24 Hayward and Savage on Green Mountain Coleoptera. 



25. Geomis Piis^ETi Rafinesqiie. Salamander. — This 

 singular animal is confined to the more northern portions of 

 the state, none being found south of Lake Harney. They 

 inhabit the dry pine barrens, where in the process of bur- 

 rowing they throw up little mounds which in some sections 

 are quite numerous. They are provided with large cheek 

 pouches, with which they are said to convey the earth to 

 the surface. The Salamander is seldom seen abroad during 



. the day, and if they ever leave the burrows it is in the 

 night. When by any accident they appear above ground 

 in the daylight, they seem confused and may be readily 

 captured. 



26. Mus DECUMANUS Pctllas. Brown Rat. — Found abun- 

 dantly at Jacksonville, not only in the city but on the 

 neighboring plantations. I do not remember of having 

 observed it elsewhere in Florida. I have never seen a 

 specimen of the common mouse [Mus musculus) in the 



state. 



{To be Continued.^ 



A CATALOGUE OF THE COLEOPTERA OF THE 

 GREEN MOUNTAINS. 



By R. Hayward and H. Savage, 



{Continued from page 75.) 



Stapliylinidoe. Stapliyliyius fossator Grav. 



Tachiyms fumipennis Say. Philontlms cyanipennis Fab. 



OreopMlus villosus Grav'. PhUonthus Ic^tulus Say. 



Staphylinus maculosus Grav. Gyrohypnus obscurus Er. 

 Staphylinus vulpinus Nordm. (Sprague.) 



