3i8 ENTOMOLOGiCAiy NEWS. [July, 'i 5 



Odontota nervosa Panz. Rather common. Taken by sweeping. 



Coptocycla bicolor Fab. Common. Found on the leaves of horse- 

 radish. 



Coptocycla clavata Fab. Occurs with the above, but is consider- 

 ably rarer. 



Coptocycla signifera Fab. Very rare. Occurs with the other two 

 species. 



Chelymorpha argus Licht. Rather rare in this vicinity. Taken by 

 sweeping low foliage. 



Family Tenebrionidae. 



Nyctobates pennsylvanica DeG. Common. Occurs beneath the 

 bark of maple and elm. 



Upis ceramboides Linn. Quite rare in this vicinity. 



Scotobates calcaratus Fab. Rare. Taken at light. 



Opatrinus notatus. Common under stones the year round. 



Xylopinus aenescens Lee. Not rare. Occurs on foliage of elder 

 and other small trees. 



Tenebrio molitor Linn. Common. 



Tenebrio tenebrioides Beauv. Not as common as the above species. 



Tenebrio castaneus Knoch. Quite rare in this vicinity. 



Helops micans Fab. Rare. 



Haplandrus femoratus Fab. Rare. Found under stones. 



Diaperis maculata Oliv. Common. Found in fungi on elm and 

 maple. 



Hoplocephala bicornis Oliv. Common. Found under bark of ma- 

 ple occasionally. 



Blapstinus metallicus Fab. Rare in this vicinity. 



Family CiSTELlDAE. 

 Isomira quadristriata Coup. Occasionally taken by sweeping. 



Family Melandryidae, 

 Melandrya striata Say. Rare. 



Family Oedemeridae. 

 Asclera ruficoUis Say. Rare. Taken from blossoms of dandelion. 



Family Mordellidae. 

 Mordella marginata Melsh. Common. Taken from white daisy. 

 Mordellistena comata Lee. Also occurs on white daisy, but is rare. 



Family Anthicidae. 

 Notoxus bifasciatus Lee. Occurs on the common milkweed. 

 Notoxus monodon Fab. Also occurs on milkweed and is the more 

 common of the two species. 



Family Pyrochroidae. 

 Pyrochroa flabellata Fab. Rare. Took about ten specimens at 

 sugar last year. 



