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M. afignsticolUs Say, makes its appearance here in the beginning of 

 May, very soon after the snow has melted. I first observed it in 1872 ; I 

 cannot now give the exact date, but it was early in May. I found three 

 specimens on Montreal Mountain, one male and two females. Referring 

 to my notes, I find the following dates for them in 1874 : May 2nd, one 

 specimen, Hochalaga, Montreal ; May T3th, one specimen, Montreal 

 Mountain ; May 20th, eight specimens, Hochalaga, Montreal. 



I did not observe them in 1875. O^ ]\xxiQ loth, 1876, the Montreal 

 Natural History Society held their annual field day at St. Hillair, between 

 twenty and thirty miles south of Montreal, and I was given a specimen 

 of Meloe taken there on that day ; unfortunately I did not preserve it, and 

 cannot now be certain what species it was, but at the time I did not think 

 it different from those I found in May, and as it was a female with the 

 abdomen very large, I think it probable that it was the same. 



I did not study their habits closely, as my spare time was chiefly 

 devoted to Lepidoptera, but I only noticed them on warm, sunny days \ 

 I did not find any under stones, but I think it not unlikely that they may 

 seek shelter under stones during wet or cold weather, as I have sometimes 

 found to be the case with Cicindela sexguttata. 



Mr. J. M. Jones, of Halifax, N. S., in a communication dated June 

 4th, 187 1, Can. Ent., vol. 3, p. 37, says: '■^ Meloe angusticollis very 

 abundant on Halifax common about the middle of May, now totally 

 disappeared." 



Mr. A. S. Ritchie, in his " I.ist of Coleoptera taken on the Island of 

 Montreal," records M. angnsticollis Say, date of appearance not given : 

 Coleoptera determined by Dr. Horn. This, I think, would be M. ameri- 

 canus Leach. In the same list Mr. Ritchie records M. rugipetinis Lee. 

 This, I think, would be Af. angusticollis Say. 



Mr. J. Pettit, in his " List of Coleoptera taken at Grimsby, Ont.," Can- 

 Ent., vol. 2, p. 132, records M. aiigusticollis Say. This is probably M. 

 amej'icaniis Leach. 



Mr. Wm. Couper, in his " List of Coleoptera taken at Quebec and 

 other parts of Lower Canada," published at Quebec in 1864, records 

 M. angusticollis Say as " common on potato-vines," no date given. As 

 most of Mr. Couper's Coleoptera were named by Dr. LeConte, this also 

 is probably M. americanus Leach. 



I have no record of the capture of M. americanus Leach, myself, but 



