254 Journal New York Entomological Society, t^oi. xxiii, 



recommended this mode of collecting, writes that he used an old gun 

 loaded with powder and dry sand. The insect he says is often only 

 stunned, and falls out of the tree, but before it can recover itself 

 sufficiently to fly away, it may be picked up and bottled. — 



William T. Davis. 



Coccinella transversoguttata, Trichodes nuttalli, and Malachius 

 seneus. — Coccinella transversoguttata was found on Staten Island in 

 July, 191 5, by C. W. Leng, Jr., and has also been found at Deep Pond, 

 near Wading River, Long Island, by Wm. T. Davis. Its range has long 

 been known as transcontinental in northern regions ; but appears by 

 the records cited and others made by Lewis B. Woodruff to actually 

 extend southward as far as New York City. It has already been 

 noted as occurring, though not common at several localities in Con- 

 necticut (Conn. Exp. Sta. Bull. 181) by Dr. W. E. Britton. 



Trichodes nuttalli is another northern species which was found on 

 Staten Island in July by C. W. Leng, Jr. The single specimen was 

 found while sweeping the low meadows between Grasmere and South 

 Beach in company with Wm. T. Davis. The species is not uncommon 

 in the northern part of the state and has been taken by R. P. Dow in 

 Sullivan Co., and in Ulster Co. 



Malachius cvneus. To the distribution records for this species may 

 be added White Plains, N. Y., June, one specimen found by Mr. J. R. 

 de la Torre Bueno, and Batavia, N. Y., abundant, found by Mr. H. 

 H. Knight.— C. W. Leng. 



