66 NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN 



Ellipotoma Spindla. 



E. LATicoRNis tiay. Marion and Brookline, Massachusetts. Known from 

 North Carolina, District of Columbia, New York, Maine, Canada, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Ohio and Illinois. 



Group 2. ^nopliides. 



Pyticera Spinola. 



P. HUMERALis Horn. Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona. Extends into New 

 Mexico and Mexico. 



P. QUADRiPUNCTATA Say. Fedor, Texas. Also known from Ohio, In<li- 

 ana and Arkansas. 



P. QUADRIPUNCTATA var. QUADRiNOTATA Ealfl. Fedor, Texas. It is re- 

 corded from no other state. 



Chariessa Pcrty. 



C. VE.STiTA (heir. Brownsville, Texas, July. These fine beetles were 

 found running during the daytime on posts in the village. Their con- 

 trasting blue backs and clear red legs made them very conspicuous. They 

 were much less alert than the species of Enoclerus and Thanasimus. Other 

 known records are Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Brazil. 



C. ELEGANS Horn. Corvallis, Oregon; St. Helena, Napa County, Califor- 

 nia. It extends into Texas and possibly into Mexico. 



C. PILO.SA For.^t. St. Louis, Missouri; Iowa City, Iowa, June 19; Bay- 

 field, Wisconsin; South McAlester, Indian Territory, June; Bethlehem, 

 Pennsylvania; Marion, Massachusetts. It has a wide range, occurring also 

 in Florida, Georgia, District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, Rhode 

 Island, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas and 

 Canada. Mr. C. A. Frost w^rites that it was bred from elm by II. B. Kirk. 



C. PILOSA var. MARGiNATA Say. {onusta Say). Hampton, New Hamp- 

 shire, July 3. This too is widespread and is known from the District of 

 Columbia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Kentucky, Ohio, 

 Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Texas and Canada. 



C. TEXANA Wolc. Texas, probably New Braunfels. No record exists for 

 other states. 



Pelonium Spinola. 



P. LEUCOPH^UM King, (vetustum Spin.) Allegheny County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. It is found also in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, District of Colum- 



