serica vespertina Gyll. A few taken, doubtless belonging to 

 this species. 



Serica serices 111. Abundant, easily taken at dusk when feed- 

 ing on the hazel bushes. 



Lack nosterna fusca Froh. Our most common Lachnosterna. 

 Prefers to feed on leaves of the burr oak. 



Lachnosterna marginalis Lee. Four taken as follows, from 

 under stones lying in a pasture, three in 1892 and one on May 

 23, 1895. 



Lachnosterna ilicis Knoch. Seven were taken in 1893 and 

 have found six since. All taken in early Spring fresh under stones 

 in same pasture as marginalis. 



Lachnosterna tristis Fab. Abundant some years, again rare. 

 In 1890 they were abundant, feeding on the roots of the timothy, 

 completely ruining some fields. 



Cotalpa lanigera Linn. Very rare, having secured eight in an 

 eight years' residence here. Most of these were presented me by 

 friends. 



Ligyrus relictus Say. Found abundantly in manure heaps, 

 where the manure is well rotted. Strange have never met it out- 

 side of a barn-yard. 



Allorhina nitida Linn. In 1891 a studentat Wayland Academy, 

 this city, presented me eight, which he said he took one evening 

 from a bush on the college campus. I have found one specimen 

 also. 



Eiiphoria inda Linn. Abundant in Spring and Fall. Most 

 common in Spring along the sanded railroad track, in Fall on the 

 sunny sides of timber. Never observed any feeding on the juice 

 of corn stalks until this Fall, when in one day's corn cutting took 

 sixty-one and could have taken scores more. 



Trichius piger Fab. Have some specimens corresponding to 

 those from other localities in many particulars, which I do not 

 hesitate to ascribe to this species. 



Trichius affinis Gory. Abundant, found most commonly orb 

 the wild species of Rosa. 



