138 BIOLOGICAL sri.'YKY OF 



( '. bilineatus Say (7121). Bald Mt. sweeping blueberry and 



wild cherry blossoms, June (>. 

 ( '. neglectus Pall (19484). Penikese beating bushes in 



bloom, June 15. 

 ('. anderson] Frost (19485). Corfield 011 oak leaves, June 

 20; Penikese beating, June 20. 



Sius Latreille 



S. percomis (Say) (71o2). One specimen taken a1 Penikese, 

 June 1, '28. 



M althodes Kieseiiwetter 



M. concavus Lee. (717S). liar Harbor, July 24. 



M. pragilis Lec. (717D). S. \V. Harbor, July 13. 



M. sp. Corfield on wild roses, duly. The numerous species of 



Malthodes seem to differ in the male characters, the females 



being at present not identifiable. 



Melyridae 



. Collops Erichson 



( '. tricolor (Say) (7196). Bar Harbor (Moore); Long 

 Pond, dune 27 ; Green Mt. on lichen 1300 ft., duly 20 ; Section 

 24, duly 2. 



M ai.ai iiii s Fabricius 



M. aeneus (Linn.) (7238). An introduced species which ap- 

 pears around tbe middle of May on low growing flowers 

 like wild mustard, etc., and has a general distribution. Taken 

 up to the last of dune. 



Attalus Erichson 



A. terminalis (Er.) (72!)4). Bar Harbor, dune 2d (Br.); 

 S. W. Harbor; X. E. Harbor, duly 20-2(1; Green Mt. 1200 

 ft., duly 20. 



Cleridae. The Checkered Beetles 



They occur on trees where they prey upon the wood boring 

 species and on shrubs and flowers. 



