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quickly, that it is very difficult to get them into a bottle. With 

 us the first individuals of the family appear about the middle 

 of May, and reach their maximum numbers during June, but 

 by the middle of July most of them have gone. I give below 

 notes on some of the species, and also a list of them, which 

 may assist in throwing a little light on geographical distri- 

 bution : 



Pentaria. 



trifasciata Mels., common, taken abundantly on the foliage 

 of an osage orange hedge, June. 



Anaspls. 



rufa Say, common. 



TOMOXIA. 



bidentata Say, common, 

 linella Lee, common, 

 hilaris (Say), rare. 



The three species above are found about dead beech 



timber, but with the destruction of the trees the beetles 



have become scarce. 



MOKDKLLA. 



melaena Germ., rare, 

 scutellaris Fab., common, 

 octopunctata Fab., common, 

 marginata Melsh., common, 

 lunulata Hel., rare. 



serval Say, abundant ; always found resting on the under- 

 side of logs, mostly beech, 

 oculata Say, abundant, 

 triloba (Say), abundant, 

 undulata Mels., rare, 

 discoidea Mels., not common. 



GMI'ODES. 



sericans Mels., rare. 



