1 , 4 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



Tkox Fabricius 



T. ERiNACBUS Lee. (13336). Said to feed <>n owl pellets. 

 Taken in trap made of Leather, wool and hones hound to- 

 gether Penikese, May 30; Breakneck Drive in meat trap, 

 Sept. 21. Taken at various places on North side of the 

 island with trap baited with feathers. 



T. monticola Kobinson. Part of type lot taken on owl 

 feathers July 4, '37 (Br.). 



T. rjNiSTRiATUS Beam*. (13338). On dried hones July and 

 Aug. General distribution. 



Serica MacLeay 



S. atracapilla (Kby.) (13354). Mt. Desert (Br.) May 22. 



S. tristis Lec. (13363). Taken at Penikese June 6 in 

 Japanese beetle trap baited with geranol; Penikese heat- 

 ing, June 30, and hatched from a box full of wool, cloth, 

 etc., placed at the edge of woods a year previously. 



S. lecontei Dawson (19959). Taken at Penikese May 30 

 from the stuffing of an old buggy seat partially buried the 

 year before. Scarce. 



S. cucullata Dawson (19966). Taken beating alder bushes 

 Penikese, Sept. 4; Salisbury Cove, July 12 (Sanford). 



S. species near but not tristis. 



Diplotaxis Kirbv 



D. tristis Kby. (13409). Found under bark, but feed at 

 night. Penikese under board May 30; Witches Hole sugar- 

 ing, Aug. 12; Penikese in geranol trap, Aug. 20. Not 

 common. 



D. liberta (Germ.) (13410). Bar Harbor (Moore), Iron- 

 bound Isl. (Blaney). 



Phyllophaga Harris (Laclinostema Hope) 



P. fusca (Froelich) (13511). The common May beetle or 

 " June bug." The larvae, commonly known as the white grub 

 often do considerable damage to lawns. Heavily para- 

 sitized here by Pelecinus polyturator and the grubs are a 

 favorite food of skunks. Appear last of May and disappear 

 last of June. 



