172 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



Sphindidae. The Sphindus Beetles 

 Sphindus Chevrolal 



S. AMERiCANUS Lee. (125)49). One specimen taken but too 

 damaged to be sure of exact determination. Found in decay- 

 ing wood and fungus. 



Cisidae. The Minute Tree-fungus Beetles 



Cis Latreille 



C. fuscipes Mellie* (12972). Occurs beneath bark on logs 

 and on fungi. Salisbury Cove, June 25. Not common. 



Xestocis Casey 



X. levetti Casey (12997). It lives in the dry shining- tree 

 fungus (Fomes lucidus) on decaying hemlock logs. Bar 

 Harbor ; Jordan Pond, July and Aug. 



OCTOTEMNUS Mellie 



O. lakvis Casey (13037). Under bark on log Salisbury Cove, 

 June 25. Scarce. Look for it under moss on logs. 



S< auabaeidae. The Lamell icoi-n Beetles 



This family which is probably the most aristocratic because 

 its name is taken from the Latin Scarabaeus meaning "a 

 beetle," may be roughly divided into two groups according 

 to habits. However, as each genus generally has an adult 

 food habit of its own, one cannot generalize and they will be 

 treated separately. 



Oxthophagis Latreille 



O. hecate Panz. (13080). Occurs beneath dead birds, snakes, 

 etc Taken in meat traps Bay Shore Drive, Sept. 11 ; North 

 Shore Eagle Lake, Oct. 1; Salisbury Cove on star nosed 

 mole, July 15. 



( >. n'uchicorxis (Linn.) (13088). The only place taken was 

 in cow dung at the Manset Tee Ponds. Station F316. 



