170 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Corymbites carbo on the beach, and in dead wood Hadrobregmus gibbi- 

 collis makes its burrows. The curious little Malachiid known as E?ideodes 

 collaris runs on the salt sand, and an occasional Ceruchus may be seen 

 under the drift. 



I found no maritime Chrysomelids, but the Tenebrionidae furnish an 

 Eleodes and a Coniontis together with an occasional Phaleria. Anthicidce 

 were rare here, though common further south, but in the Rhyncophora 

 some very interesting species were found. 



In this group I found Agasphcerops nigra and Amtiesia decorata both 

 on the beach, and once came across a little colony of Emphyastes fucicola, 

 one of the most curious looking weevils I have ever seen. The testaceous 

 color of this species seems to be shared by a great many others, which 

 are strictly confined to a life on the beach. Elassoptes marinns is com- 

 mon under logs, boring in them from the lower surface, in company with 

 a species of Rhyncholus. 



Just back of the beach, near the park, is a nearly level space over- 

 grown with various plants, a large majority of which are leguminous, and 

 in the pods of these breed Apion antennatutn and a species of Bruchus. 

 With a sweep net vast numbers of these may be taken, along with numer- 

 ous individuals of a species of Ceutorhynchns. In the lanes the sweep 

 net may be used to great advantage, and some good species are certain to 

 be taken — mostly Elateridse in June, the month in which my work was 

 done. These Elaterids form one of the most striking features in the 

 fauna of the island, and are numerous both in species and individuals. 

 Corymbites and At/ious seemed the most plentiful of the larger forms, 

 while Dolopius and Megapenthes represented the smaller. 



Serica anthracina and Odontceus obesus were the only Scarabseids of 

 note that I found, and these both, but rarely Lepturce were the common- 

 est longhorns, though a few others came to hand in beating : Eumichthus 

 cedipus on flowers, Molorchus lo7igicollis and Xylotrechus annosus on 

 willows. 



Chysomelidce are also rather backward in showing themselves. I took 

 only one Donacia by careful search, and the only Cryptocephalids seem 

 to be Diachus auratus and D. catarius. I took D. auratus in the moun- 

 tains of Arizona in 1888 and have D. cataritis from Michigan, so these 

 forms are both very widely distributed. Plagiodera oviformis occurs on 

 low ground with Prasocuris vittata and the familiar green of Crepidodera 

 helxines shines on the willows. 



