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April 23. Cicindela sex-guttata and Phancsus carnifex cap- 

 tured. Lachnostcrna have appeared to-night in numbers. 



April 25. Geotrupes splendens and semiopacus, Copris Caro- 

 lina, anaglypticus and minntus were taken at Maple Creek. 



April 26. In moving a large stone from the base of an oak, 

 Ouercus alba, fifty-six specimens of Helops micans were brought 

 to view and bottled. 



April 27. Have taken Calosoma calidum and Chl&nius tomen- 

 tosus on the McKean farm, and found Elaphrus and Bembidium 

 by hundreds running over the sediment of the creek. 



April 29. South of Charleroi I found Carabus vinctus and 

 several species of Chlcenius very common. 



May 5. A fine specimen of Toxotus vittiger beat from a 

 hickory. 



May 6 to 28. Have taken 171 specimens of Toxotus cylindri- 

 collis from young hickory. 



May 29. Caught a fine specimen of Goes pulverulenta while 

 beating Betula nigra. 



June 2. Several specimens of Arhopahis fulminans were cap- 

 tured in beating Carya porcia. 



June 3. Saperda tridentata is found in numbers on the Elm 

 and Acer. 



June 7. Osmoderma scabra and eremicola, Merinus l&vis and 

 some other good beetles in numbers found in a rotten log. 



June 10. Found Bembidium postfasciatum for the first time, 

 in numbers, on the margin of Maple Creek. 



June 12. Captured Cicindela sexguttata, pzirpnrea, vulgar is 

 and repanda up from Lock No. 4. 



June 13. Onthophagus janus and Cant/ion viridis found in 

 the stems of fungus. 



June 14. A successful day for Carabidae; in fact, a red-letter 

 clay for ground beetles. Diccelus avails,- elongatus, politus and 

 sculptilis, Apenes lucidula, Pterostichus vinctus, hamiltoni, Jw- 

 nesius and mcestus, Patrobus longicornis and three species of 

 Lebia being a few of the many species taken. 



June 15. Captured a lovely specimen of Saperda puncticollis 

 by beating poison-vine. 



June 18. In beating the Oaks DicheJonycha elongata was taken 

 by hundreds, also several species of Elater and Cerambycidae. 



June 19. A few common species of Leptura only were taken. 



