INSECT?; AKFRCTlNii I'AKK WD WOOUl.AN I) TKF.ES 4Q I 



Ephistemus apicalis Lcc. This is a very luinuli:, shinini; l)l<ick sixcics 

 Avhich occurs uncU-r Ik-.'cIi hark in I'^ebniary. It is so very small thai a 

 h.iml lens is necessarv to (listinij[uish it from initc^ found in similar places. 



Hister lecontei Mars. .\ small, stout, tlatitncd, jet-black beetle occurs 

 under the deatl bark of such trees as beech, maple, elm, pine etc. frequenth 

 in association with various bark borers. The head is minute, partially 

 retractetl under the expanded portions of the ])rothora.\. The short, hi.gjhly 

 polished wini; covers are marked with several distinct striae. 



Hister parallelus Say 



let-black, somcwlial cl()nL;.iu-.l. sulu yliii<ln. beclU-,. about 's in< li lon^i, may be met 

 with in considerable numbers under the bark of white ebn and other trees. 



This species was abundant under deca\-in^ dm bark at .Mbany, Nov. 

 \ iqov :i'itl we ha\c also met with it under sjirucc bark at Davis W . \ a.. 

 associaK'd with a species of l'it\ ophthorus. I )r I laniilton records the same 

 species as common under i)ine bark in southwestern Pennsylvania, and l)r 

 .Smith tinds it not rare under bark in New Jerse\, and states that in one 

 instance .specimens were feedino „n sap. This species is not a borer, ami 

 like its close relatives, is fre<pu-ntl\ found in the ojalleries of various wood 

 borers, where it probabh feecK on iiariially decayino' or ilecayed ve.yctable 

 mailer. This species has been recorded from eastern I'dorida by its 

 describer and, in atldliion to ,d)ove named localities, has been llsiecl by 

 Ulke from ihe District of Columbia and 1 )r Horn records it from South 

 Carolina and Geofi^^ia. 



Plegaderus transversus Say. This stout, roundish, dark bn^wn beetle 

 less than ' „, inch in l.Mii^rih, occurs in earl\- sjjrin^- in damj) situations under 

 basswood bark and probably frequents other trees presenting similar 



conditions. . • i • i 



Colastus truncatus Kand. This small, oval beetle is plentittil in early 

 sprint-- under the bark of freshlv cut maple and butternut stumps, where u 

 feeds%)n the sap. It is about 3 „ inch in leni^^uh, oval, reddish brown, with 

 the win.r covers protectim^r onlv the anterior two thirds of the body. 



Cry'ptarcha concinna Slelsh'. This species is abundant in early spring 

 under the bark of freshlv cut mai)le and butternut stumps, apparently feed- 

 in<4 on the sap. li is a minute, oblong, banded beetle about 3 ^. inch long, 

 wkh the thorax and wing covers obscurely marked with dark brown and 

 pale yellow. 



