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Dianthidium parvum Cress., adult and nest, April, E. Bethel, Denver, Col., 
through T. D. A. Cockerell 
Mellisodes ? bimaculata St Farg, adults working in lawn, July 29, O. S. Hunt, 
Cobleskill 
Coleoptera 
Carabidae, new or interesting species contributed by D. B. Young: Agonum 
sexpunctatum Linn., Pterostichus metallicus Fabr. (both species foreign), 
Opisthius richardsoni Kirb., Nebria eschscholtizii Men., N. obliqua Lec., 
Promecognathus laevissimus Dej., Scarites subterraneus Fabr. (a deformed 
specimen with a double thorax), Dyschirius analis Lec., D. marinus Lec., Clivina 
impressifrons Lec., C. americana Dej., Aspidoglossa subangulata Chd., Myas 
eyanescens Dej., Pericompsus ephippiatus Say, Pterostichus longulus Lec., 
P. californicus Dej., P. isabellae Lec., P. substriatus Lec., P. relictus Newm., 
P. moestus Say, P. permundus Say, P. occidentalis Dej., P. scrutator Lec., P. 
erythropus Dej., P. orinomum Leach, P. mandibularis Kirb., Amara avida 
Say, A. interstitialis Dej., A. latior Kirb., A. fallax Lec., Diplochila major 
Lec., Calathus quadricollis Lec., Platynus anchomenoides Rand., P. creni- 
striatus Lec., P. octopunctatus Fabr., P. sinuatus Dej., P. atratus Lec., P. 
reflexus Lec., P. decens Say, Lebia furcata Dej., L. scapularis Dej., Apristus 
laticollis Lec., Cymindis laticollis Say, Brachynus cordicollis Dej., Nothopus 
zabroides Lec., and Cratacanthus dubius Beauv. 
Scarites subterraneus Fabr., adult, May 21, Steward J. Owens, Albany 
Lebia grandis Hentz., from potato fields, October 11, F. P. Foster, Troy 
Dermestes vulpinus Fabr., leather beetle, grubs on hoofs, October 15, T. M. 
Duche & Sons, 376-78 Greenwich st., New York 
Alaus oculatus Linn., eyed elater, adult on decaying wood, June 11, H. C. Crouch, 
Albany 
Melanotus communis Gyll., wire worm, larva on corn, July 16, E. V. Underwood, 
Oswego 
Hydnocera subfasciata Lec., adult on Tetradymia spinosa, H. R. Hagan, La 
Point, Utah 
Ptinus fur Linn., spider beetle, adults, September 23, Eliza S. Blunt, New Russia 
Euphoria inda Linn., bumble flower beetle, grubs in manure, June 24, George A. 
Lintner, Summit, N. J. Same, adult, August 24, A. B. Clarke & Son, 
Milton-on-Hudson 
Elaphidion villosum Fabr., oak and maple twig pruner, larvae in oak, June 24, 
Walter E. Maynard, Jericho. Same, July 6, Mrs M. Newborg, White Plains. 
Same, August 1, Charles C. Marshall, Millbrook 
Galerucella luteola Mull., elm leaf beetle, adult, May 6, George C. Hodges, Utica 
Coptocycla bicolor Fabr., golden tortoise beetle, adult, July 1, Mrs Charles C. 
Thorpe, Saugerties. Same, August 22, T. A. Gordon, Rensselaer 
Tenebrio. molitor Linn., meal worm, adults, September 23, Eliza S. Blunt, New 
Russia 
Macrobasis unicolor Kirby, ash gray blister beetle on potato, July 9, N. G. 
Farber, Troy 
Meloe angusticollis Say, oil beetle, adults, September 23, Eliza S. Blunt, New 
Russia 
Eupagoderes decipiens Lec., adult impaled on thorn by shrilke, May 20, Harold 
R. Hagan, Logan, Utah 
Liophloeus nubilus Fabr., adult, December 31, J. H. Troy, New Rochelle — 
