154 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



Attaoenus Latreille 



A. i'ii i:i s Oliv. (9742). Black Carpet Beetle, Bar Harbor, 

 July (Moore); Bar Harbor, May 19-June 1 (Br.). Peni- 

 kese, July 25. 



Trogodkrma Lai reille 

 T. inclusa Lee. (9785). Bar Harbor, Apr. 20 (Br.). 



ANTHRENUS Latreille 



A. scrophulariae (Linn.) (9829). Buffalo Carpet Beetle. 

 Common in white daisies eating center. Appeared in eastern 

 l'. S. from Europe about 1874 and has become our most 

 serious household pest. 



A. museorum (Linn.) (9837). Museum Beetle. On flowers 

 of Ilex verticellata Bar Harbor, July 8 (Br.) ; Eag'le Lake; 

 Great Pond, July 16-Aug. 10. Sweeping. 



Byrrhidae. The Pill Beetles 



They live around the edge of water in the roots of grasses 

 and the way to take them is to dig or pull up roots, par- 

 ticularly in sandy places and search for them there. 



Cytilus Erichson 



C. alternatus (Say) (9864). Fawn Pond on leaves under 

 water, June 30. Bar Harbor, June 10 (Br.). Not common. 



BTRRHUS Linnaeus 



B. americanus Lee. (9869). Taken in logs Lake Wood, June 

 13. Corfield flying, July 7; S. W. Harbor, July 13, Green 

 Mt., Aug. 17. 



B. geminatus Lee. (9873). In moss, Oct. (Br.). Also found 

 around roots of grass tufts in loose soil. 



