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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



lateral, rounded tuberosities. Wing covers rather coarsely, irregularly 

 punctureil, rounded at the apex and diverging. 



Habits and distribution. This predaceous species appears to be com- 

 mon in midsummer on late shrubs, and is probably generally distributed 

 in the northeastern United States, having been recorded from the vicinity 

 of Buffalo N. v., southwestern Pennsylvania, various localities in New 

 Jersey and the District of Columbia. 



Ernobius mollis Linn. 



A small, variable, somewhat elongated, brown beetle about '8 inch long occurs on 

 hard |:iines in June and July. 



This common European species introduced about 1865, is a common 

 form on hard pines in midsummer. It is recorded as generally distributed 

 in New Jersey though not common. Its allies, E. gran ul at us Lee. 

 and E. 1 u t e i pe n n i s Lee. have been taken on pines in New Jersey. 



Dichelonycha albicollis Burm. 



A greenish, coppery, elongate, parallel-sided beetle about )_- inch 

 in length, occurs rather sparsely on hard ])ine in midsummer. 



This species was taken in midsummer in rather small 

 numljers at Karner, where it occurred at the base of 

 hard pine needles. Specimens were captured at intervals 

 throughout June and early July 1901, antl also the fol- 

 lowing season. Dr Fitch ' states that it becomes quite 

 common on pines about the middle of May, eating the 

 foliage and continuing for about a month. Its distribu- 

 Fi M Dicheion - ^ion has been given by Dr Horn as the Middle States and 

 enlarged '(oHginai)"'' Canada, and it has been recorded from several localities in 

 New Jersey by Dr .Smith. 



' 1858 Fitch, Asa. Ins. N. Y. 4th Rep't, p. 6i. 



