226 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., '22 



Nomaretits bilobns Say, probably one of the rarest beetles 

 in eastern North America and frequently confused in collec- 

 tions with the more common fissicoUis Lee. and cavicollis Lee. 

 from the Central States, was taken on Mount Madison at about 

 forty-five hundred feet in heavy timber just below the lichened 

 rocks, and two other specimens at a bit lower elevation in 

 Tuckerman's Ravine under rotted bark. One specimen of the 

 leonardi Harr. form of Scaphinotus vidmis Dej. found its way 

 into our perfumed tin traps in the valley floor, the bait consist- 

 ing of molasses and assafoetida, a most sickening solution, 

 which I should think any self-respecting Cychrns would avoid. 

 A dead mouse added to the brew sometimes makes it even more 

 effective. Sphaerodcrns canadensis Chd. and Iccontci Dej. were 

 more abundant companions of the others. 



Under the big summit rocks on Mount Washington we took 

 in fair numbers Carabus chamissonis Fisch. var. groenlandicus 

 Dej.; this is a species from The Labrador. Snow was found 

 at the head-wall of Tuckerman's Ravine and, when marooned 

 on the summit that night, the temperature dropped to twenty 

 degrees ; and all this in June east of the Rockies was quite a 

 surprise. The next morning the sprightly CicindelcC longilabris 

 Say escorted us down the very easy wagon road. We took 

 Pterostichus (Cryobius^hudsonicus Lee. and Pat rebus scptcn- 

 trionis Dej. (a Palaearctic species) at six thousand feet and 

 lower down Pterostichus ( Lyperophenis} pnnctatissimus 

 Rand., as well as the commoner Pterostichus honestus Say, 

 luczoti Dej., coracinus Newm., relict us Newm., etc., and when 

 within five hundred yards of Glen House a single specimen of 

 Pogonocherus fascicuJatiis Deg. (a Greenland longicorn) and 

 Xylotrcchus aiinosus Say dropped into the sweep-net. 



Along the banks of the Peabody River (West Branch) I 

 found Platidius rugicollis Rand., not common in collections, 

 also many other less interesting Carabidae as Ncbria suturalis 

 Lee., Pristodactyla advcna Lee., Trcchus chalybeus Dej., Lori- 

 cera cocrulcscens L., Bembidion nitens Lee. and scopulinuiu. 

 Kby. 



Pselaphidae and Scydniaenidae were very scarce, persistent 

 sifting only secured three species; these families seem to dwin- 



