(l(i THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGISl 



Xantholijius cephalus Say. One under the bark. 



Enchomus venh-iculus Say. Taken singly under the bark. 



Silvanus planatus Germ. Numerous colonies under the bark of the 

 less decayed trunks. , 



Cucujus clavipes Fab. Four fine imagos taken 13th October, under 

 the bark of ,a fallen trunk, one in an enclosure of borings formed on the 

 inside surface of the bark, with pupal skin from which it had lately 

 emerged beside it in the cell. On the inside of a strip of bark from an- 

 other prostrate trunk, there were 18 or 20 of the empty cells in a continu- 

 ous patch, where the beetles had transformed, six of these being in an 

 exactly straight row, with their edges meeting in perfect regularity. Num- 

 bers of the larvae under the bark of the trunks. 



Lcemophlceus pusilhis Sch. One colony of about 25 individuals un- 

 der the bark, 3rd November. 



Brontes dubhis Fab. Two specimens taken at different times under 

 the bark, 13th and 15th October. 



Hister vermis Say. A solitary specimen under the bark, 15 th Oc- 

 tober. 



Hister carolimis Payk. A solitary specimen under the bark, 3rd 

 November. 



Tenebrioides castanea Melsh. A number taken under the bark of a 

 small, dry, decaying upright trunk, and an occasional specimen in other 

 trunks. 



Alaus oculatus Linn. Four of the beetles taken in the decaying wood 

 of the trunks, and, 13th October, one pupa. Of the four imagos, three 

 show inequality of the elytra, one considerably, the two others slightly. 



Elater manipularis Cand. One specimen under the bark, 3rd No- 

 vember. 



Melanotus communis Gyll. Under the bark. 



Buprestidce, larv^ of one species. A number of small. Hat, big- 

 headed borers taken 15th October boring between the bark and the wood 

 of a rather sound trunk, one just beginning to decay, the bark being 

 tight. 



Cis chevrolatii Mellie'. Two specimens taken 13th October, one on a 

 small, hard kind of fungus growing out of the bark, the other under the 

 bark. 



Parandra brurmea Fab. Several dried specimens found under the 



