THE MOUNT DESERT REGION !•">•! 



Pilopius Casey 



J*, consobrinus (Lee.) {(YMu). Pretty Marsh Landing under 



stone with ants, Aug. 21. 

 I*, sp. near lacustris. Sal. Cove, cross road under stone, 



Sept. 24. 



TTEUS Aube 



T^humeralis (Aube) (6382). Taken from under bark on 

 log. See. 15, Oct. 4, '34. Very rare. 



Ptillidae 



Several genera and numerous species of these minute 

 "featherwing" beetles are to be found in abundance. They 

 and their larvae devour the ripe spores of fungi, and the com- 

 moner species frequent old vegetable accumulations, manure, 

 certain ripe fungi, etc. The long cilia e on their wings are 

 thought by H. S. Barber to serve, like thistledown, to gain 

 wide dispersal of the various species. 



AcRATRKHis Motschulsky 



A. sp. In cow pastures at Town Hill in Aug.-Sept. 



Scaphidiidae. The Shining Fungus Beetles 



Look beneath the bark of rotten logs wherever mold or 

 fungus is forming in damp surroundings. 



Scaphisoma Leach 



S. convexum Say (6489). In limited numbers on fungi 

 throughout the summer and is widely distributed. 



Raeocera Erichson 



B. concolor (Fab.) ( CJ.">lo ) - Lives on the earlier toadstools. 

 Not common. S. W. Harbor, July 13. 



