238 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., '22 



hosts of A. avita. Have taken a number of adults on these trees at 

 night during June and July. 



A. AURORATA Say. State College, Pennsylvania, 1-9, from beneath the 

 bark of dead Pitch Pine (Finns rigida), ). N. Knull ; Pittsburgh. Penn- 

 sylvania, June. 



LACON ILLIMIS Horn. Common at Tucson, Arizona. J. H. Shive. 

 AI.AUS LUSCIOSUS Hope. Arizona. Larva reared by feeding it with 

 various woodboring larvae. 



A. ZUNIANUS Casey. Adults, larvae and pupae cut from Cerambycid 

 galleries in fallen sycamore tree. East Catalina Mountains, Arizona, 

 June 20, M. Christman. 



A. oct'LATUS Lee. One of our most common species. Adults and 

 larvae may be found in decaying logs and stumps infested by various 

 woodborers upon which they are predaceous. Very small larvae of this 

 species were observed feeding upon the larvae of Agrilus bilineatiis in 

 chestnut, also a more mature larva of A. oculatus found feeding on 

 larvae of Buprcstis ntfipes in Liriodcndron stump, and also on larvae of 

 Chalcophorclla campcstris in dead beech ( Fagns anicricana) trunk. 

 Have found larvae, about one-half grown, emerging from exit holes of 

 a Cerambycid and Tretnc.r sf>. in hickory trees, where they crawl about 

 on the trunk and re-enter other burrows in s_earch of woodboring larvae. 

 This species occurs only upon deciduous trees according to our notes. 

 Ai. MYOPS Fab. Occurs 'only in pine. Adults and larvae taken around 

 Harrisburg, Pa., in pine trees and stumps infested with woodboring 

 larvae. At Falls Church, Virginia, have taken hundreds of adults and 

 larvae in yellow pine stumps infested with Ascmnm moestum. 



A. MEI.ANOPS Lee. Adults and larvae found commonly in stumps in- 

 fested with Chalcophora anguUcollis. Larvae predaceous on various 

 woodboring larvae in dead coniferous trees. Oregon, VIII-8, adults, 

 pupae and larvae in galleries in dead Douglas fir, W. D. Edmonston ; 

 El Paso County, Colorado, 11-20, A. B. Champlain. 



CHALCOLEPIDIUS VIRIDIPILIS Say. Rockville, Pennsylvania, VIII-8, 

 collected at sour sap on oak tree in the evening, Daecke and Kirk ; Balti- 

 more, Maryland, July 30, V. A. E. Daecke. 



C. SMARAGDINTTS Lee. Reared from larvae taken from woodborer 

 gallery in dead wood. Tucson, Arizona, VII-14, J. W. Shive; VIII-6, 

 G. Hof er ; Sabino Canyon, Arizona, VII-5, W. D. Edmonston. 

 C. BEHRENSI Cand. Tucson, Arizona, VII-31, J. W. Shive. 

 ATHOUS CUCULLATUS Say. Larva collected in dead log where it was 

 feeding on woodboring larva. Adult reared. 



Lunius HIEROGLYPHICUS Say. Adults collected feeding on small in- 

 sects on foliage, Knull and Champlain. 



HEMICREPIDIUS MEMNONIUS Hbst. Rockville, Pennsylvania, VII-24, 



under stones. 



H. BILOBATUS Say. Harrisburg, Pa., VI 11-27, taken on hickory trees 



at night. 



