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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ECOLOGICAL NOTES— ('(intinne.l. 



Gastroidea cyanea, on rumex. 



Lina lapponica and xcrijda, on willow?;. 



Monocesta coryli, on elm, rare. 



Trirliahda tomentosa, rare; rir(/ala, one 

 specimen. 



Galerucella americ<iini, on solida^o; nifn- 

 sanguineo, on Azalea undijioni; lu/in- 

 phaese, on nyraphsea and other aquatic 



Dibolld borealis, on jilantago. 

 PsijUiodfs conrexior, on low i)lants. 

 Microrliopala vitlala and j-crenc, live ( 



solidago; the others are rare; nu'lxlu 



mcri, very rare. 

 Odoiilota sc((jiiilaris i\nt\ hirn/nr on mea 



ows; flarx'dix, on blaek locust; in:rr(is 



everywhere on bushes; horiii, very rar 



plants; decora, on willows; votata, <in chariste 

 eupatorium; xanthomehnm, on elm. 



Diabroiica, 12-punc1a(a an<l rittata, com- 

 mon everywhere; alripciuiix, rare. 



PliijUobroiica discoidca and Ihnhata, on 

 swami)y grounds. 



Luperodrs mcrara and ci/anf/hix, on mead- 



'/(f»^^, one specimen 



Orlotnina pliralnla, on 7Vco;/;<( radira„>i. 

 Slnii.sj)!! iiitiallir((, on swampy meadows. 

 CfisshJa nlgrijn's on C(>nvolvnlus, Iiirltlafa, 



on potatoes. 

 ('oplocijrhi clariila, on oak; the others 



mostly on coii\-olvulus. 

 Clir/i/niin-jtlia argns, counnon on convol- 



vulaceic. 



Phyllerlillirns dorsal i.s and grufllis, on les- 



pedeza. 

 Cerotoiua Irlfin-cala. common on bushes 



and meadows. 

 Blepharida rhni.s, ,,n rhiis. 

 P((chii()iii/rltiix parado.ras, on smiiax. 

 IIypola)n])Kis i)ilnxa, not rare. 

 (EdUmychix, more or less common by 



beating meadows; rams, very common; 



indigoptera, one specimen. 

 Disonycha, like (Edioriyrhis; '>-riltala, one 



specimen. 

 Sphicrodrnna njiinia, several s])ecimens 



by sweeping. 

 Haltica chalybea, on grapevine; />(.^7'(y.(//(v/, 



on Oenothera; ignita, everywhere in 



bushes; amocna, rare; mareraganx, one 



specimen. 

 Ladicn /r/.s and tibialis, both rare. 

 Diphanlaca bicolorata, rare. 

 Orthaltica copalirat, very common on 



sumac. 

 Crepidodera rvfipes, on })lack hjcust; hfl- 



xines, very abundant on willows; tiiri- 



rentrift, abundant on meadows. 

 Epitrix, very abundant on various low Nyctobates }>eiiu!<!ilr<niica, i\\mni\M\X ww^Xer 



plants; pamda, on solanum. loose bark. 



Manlura foridana, swampy meadows. Merinus Ltvin, like Nyctobat(x. 



Cluvtocnema, all on meadows; .mbcylin- Haplandrusfemoralns and ater.vuiderkn^i^e 



drica and protenm are rare. bark. 



«S'?/s<ena, all on bushes and lower plants. /S'co^o6«^'.sm/c«r((/».s', common under bark. 

 67.?/p/?na, by sweeping meadows. Xylopiinix, nndev liark; uncxcciis, rather 



Ajdilhona insolita, very rare. rare. 



Phyllolreta, all on cruciferous plants, ex- Tenebria ubsciirns and niolitor, introduced 



cept picla. species; raxlain'as and leiu'lirioidex, under 



Longitarsuft, all by sweeping meadows. loose bark. 



BRFCHIDiE. 



S/HTiiiopliagiis robiiii.-r, on (i/editsrliia Iria- 

 ranihns. ' 



llnu-lnis i,is,,rii,H, in peas, inip<irte<l; rhi- 

 Kinsis-Aud .'/-inacn/alHs, Ixtth importer- 

 bindHrrahis, in seeds ..f Cassia nain,- 

 Inialica; disliugitnahis, on Lndirigia ,-/,/- 

 Irniij'iilia: obsolelns, in seeds of Tephrosia 

 rirgiiiiaiia: abti'ctus in beans; liibisri, in 

 seeds of Hibiscas inosdieidos; exigmis, in 

 seeds of A morpha frutirosa; of ralms and 

 perforates, single specimens. 



ZaJirotes obliteratus and siibniteiis, rare, 

 habits unknown. 



TENEBRIONID^. 



Epitragiis aniwliiiis, on bushes. 



Pliellopsis obcardata, under old bark, one 

 si>ecimen. 



Illaps sill, His, said to be found in Alexan- 

 dria, \'irginia. 



Polypleiti-Ks gnniiialns. nnder stones and 

 chips. 



