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Rmru F.kin.E. 

 Sandalus niger Knoch. One example taken at Wilmerding by 

 Mr. P. Forster. 



Trogositid.i:. 



Trogosita virescens Fixb. — Found from \'ancouver Island to Florida; 

 a few specimens found here. 



Tenebrioides rugosipennis and limbalis are both rare here. 



Calitys scabra Thunh. — A very rare insect here ; more common on 

 the Pacific coast. 



Hesperobaenus abbreviatus and Europs pallipennis are not scarce 



here in June. 



Elaterid.k. 



Melasis pectinicornis Melsh. — Only two examples of this curious 

 beetle have been found at Jeannette, and a few at St. Vincent's 

 (Schmitt). 



Schizophilus subrufus Rand. — Two examples of this rare species 

 were collected under bark at Grafton, Pa., by Mr. E. A. Klages. 



Microrrhagus humeralis Say. — Is rare here, I have taken but two 

 examples by beating. 



Adelocera aurorata Lee. — A single specimen of this rare species oc- 

 curred in Pittsburgh. 



Elater pedalis Germ. — Found in Allegheny by Dr. Hamilton. 



Elater nigricollis Hbst. — Common here. E. militaris has not 

 been found here as yet ; this species was wrongly determined in the 

 last list. 



Agriotes stabilis and avulsus are not rare in Westmoreland County 

 and about Pittsburgh. 



Athous posticus Melsh. — I have found only two specimens at 

 Jeannette. 



Corymbites bivittatus Mehh. — A itw s[)ecimens of these have oc- 

 curred at Jeannette. 



Oxygonus obesus Say. — Rare about Jeannette, but rather common 

 at Indiana, Pa. 



Melanactes puncticoUis Lee. — A rather scarce insect about Jean- 

 nette, found under bark, on the wing, and by beating. 



PUPRESTID.I-:. 



Xenorhipis brendeli Lee. — This remarkable and rare species was ^^^^^ 

 bred from wood at Crafton, Pa., by Mr. F. A. Klages; only a fejJ«S^T^\ C>0^ 



specimens were obtained. 



