108 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



A maka Bouvouloir 



A. cupreolata Putz. (1400). One specimen taken Oct. 26. 



They frequent damp places under stones and logs. 

 A. fallax Lec. (1389). A vegetable feeder. Look for the 



members of this genus under basal leaves which rest on the 



ground. B. H., .Tune 13. 



Triaena LeConte 



T. axgustata (Say) (1433). Mt. Desert, July 2 (Br.). Scarce. 



Calathus Bonelli 



C. gregabius Dej. (1482). The specific name indicates that 

 they become so, which they do in cold weather. Found under 

 logs in dry woods. Corfield, May 1. Penikese in grass, June 

 17. Long Porcupine in logs, Aug. 10; Breakneck Road meat 

 trap, Sept. 3. 



Pristodactyla Dejean 



P. impuxctata (Say) (1489). Mt. Desert, July 15 (Br.); 

 Duck Br., Aug. 2; Long Porcupine, Aug. 10; Half Moon 

 Pond, Aug. 10. 



Platynus Bonelli 



P. sixuatus (Dej.) (1514). This genus occurs beneath cover 

 from damp to dry sandy places, each species following its 

 preference. Mt. Desert, May 13 (Br.) ; Schooner Plead in 

 birch log, May 23; Hunters Beach Trail in log, July 30; 

 Corfield, Aug. 10; Long Pond, Aug. 14; Witches Hole. Aug. 

 28 (Br.) ; Echo Lake, July 17. 



P. kxtensicollis (Say) (1522). Frequents the shores of 

 ponds. Eagle Lake under stones, Aug. 15. North end of 

 Long Pond under stones, Sept. 27, and in large numbers 

 Oct. 10. 



P. tenuis Lec. (1539). Witches Hole path in June. 



