1275. BEETLES OF THE DTSTRICT OF COUMIUA — VLKE. 



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ECOLOGICAL NOTES— C'ontimu'd. 



TmCHOPTERY(Tll)iE. 



Nossidiiirn americdimm, found once very 



abundantly in a iinich decayed old 



8tuni]>. 

 I '/Hi mil and I'hiild'niin. Species of tliese 



•renei'a occur under old leaves in moist 



places. 

 ]/ninilodex pnrddoxiix, strictly niyrinecoph- 



ilous, among Lasiax ckwiger. 

 I'teryx batteata, in decaying wood. 

 J'tlneUodex Iccnntel, under old leaves. 

 TricJiopterijx. These species are more or 



less abundant in all sorts of decayed 



vegetal)le matters; several undescribed 



species. 

 Siiiicrusfilicornis, under debris near water. 

 Pdnella quercus and phu, under moist 



bark. 

 Xi'])hanes hvviui^culiis, uniU-r old leaves. 



SCAPHIDIID^. 



Si'aphidinm obUteratviu, on the mold-like 

 fungus growing on the vmderside of 

 logs, rather rare; qaadrigiiltiitniii, with 

 the i)receding, abundant. 



CiipKrliiin and Bivocera on moldy old 

 leaves. 



Ti).i-iditim ginii nid roidef!, lives like the next. 



Sntjdiixoina, live in fungi and old leaves. 



PHALACRID.E. 



I'hnlacrvs, OlUmif!, Litorlirxa. 



early 



■otlier 



parks 



CoccineUd' dlliuix, on i)ine trees i 

 spring, on ^villows in sunmier: tl 

 species are connnon. 



Adnlid hipiiiicfiild, aliundant in on 

 and gardens. 



Hdrmoiiid jilctd, rare, on pine trees. 



Ui/aid piil/dld^ exclusively on pine trees. 



Amdis n<;//dld, very abundant .■very- 

 where. 



Psyllobora ..■'0-iiidctddld^ very conmion on 

 low vegetation. 



f'JiilucoruK bindncrnx, exceedingly abun- 

 dant. 



Exoc}iomdf< 3-pU!<ltddhis, on oaks, not com- 

 mon. 



Cryptognathd pusil/d, on shrul)bery, very 

 abundant. 



Smilia marginatd ani\ iiiiscda, on trees and 

 shrubs, common. 



Brnchyacdnthd. The various species are 

 beaten from low plants in meadows. 



Hyperdspis. All the species are beaten 

 from trees and shrubs. 



Seymmis. All species live on trees, shrul )s, 

 and low plants. . 



CephaloscymnuK z i m m e r m a n n i, o n 

 branches, very rare. 



EpUdcliiid Jioredlig, very connnon, feeds on 

 cucnrbitaceous plants. 



ENDOMYCHID^. 



All our Alexia lobdtd, a single specimen, 

 l^halacridie occur on various plants, as Aimmorphus spec? known in our collec- 

 tions as A. pusilluti Zimmermann Mss. 

 Si/whintes ullri and mino7-, live on mold 



as under decaying leaves 

 CORYLOPHID.E. 



growing within red rotten logs. 

 }[yvct;vd IiirUt, on molds in dark places. 

 Bliariis iniiroliir, very abundant under 



old ])ark. 

 Liestes spec? very rare, at the t)ase of 



trees. 

 Phyrnaphura pidchcJla , under old bark. 

 Lycoperdinaferrugmea, in a small species 

 of Lycoperdon. 

 Aiiiiidsticta xixidtd, one specimen; more Aphorista vittatd, on molds on logs, com- 



abnndant near salt-water regions. mon. 



J/i?(/(7te )«oci(/f//r/, a very abundant species, Mycetina testncm, on fungi grow'ing on 

 gregariously under bark and stones in roots and logs; prrpulchra, rare, on 



cold weather. mold under ])ark. 



Ilippodamia IS-pimctdta, one specimen; Sli'iiol<n:'<ii.'< Iiispidii.^, (tu dvad branches of 

 the other species are common. various trees. 



Sdcium, our species live under bark of 

 various trees; can also be beaten fr-om 

 ilead branches. 



Arthwlips, Sericoderm, under old leaves. 



Oithoperus glaber, very abundant on grow- 

 ing vegetation. 



COCCTNELLID^. 



