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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ECOLOGICAL NOTES— ( 



Ndccrilfs iiidaiii'va, cverywlieiv m itie 



city. 

 (>.i((cis, ]'ri>h()Kci(, an<l Axcluni, all <>ii 



flowers. 



MORDELLIl)^. 



rciildi-id Irifaaciuld, on Howers, conimoii. 

 A,ias/,ixHnrijH'inii>< And mfn, on flowers. 

 Toiiiu.iid liiiiilla on old twifrs; indusa, one 



soruh! 



md pota- 



Macrvhasis iniiml 



toes. 

 Ejiirdiild jinnisi/lnuiicii and ciiu-rcd, on 



solida,«o and solanuni; ct'^aYa and /''»'- 



iiismla, on j)otatoe.s; .'<lrigos(i, on flowers; 



iridiritit, on convolvulus. 

 PijroUi <icrmarl and limbalix, on solidaj^o. 

 Pdtnfiliojxvd :riti'ii, on willows. 



KHIPIPHORID^. 



specnnen. 

 MordeUa, all the species live on liushes Pelecotoma ^flarlpes 



and flowers. 

 Mordellistena. The very nnmer( .us spei-ie; 



of this genus live partly on flowers 



partly on dead twigs. 



rare. 

 Rhipiphnrns, all on flowers. 

 Mi/odifes fdficiatuii an«l varieties, on soli- 

 dago and sumac. 



ANTHICIDtE. 



Stereopalpus melli/i, on bushes near water. 

 Corphyra, on flowers in swampy localities. 

 Xybphilus meUhehneri, bamlis, nebulomis, 



and fasdatus, on bushes; subfascial ns, 



under old leaves and bushes; brnuni- 



pennis, under bark of sycamore; vntafm, 



rare; impressus, on pine. 

 Macratna confusa and murina, on bushes 



near water, very coinmon. 

 Notoxus anchora, monodon, on flowers and 



bushes, very common ; bicolor, under old Rhynchiles, on various bushes, mostly oak 



leaves, very abundant. 

 Mecymtarsus candidus, on sand banks near 



STYLOPIDyE. 



Xenox peckii, parasitic on polistes. 



RHINOMACERIDvE. 



Rhinomacer pilosas and elongatus, very 

 common on dying pine trees. 



RHYNCHITID/E. 



Auletes cassandrse, on bushes. 

 Eugnamptus angusUdns and coUdrls, on 

 sycamore and other trees. 



Pterocolns oratus, on oak bushes. 



ATTELABID/E. 

 Eastern Branch. 

 Anthicus. The numerous species live Attelahu.f, mostly on oak ))ushes, 

 either on flowers or on the banks of tl 

 river. 



PYROCHROID^. 



ITIORHYNClIIDiE. 



Ischalia costata, in white rotten wo(k1, rare 



Epicxrus imbriratiix, conunon on dry 



meadows. 

 Hormorus widnlatnx, rare. 



Pyrochroa flabellata and fenioralls, under p^^^^^^^,,, ,,nndO'HS, wild grapevines, 



•hips of wood. 

 Dendroides canadensis, under liark of trees. 



MELOID.E. 



iV?/of, all species are crawling around in 



early spring. 

 Tricrania sanguinipennis, found in Rock 



Creek Valley on gravelly grounds. 

 Nemognatha nemorensis and rrilrmrid, on 



flowers of solidago. 

 Zonilis bilineata, on flowers. 

 Hornia minutipennis, in clay banks inhaVi- 



ited by Anthophora abrupta. 



June, July. 



Phyxelis rigidus, under stones. 



Otiorhynchus sulcatus, one specimen in 

 Oak Hill Cemetery; oratus, two speci- 

 mens. 



Cfrcopi'iis fhri/sorhmis, in early spring, 

 under chips and stones. 



Taiiynicciix i-<nifri'tiiy 

 conunon. 



Pandeh'tcjiis hilaris, extremely abundant 

 on branches and bushes. 



Brdchy stylus acutus, exclusively on per- 

 simmon. 



drv meadows; 



