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I December 1896. 



living adults and numerous half grown 

 larvae were found therein, together, 

 with the uneaten bodies of the dead 

 adults. The pepper being perfectly 

 dry, the question arises, how do the 

 insects secure sufficient moisture to 

 live and ffourish while enclosed in 

 so small a box. 



34S, Dioedus piinctatus Lee. The 

 single specimen in my collection was 

 taken Dec. 25, from beneath a partly 

 burned log. 



249, Ulotna htipressa Melsh. 



250, U. imberbis Lee. Both rather 

 common in winter in rotten oak and 

 beech logs. 



251, Anaedus bruiitieiis Ziegl. 

 But once in the county, Dec. 35, 

 when four specimens were found 

 together beneath a half Innled locust 

 log on a sandy hillside. 



252, Hopiocephala bicornis Oliv. 

 Common in winter in dried fungi, 

 especially those -growing on beech 

 logs ; also beneath the bark of logs. 



253, Platydema excavadan Say. 

 21^4, P. rujicoriie Sturm. 



255, P. picilahritm Melsh. 



256, P. subcostati/m Lap. Of seven 

 species of the genus taken in the 

 county, specimens of the above four 

 were found in the winter. Picilabriitii 

 was scarce, the others common, in 

 fungi and beneath bark on oak and 

 elm logs and stumps. 



Mklanduvidae. 



257, Pcnthe obliqiiata P'ab. 



25S, P. pimelia Fab. Both hiber- 

 nate in small numbers beneath logs. 



preferablv those of beech, in cipen up- 

 land woods. 



259, Eiistrophus bicolor Say. 



260, E. toincntosHS Sav. Bicolor 

 frequent, tonientosiis rare in winter, 

 beneath rails and chunks. 



AxTillCIDAE. 



261, Notoxus i)io7iodnnY\\\). Taken 

 several times in January from bencatli 

 chunks on sandy hillside. Common in 

 Jime in company with N. bicolor Sav, 

 and A^. bifasciatus Lee. on flowers of 



Cor)!iis. 



262, Tovioderus constrictus Say. 

 Dec. 5 and Jan. 31, from beneath rub- 

 bish on towpatli of old canal. 



263, Anthiciis obscnriis Laf. Feb. 

 1 1 . 



264, A. floralis Linn. 

 26^, A. cervinus Laf. 



266, A. pubescens Lee. Jan. 13. 

 Of the above floralis and cervinus 

 were frequent in winter beneath chunks 

 and logs along the canal ; the other two 

 but once each from beneath mullein 

 leaves. A. ductus Say was the only 

 additional species seen in the county. 



Mei.oidae. 



367, Meloe iinpressiis Kirbv. A 

 single male of this insect was found 

 crawling along a pathway, near the 

 borders of a stream on Dec. 25, 1SS9. 



Otiorhynciiidae. 



26S, TaiivmccJis cotiferlus G\ll. 

 Jan. 7. 



269, PaiideleteJKS Jiilaris Hbst. 



Jan. I. But six members of this famih- 



