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already present in considerable numbers. At the end of the 

 period the count showed the following species : vS. noveboracensis 

 and incequalis is about equal numbers, roughly 1400 in all; 15 

 specimens of surinamensis Fab. had been taken as well as six of 

 lapponica Hbst. and about 20 americana L. The genus Necro- 

 phorus was not much in evidence at any time. N. marginatus 

 Fab. leads the list with 16 specimens, americanus Oliv. following 

 with two and sayi Lap. and orhicollis Say with one each. 



One dermestid, D. talpinus Mann., heretofore reported only as 

 far east as Indiana* was taken in quite considerable numbers. 

 Apparently the stock cars serve as the means of dispersal of this 

 species, as it was not taken elsewhere than along the tracks. 



The nearly cleaned skeleton of a gray squirrel, inspected on 

 June 6, gave, among others, specimens of Prionochceta opaca 

 Say, a silphid, and, clinging closely to the inside of the skull, was 

 one specimen of Phenolia grossa Fab., one of our largest niti- 

 dulids. 



Of the flowers that give the collector many forms of Coleoptera, 

 those of Ceanothus americana L. seem the most prolific, and many 

 species can be readily taken here although rare on the flowers of 

 ,any other plant. For instance, Mycterus scaber Hald. is quite 

 common in this region on Ceanothus but I have yet to take it else- 

 where. The longicorns of the genera Leptura, Strangalia and 

 Typocerus are always abundant on pleasant days and literally 

 hoards of the smaller species of Mordellidse can be swept from 

 the heads of flowers. Occasionally a wanderer appears, as was 

 the case on July 24, when three specimens of the southern Copi- 

 dita thoracica Fab. were taken on a single plant. At the end of 

 the season this proved to be an unique capture. The flowers of 

 the different species of Viburnum are also good collecting places 

 and among others, copulating specimens of Molorchus bimaculatus 

 Say were taken on June 12. Leptura ruficollis Say is also- not 

 uncommon on the flowers of this shrub. Late in the spring, when 

 the flowers of the skunk cabbage are past their prime, certain 

 nitidulids, such as Omosita colon L. and Glischrochilus (Ips) 

 fasciatus Oliv. are quite abundant in the hoods, apparently feed- 

 ing on the pollen. The large mountain mint, Pycnanthemum 



* Blatchley, Coleoptera of Indiana, 1910. 



