i yo ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [September, 



June 23. Prionus lalicollis, Orthosoma brunnea, Saperda cal- 

 carata and a few smaller beetles were taken to-day. 



June 24. Copris Carolina is very common here, meeting with 

 it on every trip. 



June 25. It seems that nature is all aglow, especially when an 

 entomological collector finds the corpse of a cow inhabited by 

 millions of Staphylinid^e, Silphidae and Nitidulidae. 



September 6. Since my last visit to Charleroi have taken quite 

 a lot of Lucanus dama (all dead, yet perfect) at the roots of Oak 

 trees; no doubt, after mating and depositing eggs, dying there. 



September 12. Golden-rod is beginning to bloom and find 

 Euphoria sepulchralis and Cvllene robinite on it. 



September 20. Leptostylus aculifera and Catogenus rufus 

 were taken under the bark of Carya porcea at East Charleroi, 

 Westmoreland County. 



October 3. A fine female of Sandalus niger to-day while dig- 

 ging at the roots of Quercus alba; also a few specimens of Lep- 

 tostylus aculifera. 



October 6. Several specimens of Aphodius elongatus were 

 taken at the root of a Hickory. 



October 17. Collecting toward Bendy ville ; took the first 

 Cychrus lecontei of the season. 



October 18. On account of the humidity of the weather lun- 

 gus is abundant, and several species of Oxypoms are infesting 

 them; also Ips fasciatus in much variation, and Ips sanguini- 

 pennis and obtusa. 



October 20. Although raining collecting was continued, and 

 a lot of Cychrus leconiei were captured, some in copula. 



October 22. Collected out the Bentlyville road and found 

 Penthe pimelia and obliquata, and Platycerus querciis in numbers. 



October 27. At the north end of Maple Creek a well-decayed 

 stump of Betula alba yielded 330 specimens of Ischyrus^-punctatus. 



November i. Found Cucujus clavipes and Catogenus rufus 

 in numbers under bark of Carya porcea and Acer riibrwn. 



November 14. Captured Dic&lus purpiiratus, Pterostichus 

 purpuratus, Cymindis americana and many other good species- 

 at East Charleroi. 



November 17. Found a number of the elytra of l\lyas cora- 

 cinus and Cychrus andrewsii, but not a perfect specimen. 



November 19. Under a large rotten log, imbedded about eight 

 inches in the ground, Pinodytes hamiltonivtas taken in numbers, 

 feeding upon the dead larva of Elater sp. ? Nothing remained 

 of the larva but the skin. 



December 5. A new Platydema was taken under the bark of 

 an Oak. 



December 6. In digging out the interior of a large, dead, 

 standing maple trunk, 179 specimens of Valgus squamiger and 

 six species of Elateridae were taken. 



