496 Miscellaneous. 



E. biguttatus, Say. Abundant under bark of stumps on the Moun- 

 tain and Mile-end road. 



2. Fam. Coccinellid.ee , Leach. 



(See Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. VI. p. 129.) 



1. Brachyacantha, Mulsant. 



B. ursina, Fabr. Abundant on milkweed (Jtsclepias cornuti), July. 



B. 10-pu3tulata, Mels Rare, on flowers of umbelliferous plant! 



on the Mountain, July. 

 3. Chilocorus, Leach. 



C. bivulnerus, Mels. Common on the bark of the white birch, La- 



prairie, in October. 



3. Psyllobora, Mulsant. 



P. 20-maculata, Say. Abundant by sweeping herbage on the 

 Mountain, June. 



4. Hippodamia, Mulsant. 



H. 13-punctata, Linn. Common, June and July, Montreal and 



Sorel. 

 H. quinque-signata, Kirby. Abundant on potatoe-vines, St. Hilaire* 



end of August. 



5. Coccinella, Linn. 



C. ophthalmica, Mais. Rare, June. 



U. bipunctata, Linn. Very abundant everywhere. 



C. novemnotata, Herbst. Abundant. 



Note. — The Journal and the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia contain numerous elaborate monographs by 

 Dr. Leconte on various families and genera of North American Coleop- 

 tera, and, for the convenience of those wishing to name their collec- 

 tions, I have supplied references to them. 



The following species which [ have taken at Sorel, I have not 

 yet met with near Montreal : 



Platynus lutulentus, Lee. Under dry cow-dung, May. 



" picipennis, Kirby. " " " 



Anisodactylus rusticus, Say. " " " very abundant. 



Agathidium exiguum, Mels. Under bark of dead pine-stumps. 

 Platysoma paralellum, Say. " " " 



Ancylocheira fasciata, Fabr. Common, July. 



Elater phaenicopterus, Germ. Var. Under bark of dead pine stumps. 

 Lytta Fabricii, Lee. (cinerea, Fabr.) In great numbers on potatoe- 

 vines. 

 Hypophlaeus nitidus, Mels. Under bark of a dead pine-stump. 



Montreal, June 2nd, 1859. 



