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Family TINGITID^. 



SPHiEROCYSTA Stal. 



Sphaerocysta Peckhami, n. sp. 



Length .16 inch. Head and body Mack. Cells large, veins brown. • In 

 head are five long, slender, Mack spines; the pronotal vesicle is very small extending 

 but slightly over the head ; the discal vesicle very large and high spherical but divid- 

 ed into two parts with the cells slightly clouded ; the lateral lobes are greatly dilated, 

 an uated and containing but lour cells, the three anterior ones very large, transverse,. 

 the posterior one small. A high arched, inflated carina extends about midway 

 between the discal vesicle posteriorly o\ er the scutellum. The hemelytra are dilated 

 and extend posteriorly beyond the tip of abdomen, the basal angles deeply sinuated, 

 posterior angles rounded, outer row of cells large, transverse. Antennae and legs 

 brownish. 



Hab. — Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 



This genus was erected by Prof. C. Stal for two South American 

 species — S. inflata and S. glubiftra Stal, from Rio Janeiro and the above 

 is the first of the genus to be recognized in North America. 



Two specimens were sent to me by Prof. Geo. W. Peckham, of Mil- 

 waukee, Wis., in honor of whom the species is named. 



Coleopterological Notes. 

 , By Wm. Beuttenmueller. 



» Osmoderma scabra Beauv., I found in the larval state, living 

 socially in decayed wood of Sweet-Gum, Hickory, Poplar, Willow, Syca- 

 more, Sassafras, Maple, Tulip-tree, Oak and Chestnut. 



Cucujes clavipes, Fab. This beetle was found by Mr. O. Dietz 

 and myself at Fort Lee, New Jersey, Oct. 1887, under the bark of White 

 Oak. About 100 specimens were taken. I have also bred it from Wil- 

 low, Poplar, Hickory and Chestnut. 



New Localities for Pterostichus tartaricus Say, {Lop/1/0- 

 glossus strenus Lee). Since the note by Mr. C. Fuchs on "a lost 

 locality" of this beetle, published in the Bull. B'klvn Ent. Soc, Vol. V, 

 p. 81, 1883, no specimens have been taken in the vicinity of New York, 

 N. Y., by any of our collectors. I was fortunate enough to capture a 

 single specimen at Astoria, Long Island, Sept. 1887. Other specimens 

 have also been taken at the foot of the Palisades, near Hoboken, N. J. 

 The beetle frequents damp situations. 



Pasimachus sublsevis Beauv. At Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 

 Aug. 15, 1887. I captured three specimens of this insect, under boards 

 in dry sandy places, and eleven specimens were taken in similar positions 

 on Stone Island, Lake Monroe, Florida, May 1887. 



