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resembles the former species, but it is larger, and the elytra are tom- 

 entose with a fine silky pubescence. 



Lacnocrepis parallelus, Say. One of these beetles was taken on 

 the same date as the preceding and in the same locality, where two or 

 three specimens had been collected by Rev. G. W. Taylor two years 

 previously. The only other example I have from this district is one 

 given to me by Mr. W, Simpson, and collected I believe at King's Mere. 



Drotnius piceus, Lee. was another interesting species taken the 

 same day under the bark of a stump. This carabid, easily recognized 

 by its truncated elytra is usually found either under bark, or under moss 

 about the roots of trees, in such places as the damp woods in this swamp. 



Brachys ovata, Web. An example of this pretty little buprestid 

 was secured at Wakefield on August 7th upon oak. It may readily 

 be distinguished, by it greater size and more purplish color, from our 

 common B. cerosa which is taken upon basswood. 



Typocrus sebratus, Fab. is a longicorn beetle which occurs in the 

 latter part of July and in August upon the flowers of the golden rod, 

 and was taken last season at Wakefield and Aylmer. It is distinguished 

 from our commoner species T. velutinus Oliv. by being smaller and by 

 having the elytra black with four bright yellow bands, instead of red 

 with the bands pale yellow. The members of the genus Typocerus are 

 distingushed from the more numerous species ot Leptura by the large 

 poriferous spaces on the antennae. 



Bruckus cruetttatus^Woxn. This pretty little beetle, marked with a 

 bright-orange-red patch on each elytron, was taken at Aylmer on July 

 31st in the blossom of the wild convolvulus (upon which were many 

 pupae and beetles of of the spotted tortoise-beetle, Ghdymorpha arsons 

 Licht.) A second specimen was observed and taken with the sweeping 

 net, but escaped with the nimbleness that characterises this species. 

 The only specimens previously taken or seen, occurred several years ago 

 in the city. 



Myderus scaber, Hald. Several of this species were taken upon 

 flowers (compositae) at Aylmer on 31st July. The only previous capture 

 of this melandryid wason the occasion of a Club excursion to the Chats 

 Falls some years ago, when it was somewhat abundant upon small 

 willows. 



