10 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Sitophagus pallidas, Say. 



Blapstinus fortis, Lee. 

 ti estriatus, Lee. 



Alphitobius piceus, Oliv. 



Pteniopus Murrayi, Lee. 



Lixus Isevicollis, Lee. 



CryptorhyncUs bisignatus, Say. 



I found but one specimen of Casnonia ludoviciana. It was in the 

 sand at the roots of a speeies of Crotalaria^ near oeean beaeh. Seleno. 

 phorus iripennis was very eommon under boards and rubbish just back 

 of the hotel. Several specimens of Philhydrus nebulosus flew into my 

 room at night. Staphylmus tomefitosus was found under decaying 

 cabbage leaves in garden patches. What I now suppose to be the 

 Beloimchus formosus.,vz.K. of Dr. Hamilton's list, was plentiful in situations 

 similar to those he mentions, "under damp rubbish" and decaying 

 vegetation. Photta-is frontalis was the only " firefly " I saw, coming 

 about piazza of hotel and into the rooms. On the white sand near ocean 

 beach, in the sparse and scattered semi-tropical vegetation, several species 

 were constantly found in great profusion. Among these, Blapstinus 

 estriatus, was perhaps the most common, and could be taken by 

 hundreds. With it was always found a hemipter, Corimelcp.na, sp. ; so like 

 its coleopterous companion superficially, that I at first, in gathering them 

 quickly into my bottle, did not detect the difference, but the characteristic 

 odour soon betrayed them. In the same situations Mecynotarsus elegafis 



occurred in great numbers. Dr. Hamilton's allusion to their presence on 

 " sand, hot enough to blister," appeals to me forcibly. I never saw, or 

 felt, anything so scorching. I also noticed the tiny ant found in their 

 company, and so like them in general appearance and habit ; and wrote 

 of it to Mr. Lubeck. He finds Mecynotarsus candidus on sandy places 

 in New Jersey, but says nothing of any ant as associated with it. Ptenio- 

 pus Murrayi flew to light in the evenings, and I took at least two or 

 three every night. On the wall of my bedroom one evening, I captured 

 two specimens of the little weevil, Cryptorhyncus bisignatus, and this 

 summer I took the same species on the summit of Mt. Washington I 



