360 JOHN HAMILTON, M. D. 



CRYPTOPHAGID-2B. 



Telmatophilus americanus, not rare, under bark. 



Loberus impressus, not i-are, under bark. 



Tomarus pulchellus, on the ground under things, April. 



Antherophagus ochraceus, on flowers. 



Cryptophagus. — The species are not rare on cryptogams and fungi ; several 



others were not collected. 

 Csenoscelis ferruginea, not rare. 

 Atomaria ochracea, not common ; epMppiafa, common on the ground among 



herbage. 



MYCETOPHAGID^. 

 Mycetophagus. — The species are common, except obsoletus. 

 Triphyllus humeralis, in fungus; Typhien fumata in granaries, etc., and the 



species of Litargus. except nebnlosns, in fungus and by beating, ai'e common. 

 Diploccelus brunneus, under bark, not common. 



DERMESTID^. 



Byturus unicolor, on flowers ; all the species of Dermestes are common except 

 pulchra, of which an example occurred here and one at St. Vincent ; rattus, 

 a very small var. of canmus, was only taken in early Spring on dead snakes 

 impaled on thorns by butcher birds the previous Autumn. 



Attagenus piceus, in houses, on flowers, etc. ; pellio, only two examples. 



Dearthrus longulus and Cryptorhopalum triste, occasional on flowers 

 and by beating. 



HISTERID^. 



Hololepta lucida and fossularis, under elm and locust bark. 



Hister planipes, six examples once with ants, April ; harrisii, one example ; 

 merdarius, not common ; interruptas, marginicollis and cogmitus not rare ; fcedatus, 

 abbreviatus, depurator, furtivus, sezdecimstriatus and americanus are very com- 

 mon ; cirilis occurs under bark mostly, and is rare here, but more common 

 near the mountains ; servus, rather rare ; bimaculatus, three examples ; suhro- 

 tundns and »ern(ts common under stones, April ; carolinus and lecontei. common 

 under bark ; parallelus and coarctus, common under pine bark ; bamli.% St. 

 Vincent. 



Epierus pulicarius, not rare. 



Tribalus americanus, not common. 



Hetserius brunnipennis, not common, with ants, April. 



Onthophilus alternatus, rare, here and St. Vincent; var. nodatus, three ex- 

 amples in dried human faeces. 



Dendrophilus punctulatus, not common, under bark. 



Paromalus sequalis, estriatus and bistriatus, common under bark ; con- 

 ju7icfus, not common, under sterc. boviu.; seminulum, when found, abundant. 



Carcinops 14-striatus, occasional about" decomposing animal and vegetable 

 matter. 



Saprinus rotundatus, not common, here and St. Vincent; assimilis, common; 

 fraternus, common, sandy shores; fifchii, not common, sandy places. 



Plegaderus transversus, not rare, under bark. 



