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PARALLELOSTETHUS ATTENUATUS Say. Common in rotten logs, feeding 

 on decaying moist wood tissue. Common in vicinity of Harrisburg, 

 Pa.. July and August. 



Genus EI.ATER. Larvae of this genus feed on decaying wood tissue. 

 Adults frequent flowers. 



EI.ATER vmosus Lee. Adults and larvae with RIatcr sayi I-QC. in 

 decayed hole in living Ccltis occidentaHs, November 12. It is likely that 

 these two forms may be the same species. Kirk and Champlain. 



MEGAPENTHES LI M BALIS Hbst. Male of this species taken in coitu 

 with black female that answers the description of M. granulosns. Falls 

 Church, Virginia, VII-16, F. C. Craighead. 



Genus MF.LANOTUS. Adults of local species hibernate in numbers in 

 old logs beneath bark and in old galleries of woodboring insects, many 

 being found in a single gallery. 



PITYOBIUS ANGUINUS Lee. Grand Lake, Presque Isle County, Michi- 

 gan, VII-2, R. J. Sim; Endeavor, Pennsylvania, VI 1-30, adult taken on 

 fresh cut white pine log by J. N. Knull. 



Genus LIMONIUS. Adults taken around Harrisburg, Pa., fly early 

 in the spring and are found commonly on flowers. 



MELASIDAE. 



MELASIS PECTINICORNIS Melsh. Reared from dead birch (Bctula 

 Icnta) and beech (Fac/us aincricana), J. N. Knull and A. B. Champlain. 



ISORHIPIS RUFICORNIS Say. Reared from dead chestnut, black birch, 

 beech, linden and maple. 



DELTOMETOPUS AMOENICORNIS Say. North East, Pennsylvania, VII- 

 22, J. N. Knull ; Tyrone, VII-26, J. G. Sanders ; Jeanette, Klages ; Har- 

 risburg, VI-29, A. B. Champlain; and Landisburg, VI-30; all in Penn- 

 sylvania. Falls Church, Virginia, VI-24. 



DROMAEOLUS CYLINDRICOLLIS Say. Hummelstown, reared from dead 

 Platainis occldentaUs, J. N. Knull; Ohio Pyle, VIT-20, T. L. Guyton ; 

 Jeanette, VII, Klages: Clarks Valley. Dauphin County; all in Pennsyl- 

 vania. Reared from dead standing Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) , A. B. 

 Champlain. 



D. STRIATUS Lee. Falls Church, Virginia, VII-31 ; Hummelstown, 

 Pennsylvania, VII-17. Reared from dead chestnut stick. 



FORXAX RADIUS Melsh. Harrishurg, Pa. Larva very plentiful in 

 dead, decaying hickory. Adults on hickory trees at night, very active, 

 crawling about and mating. 



F. ORCHESIDKS N'ewn. Harrisburg and Inglenook, Pennsylvania, larvae 

 from decaying logs of willow and Rciula nic/ra in swamps. The adults 

 of this and other species in the genus are active only at night, and may 

 be found mating, ovipositing and running over dead, decaying trees or 

 logs at this time. During the daytime they crawl into cracks and 

 crevices, when- they remain concealed and inactive. The eggs of F. 

 iKV/jc.vn/r.v are placed in the cracks and crevices of dec-lying trees, 

 stumps or logs, the wood of which is usually very soft and contains 



