150 BIOLOGICAL SURVETJ OF 



A. i'knsis Horn (9512). Mt. Desert, June 27 and Salisbury 

 Cove, Aug. 12 (Br.). 



A. ruficollis (Fab.) (9513). The fted-necked Borer, Salis- 

 bury Cove, .July 2.*!. The larva bores into the stalks of black- 

 berries and raspberries. Taken eating blueberry Leaves. 



A. lateralis (Say) (9514). Eden; S. W. Earbor, July 

 14-21. It breeds around the base of Myrioa. 



A. politus (Say) (9542). Eden, July 23. 



A. obsoletogitttatus Gory (9547). Section 2(> mating pair, 

 June 24; Mt. Desert, Aug. 9. Oak is the host. 



A. communis var. bubicola Abeille (19658). This was for- 

 merly (J. viridis var. fagi Ratz.). Station F242 from cat- 

 kins, Apr. 21; Station Y2\l sweeping ferns, July 2. 



Bkachys Solier 



B. aerosus Melsh. (9572). Bar Harbor, June 22; Penikese, 

 July 12; Station F99. Larva lives in oak and elm. 



1). aeruginosus Gory (9573). Eden, July 18. Beaten from 



oak which is the lwost tree. 

 I), ornata var. belporti (9574a). Nicolay & Weiss. Reared 



ex Quercus borealis. 



Taphrocerts Solier 



T. gracilis (Say) (9578). Great Heath, Sept. 25-Oct. 7. 



PsEPIIENIDAE 

 Psephenis Haldeman 



P. herricki DeKay (9586). But one specimen taken, July 

 12, 1935 at New Mill Pond outlet creeping- over wet stones 

 as is its custom. One of the four species that represent the 

 genus in this country. Brook from Toad Hole. The larva is 

 called Water Pennie. 



Helmidae 

 One of course goes to the brooks for these, and their rela- 

 tives, the Dryopidae. For the best method of collecting, see 

 Dr. Musgrave in Canadian Entomologist, Vol. LXVII, No. 3, 

 March, 1935. 



