OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. I I 



virginiand], its near cousin the common juni- 

 per (J.communis),z\\& the sweet gum (Liquidam- 

 bar styraciflud] . In early spring various species 

 of beetles constitute its principal food. An exami- 

 nation of the stomachs of several birds, revealed 

 traces of the folio wing coleoptera which mostly dwell 

 underneath stones, logs and the bark of trees. 

 For want of common names we are compelled to 

 place before our readers their scientific appella- 

 tions ; reserving" for a future work, plain and 

 simple descriptions of the configuration and mark- 

 ings by which the uneducated in science may 

 be able to identify them. The most common 

 forms are Dicahis dilatatns, Har pains pcnsylvani- 

 cus, H. coin-par, Pangus caliginosus, Scarites siib- 

 terraneas, Casnonia pensylvanica, Platymts cupri- 

 pennis; larvae and imagos of Lachnosterna qucrcina, 

 Cratonychus cincrcus among beetles ; Musca 

 domestica, Tabanns lincola, Stomoxys calcitrans, 

 Cnlcx tceniorhynchiis, whose common names have 

 been given above, crane fly (Tipidafernigincd), 

 Syrphus obliqims and Scatophago furcata among 

 diptera; Formica sangiiinca among hymenoptera; 

 CEdipoda nebnlosa, (2i. snlpJnirca, Caloptenafeimtr- 

 rubruni among grasshoppers, and the black cricket 

 (Achcta mgra; larva; of Anisoptcryx vcrnata, Eu- 

 fitchia ribcaria, Gcometra catenaria of Harris, corn 

 worm (Gortyna zc<z], Picris olcracece, P. rapce, 

 Col i as pJiilbdice, Spilosoma virginica, apple borer 

 (Penthina pomonclla), and Harrisina Americana; 

 besides the earth worm (Lumbricus tcrrcslris]. 



