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Symphora LeConte 



S. FLAVicoLLis (Hald.) (12577). Taken on leaves and under 

 bark. Long Pond, July 16. 



Canifa LeConte 



C. PusiLLA (Hald.) (12586). Beaten from foliage of shrubs. 

 Echo Lake, June 27, Sept. 1. Scarce. 



Ptinidae. The Death-watch or Drug Store Beetles 



These beetles bore into the wood of old buildings where 

 they make a ticking sound. They frequent stores and houses 

 where dried food is kept and go through the whole menu from 

 breakfast foods and coffee to cigars, wdth great relish. They 

 thrive on museum specimens and insect collections. In the 

 open, search for them under the bark of dead trees and in 

 the dry trash of woodlands. 



Mezitjm Curtis 



M. AMERicANUM Lap. (12601). Occurs in houses where it 

 breeds in animal substances. Has been found in old insect 

 boxes. Bar Harbor, July 26 (Br.). 



Ptinus Linnaeus 



P. BRUNNEUS Dufts. (12612). In a house in Bar Harbor. 



P. FUR L. (12613). An Old World species very dangerous to 



museum specimens. In laboratory June and July. 

 P. jAPONicus. Corfield in lab., June 24^July 23. 



ANOBnOAE 



Look for them in dead branches, dried fungi, etc., and sift 

 for them. 



Eknobius Thomson 



E. MOLLIS (Linn.) (12649). Occurs on pine. S. W. Harbor; 

 N. E. Harbor; Green Mt., June 22-July 25. General dis- 

 tribution. 



