142 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Monohammiis scutellatus buzzed from one resting place to another, 

 and the sweating workmen addressed them in unique, if somewhat 

 lurid, phrases when the huge insects struck them in the face or 

 scratched an erratic course across the back of their neck. In this 

 yard I bottled 160 of the former and 265 of the latter species, 

 most of them being taken on two of the warmest afternoons of 

 the week. ChalcopJwra fortis was taken once on a board pile 

 and liberta several times in company with virginiensis. 



All the specimens of Dicerca chrysea seemed to ha^•e congre- 

 ^ gated on the trunk of a sickly white pine at the edge of the woods, 

 where I secured eleven of them. Many of them were so high up 

 that I was forced to stand on a pile of logs and dislodge them with 

 a long pine branch. Those that missed the net in their fall were 

 found clinging to projecting sticks or to the base of the tree, which 

 they must have reached by spreading their wings just before 

 striking the ground. I have noticed this neat bit of parachute 

 work by Dicerca divaricata after vainly searching for them on the 

 ground. This species and punctulata were taken on the trunk of 

 a maple tree at the south end of the yard. The single specimen of 

 the latter species is my only record for Maine. 



Chrysohothris scahripennis was common on the pine logs and 

 dentipes became a nuisance as its quick flight distracted the atten- 

 tion from more desirable species. C. harrisi was seen four times 

 and, remarkable enough to record, not a specimen escaped. 



One Buprestis impedila was taken from a pine trunk so close to 

 the ground that it nearly escaped observation. The remains of B. 

 consularis were discovered under a board and by careful patching 

 a presentable specimen was secured; then by running melted 

 paraffine into the body cavity it was made strong enough to pin. 

 Many rare specimens might be saved if care is taken in trans- 

 porting damaged insects from the field and a little ingenuity exer- 

 cised in repairing them. It is also a good plan to pick up any 

 dead, even though imperfect, specimens and reser\'e for future 

 examination unless they are well-known forms. I have not for- 

 gotten the lesson I once received, for the result brought me an 

 almost perfect specimen of one of my rarest New England Ceramby- 

 cida?. I was tramping through a thick forest growth of hardwood, 

 interspersed with huge hemlocks, that clothed the ruggedness of 



