Vol. xxvii] ENTOMOL,OGICAL NEWS. 117 
Oestodes tenuicollis Rand. Common. Taken from cat-tail June 
2-20. 
Sericosomus viridanus Say. Very rare. 1 specimen May 8. 
Corymbites tessellatus Linn. Taken from bark of elm and other 
trees. May 3-16. 
Corymbites cylindriformis Hbst. Common. Taken by sweeping 
in May. 
Corymbites tarsalis Melsh. Very rare. Swept from foliage on 
April 29 and May 2. 
Corymbites hamatus Say. Rare. Taken from foliage of elm on 
June 7. 
Corymbites inflatus Say. Rare. May 21. 
Hemicrepidius decoloratus Say. Rare. July 9-16. 
Melanactes piceus DeG. Very rare. Taken from dead and dying 
trees July 7. 
Family BuPRESTIDAE. 
Dicerca pugionata Germ. Very rare. 1 specimen May 3. 
Anthaxia viridifrons Lap. Taken in Wallingford from dead hick- 
ory on April 24, by D. J. Caffrey and also in New Haven on 
dead hickory by H. B. Kirk on May 10. Have never met with it 
in my locality. 
Chrysobothris femorata Fab. Rare. Taken from June 19-July 7. 
Chrysobothris 6-signata Say. May 9-July 28. Taken in New 
Haven by Mr. Walden also. 
Eupristocerus cogitans Web. Rare. Beaten from _ blackberry 
bushes and oak from May 20-July 13. 
Agrilus acutipennis Mann. Beaten from shrubbery. Rare. 
Agrilus anxius Gory. Rare. Picked off from low shrubs. 
Agrilus cephalicus Lec. Rare. Beaten from oak on July 6. 
Agrilus arcuatus var. coryli Horn. Very rare. 1 specimen July 16. 
Agrilus masculinus Horn. Rare. Obtained by beating from May 
31-June 14. 
Agrilus obsoletoguttatus. 2 specimens from No. Branford, Conn., 
collected on June 23 by B. H. Walden. 
Family LAMPYRIDAE. 
Calopteron terminale Say. Rare. Taken along fences and marshy 
places from August to September. 
Pyropyga nigricans Say. Fairly common. Taken from flowers of 
meadow-sweet and wild carrot during the early part of July. 
Photinus marginellus Lec. Common from June to August. 
Telephorus nigritulus ? Lec. Very rare. Taken from meadow-sweet 
blossoms on July 13. 
Telephorus rectus Melsh. Rare. 1 specimen June 19. 
Trypherus latipennis Germ. 2 specimens taken on sandy shore 
of Little Hanover July 6-13. 
