162 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY <>K 



Phalacsus PaykuU 

 I*. politus M.'lsh. (1077:5). Ml. Deserl (Br.), Sept. 17. 



OL1BRUS Kiichson 



<). semistriatus Lee. (1(»780). Swept f rom Solidago, Sec. 16, 

 Aug. 14. (oiiimoii. 



(). i'allipes (Say) (1078(5). Taken from Solidago, Bar Har- 

 bor; Narrows; Seal Harbor, July 24-Aug. 20. 



(). sp. Mt. Deserl (Br.), Aug. 23; Corfield, Sept. 17. 



Stilbus Seidlitz 



S. sp. Station F270, Oct. 5. Scarce. 



Coccinellidae. The Lady Beetles 



The ''lady bugs" are among- the most beneficial of insects. 

 As they feed upon the bark lice as well as plant lice, they arc 

 taken by beating- and sweeping. 



Hyperaspis Chevrolat 



H. bigemixata (Rand.) (10877). Bar Harbor sweeping, 



Aug. 16. 

 H. undulata (Say) (10930). Bar Harbor in house, Nov. 18. 



Brachyacanthvs Chevrolat 



B. uksina (Fab.) (10972). Occurs on the leaves and flowers 

 of milkweed (Asclepias). Long Pond, Aug. 21. 



Microweisea Cockerel] 



M. margixata (Lee.) (10988). Mt. Desert (Br.), Sept. 12. 



Stethorts Weise 



S. punctum (Lec.) (10998). Mt. Desert, July (McAfee). 



Scymnus Kugelann 

 S. caudalis Lec. (11024). This whole genus are readily 

 taken by beating and sweeping foliage in Spring and early 

 Summer. Long Pond; Echo Lake : Eden, June 26-July 15. 



