I70 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [September, . 



June 23. — Prio7iiis laticollis, Orthosoma brunnea, Saperda cal- 

 carata and a few smaller beetles were taken to-day. 



June 24. — Copris Carolina is very common here, meeting with 

 it on every trip. 



June 25. — It seems that nature is all aglow, especially when an 

 entomological collector finds the corpse of a cow inhabited by 

 millions of Staphylinidae, Silphidse and Nitidulidae. 



September 6. — Since my last visit to Charleroi have taken quite 

 a lot of Lzicanus dama (all dead, yet perfect) at the roots of Oak 

 trees; no doubt, after mating and depositing eggs, dying there. 



September 12.— Golden-rod is beginning to bloom and find 

 Euphoria sepulchralis and Cyllene robinice on it. 



September 20. — Leptosiylus aculifera and Caiogenus rufus 

 were taken under the bark of Carya porcea at East Charleroi, 

 Westmoreland County. 



October 3. — A fine female oi Sandalus niger to-day while dig- 

 ging at the roots of Quercus alba; also a few specimens of Lep- 

 tosiylus aculifera. 



October 6. — Several specimens of Aphodius elongatus were 

 taken at the root of a Hickory. 



October 17. — Collecting toward Bentlyville ; took the first 

 Cychrus lecontei of the season. 



October 18. — On account of the humidity of the weather fun- 

 gus is abundant, and several species of Oxyporus are infesting 

 them; also Ips fasciatus in much variation, and Ips sanguini- 

 pennis and obtusa. 



October 20. —Although raining collecting was continued, and 

 a lot of Cychrus lecontei were captured, some in copula. 



October 22. — Collected out the Bentlyville road and found 

 Penthe pimelia and obliquata, and Platycerus querctis in numbers. 



October 27. — At the north end of Maple Creek a well-decayed 

 stump oi Betula alba yielded '^'}f)SY>&c\VL\&x\^oi Ischyrus if.-punctattis. 



November i. — Found Cucujus clavipes and Catogenus rufus 

 in numbers under bark of Carya porcea and Acer rubrum. 



November 14. — Captured Diccelus purpuratus, Pterostichus 

 purp2iratus, Cymindis americayia and many other good species 

 at East Charleroi. 



November 17. — Found a number of the elytra of My as cor a- 

 cinus and Cychrus ajidrewsii, but not a perfect specimen. 



November 19. — Under a large rotten log, imbedded about eight 

 inches in the ground, Piyiodytes havtiltoni'WdiS taken in numbers, 

 feeding upon the dead larva of Elater sp. ? Nothing remained 

 of the larva but the skin. 



December 5. — A new Platydema was taken under the bark of 

 an Oak. 



December 6. — In digging out the interior of a large, dead, 

 standing maple trunk, 179 specimens of Valgus squamiger and 

 six species of Elateridse were taken. 



