172 Psyche [October 



cava in numbers caught in this sticky trap; the ants also fell vic- 

 tims. Placing the specimens in a solution of alcohol removes all 

 traces of the tanglefoot. 



Among some Staphylinidse sent to Major Thomas L. Casey for 

 identification, a few proved to be new species and were described 

 in " Memoirs of the Coleoptera II, 1911," as follows: 



Atheia rierecki Casey. Double Beach — H. L. Viereck. 



Atheta irvingi Casey. Occurs at Stafford — W. E. Britton. 

 Sableta brittoni Casey. West vi lie — W. E. Britton. 



Datomicra {Hilarina) mina Casey. Double Beach — H. L. 

 Viereck. 



Hoplandria brittoni Casey. Westville — W. E. Britton. 



Strigota recta Casey. New Haven — H. L. Viereck. 



Malachius (jeneus Linn. New Haven, June 2, on flowers. 



Collops tricolor Say. Lyme, May 29, 1910. Occurred on lichen- 

 covered ledges by the hundreds. Their object in confining them- 

 selves to the rock, I could not determine. Vegetation was scarce, 

 and the only trees that grew nearby were cedars. We also have 

 recorded from Connecticut. — C. eximius Er. New Haven — B. H. 

 Walden; C. rittatus Say, Stratford — August 17, H. L. Viereck; 

 C. quadrimaculatus Fabr. occurs throughout the state. 



The arc lights have great attraction for Scaraboeidae, Lachnos- 

 terna predominating, L. ilicis Knoch occasional and L. crennlata 

 Froehl. very common. Many others, Copris, Trox, Ligyrtis, 

 Dyscinetns trachypygvs Burm., Cotalpa lanigera Linn, are very 

 common at times, and occasionally Aphonus castaneus Mels. 



Diplotaxis atlantis Fall, occurs everywhere, at lights, under 

 stones and on plants; we have records of two other species occur- 

 ring here, liberta Germ, and sordida Say, but they are rare. 



Polyphylla variolosa Hentz. One specimen from Wallingford,. 

 July 7, J. K. Lewis. 



Gnormius maculosus Knoch. New Haven, June 19, 1910. I 

 found this example flying about the flowers of a species of Cornus 

 on the summit of West Rock. 



Euphoria {Cetonia) aurata Linn. Doctor Britton found this 

 European species among imported nursery stock. (See Ninth 

 Rept. State Ent. Conn., p. 374, Plate XVI, 1910.) 



A number of very interesting species of Longicorns were taken 



