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Journal New York Entomological Society. t^'°i- xxx. 



The rich fungus flora consisted mainly of polypores thriving on 

 the many trees and stumps in various stages of decay and numerous 

 species of gill fungi supported by the moist forest soil. Of the 

 53 species of insects collected, the Coleoptera supplied the major 

 portion. Undoubtedly, the Mycetophilidae in the Diptera w^ould have 

 been better represented had it been possible to breed out the fungus 

 gnats infesting the gill fungi. 



Scales and Aphids in the Woods. 



From a pool in the woods which later dried up, a specimen of 

 Hydrophilus obtusatus Say (Col.) was taken on April 6. 



In the Thicket Pool. 



Collecting in the thicket was slightly better than in the wooas 

 insofar as sweeping was concerned. Here the Coleoptera supplied 

 23 per cent, of the species, the Lepidoptera 13 per cent., the Hymen- 

 op tera 9 per cent., the Diptera 24 per cent., the Homoptera 10 per 

 cent, and the Hemiptera 12 per cent. The two last named orders 

 were comparatively unimportant in the woods but came into more 

 prominence in the thicket. 



