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taken on the piling of the wharf, another on a fence 

 picket, in the evening. 

 Phymatodes ^neus Lee. A specimen which may belong 

 here was found dead upon a window. 



Tenebrionid^e. 

 Tribolium ferrugineum Fah}'. One specimen. 

 Phellopsis obcordata var. porcata Lee. Occurred once 

 on old wood. 



Melandryid^. 



Microscapha (?) ARCTicA Hom [in Hit.). Two specimens 

 of an insect closely allied to Microscapha were taken 

 under a piece of bark resting on moss in the deep woods. 

 Owing to the activity of the insect (which resembles 

 Orehesia in its movements), a third specimen escaped. 



CURCULIONID^. 



Plinthus carln'ATUS Boh. One specimen from a sapling. 



Hylobius confusus Kirhy. A single example was found 

 cravvfling on the door of my cabin. 



Erycus morio Mann. One specimen from the beach. 



Trachodes ptinoides Germ. One example near the beach. 



Magdalis ^nescens Lee. Very rare. Two or three speci- 

 mens were beaten from a small tree, called there the 

 " wild crab." 



MAINLAND NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND- 



Carabid^. 



Pterostichus vitreus Dcj. Two or three specimens near 

 the beach. 



Hydrophilid^e. 



Cercyon fulvipenne Mann. One or two specimens in 

 dung. 



