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loose, dry bark where a fallen trunk had broken over, its base being sus- 

 pended from the stump. 



Cerainbycidce, larvje of two species. Borers of uncertain genera, 

 taken 15th October in same trunk with the Buprestidce larvae referred to 

 above. A round, pinkish larva of moderate size, taken boring in the 

 bark ; and some larger and stouter larvae, whitish or yellowish and round, 

 boring first between the bark and wood, and afterward penetrating the 

 wood and stopping up their passages with borings next the bark. Some 

 larvae very much like the latter, taken 3rd November in the decayed wood 

 of another trunk. 



Chrysoinela elega/is Oliv. Remains of one specimen, with the color 

 well preserved, found under the bark. 



Nyctobates pemisylvanica DeG. Common under the bark. 



Scotobates calcaratits Fab. Remains (elytra and abdomen) of one 

 specimen found in its cell, where it had transformed and died, in the 

 decayed wood of an upright trunk in the water by the edge of the river. 



Hoplocephala biconiis Oliv. Seven specimens altogether. One male 

 under the bark, 13th October, one male in the deca)^ed wood, 17th Octo- 

 ber, and three male and two female specimens under the bark, 3rd No- 

 vember. Of those taken the latter date, four were in company together. 

 The specimen taken in the decayed wood was in a small cell or passage, 

 and was found in such a manner as to indicate that it had fed on the 

 wood. 



Platydema ruficonie Sturm. Nine specimens together under the bark 

 at the base of an upright trunk, 13th October, and a company of fifteen 

 under bark of a prostrate trunk, 15th October. 



Tetratoma truncoriim Lee. Four specimens, taken 13th October, un- 

 der the loose, dry bark of the fallen trunk suspended at the base, and one, 

 17th October, in the decayed wood of a small, upright trunk. Two of 

 those taken 13th October were in coitu, and remained joined after death 

 in the alcohol bottle. 



Penthe obliqiiata Fab. Two specimens taken at different times under 

 the bark, 13th and 15th October. 



Eustrophus b ico ior ^a-y. One solitary specimen taken 15 th October, 

 under the bark. 



Orchesia castanea Melsh. Several taken under the loose, dry bark of 

 a small upright trunk, 13th and 17th October. 



Eupsalis minuta Drury. A single, apparently dead specimen, taken 



