4G 'J'ra)is. Acad, of St. Louis 



it rocntor. It roinaiiiiMl in only a little while, however, 

 came out; went in once more and soon came out, an<l then 

 seemed to ^ive up, as if disai)pointe<l at beinij: nna])le 

 til rout the smaller one. I du^ out the hole, and found 

 it six inclies deep, without nest or ])rovisions. 



Gcopimis incrassatus Dejean. [H. A. Schwarz]. In a 

 stretcli of gravelly l)ottom alonic Joachim creek at Hem- 

 atite, Mo., were a number of small sandy areas. On 

 three of these places the sand was heajjed up, apprising 

 us of the burrows beneatli. The sand liad been pusiied 

 out in i)lu,i]:s, as is usual with beetles. The holes were 

 about eight inches deep, and sheltered this beetle at the 

 bottom. 



liar pal us calicii}wsus Fab. [E. A. Schwarz]. This 

 beetle was found on a sunflower head which was almost 

 completely withered. The beetle had extracte<l a seed 

 and was diligently cliewing it. It was placed in a vial 

 with an Epcolus bee; later it was discovered that the 

 beetle had completely chewed away the abdomen of the 

 bee. Another individual was found in llie toj) of a small 

 rag-weed, munching at the seeds. Thus this ground 

 beetle, essentially carnivorous, sometimes takes the 

 trouble to climb plants for seeds. 



Ilarpalus crraticus Say. [E. A. Schwarz]. The pres- 

 ence of th<> burrow of this beetle was indicated on the 

 surface of the ground by several piles of loose earth 

 which still retained slightly the ])lug-shaped or sausage- 

 like form in wliieli it had becMi ])ushed out. I followed 

 this burrow, about one-fourth inch in diameter, to a 

 depth of about thirty-six inches, and was rewarded by 

 iH)thing more than to find this beetle sitting complacent- 

 ly at tlic bottom. This was on Se])tember 1l!, 11)17. 



Ilarpalus penvsylvauicus Dej. | H .A. Schwarz]. Hun- 

 dreds of these beetles were seen about the roads and 

 stubble fields, and about a dozen pairs in mating on 

 S(>ptember 17, li)17. 



Dineutcs a^similis Aube. [H. S. Barber]. This 



