2/4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 'll 



a sloping bank with a lace-like screen of ferns hanging down 

 to hide the entrance. 



The growth of fungus was prolific, and some of the plants 

 huge in size. O.vyporus and other Staphylinidae were plenty 

 in these fungi. From one small Agaricus, about 2 inches in 

 diameter, 24 O.vyporus ^-maculatus were taken. Under bark 

 a few Hypoteles capito Lee. were found, in company with 

 Rhizophagus minutus, and other flat species modified for an 

 existence in the narrow crevices of close-lying bark. Beneath 

 a flat stone in a nest of Termes were a number of Trichopscn- 

 ius, curious little Staphylinids that are only found associated 

 with Termes. When I had picked up three of the active little 

 beetles, the rain came down in torrents. I replaced the stone 

 over the nest, but next day when I went back hoping to get 

 more, the Termes had departed, and their guests had gone with 

 them. Of Pselaphidse, Adrancs coccus was found in a nest of 

 black ants under a slab. Euplectus crinitus and a large Batri- 

 sodes, perhaps a new species, together with B. globosus and 

 virginiae occurred under bark. Centrodera decolorata was 

 beaten from foliage and came down amid a shower of water. 

 Flying about among the wet weeds on the mountain sides were 

 many scorpion flies, of the genus Panorpa, P. signifer and 

 P. maculosa especially abundant. 



At night many moths and beetles came to light and some 

 fine ones were captured. In this work I was ably assisted by 

 a setter dog belonging to the manager of the Lodge. The in- 

 telligence of this dog was a marvel. After chewing up several 

 specimens, his master told him not to bite them. He evidently 

 understood for after that he knocked the beetles down with 

 his paw and held them until we bottled them. The only Acan- 

 thocinus nodosus taken, was caught in this way by the dog. 

 This dog seemed to understand what we were doing better 

 than the mountaineers, one of whom said to the manager of 

 the Lodge, "What was the matter up to your house last night? 

 I seen a feller jumping around on your porch waving a white 

 flag." He had evidently mistaken our butterfly net for a flag 

 of truce. Four species of Lachnosterna came to light, the most 

 common of which was L. corrosa Lee. 



