PSYCHE. 



NOTES ON THE WINTER INSECT FAUNA OF VIGO COUNTY, 



INDIANA.— VIII. 



I'.V \V. S. UI.ATCIILEV, INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA. 



COLEOPTERA {Concluded). 

 Tenebrionidae. 



Thiit3'-one species of this family were 

 taken in V^igo County, during niv col- 

 lecting. Of that number representatives 

 (if the following twenty were secured in 

 the winter months r 



-37' J^yctohatcs pciDisylvanica DeG. 

 Common at all seasons of the year. 

 Hibernates in its usual abiding places, 

 beneath the loose bark of logs and 

 stumps. Usually six or more together 

 or in close proximity. 



23S, N. barbarata Knoch. This 

 variety is much less common. But once 

 in winter, Dec. 19, from beneath rail. 



339, Haplandrtts feinoratus Fah. 

 But one specimen securetl in the county. 

 Taken Jan. 13, t'rom beneath log on 

 sandy hillside near large pond. 



240, Teitebrio obsciirKS Fab. 



241, T. molitor Linn. Both hiber- 

 nate in rubbish in garrets, store rooms, 

 and about stables. Taken on various 

 occasions in winter, especially in build- 

 ings which W'ere kept warm. 



242, T. teiiebrioides Beauv. Hiber- 

 nates sparingly beneath the bark of 

 w.alnut and beech logs. Feb. 20. 



243, Opatriiius uotus Say. 



244, O. acicitlattis Lee. These two 

 were found in but one locality in the 

 county viz. : lieneath logs, chips and 

 pieces of bark, on the sandy hillside, 

 near large pond. They appeared to be 

 as common in winter as in summer. 



245. Blapsthiiis leconteiW\\\%. 



246. B. iiiocstiis Melsh. Of these, 

 lecoutei was frequent in winter with 

 the species of Opatrinus above men- 

 tioned ; while Dioestus was common in 

 dried fungi and beneath logs and rails 

 along the borders of sandy upland 

 woods. 



247, TriboUiim ferrugineutn Fab. 

 This was a common museum pest in 

 the High School building at Terre 

 Haute. It was taken on numerous 

 occasions in winter from the boxes of 

 dried insects. 



On Jan. 17, 1S96, I received from 

 Dr. Robert Hesslar, Logansport, Ind. 

 a pill box full of Cayenne pepper in 

 which were a dozen or more adult 

 specimens of this beetle. The box 

 was placeil in a drawer of my writ- 

 ing desk, and not opened again until 

 March 20, when the beetles were as 

 lively as ever. On September 14, 

 the date of the present writing, it 

 was opened for the thiril time. Two 



