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The borders of a small pond just outside of BHgny furnished 

 me with the best collecting. Back in the hills the Carabidas and 

 other Coleoptera were not over plentiful (during the winter any- 

 way), but under bark and leaves in the immediate vicinity of the 

 water " the pickings " were excellent. The French have a habit 

 of cutting the branches of the trees for kindlings and this makes 

 the trunks swell up and gradually assume the shape of puff-balls. 

 Finally tiring of such harsh treatment the trees '' gave up the 

 ghost" and under their loose bark I reaped a rich harvest. Cara- 

 bidse were most plentiful but a goodly sprinkling of Staphylinidse, 

 Chrysomelidse, Silphidse, Nitidulidse, etc., were met with. The 

 most interesting thing about the insects was their remarkably 

 close resemblance to our species from the North Atlantic States, 

 over half of the genera and some species being common to both 

 continents. 



I paid special attention to the Carabidse and with the kind help 

 of Mr. C. W. Leng and Mr. C. Schaeffer have worked up my ma- 

 terial in this family with the following results. 



From November 15 to December 18, 125 specimens were taken 

 representing 9 genera and 19 species. Of these one (Badister bi- 

 pustulatiis) occurs also with us, probably being imported from 

 Europe in nursery or similar stock. Of the nine genera seven 

 (Nebria, Bembidion, Panagceiis, Oodes, Badister, Pterostichus, 

 and Platynus) are represented in our fauna, while the remaining 

 two (Demetrias and Odacantha) are so close to certain of our 

 genera that the synonymy of the latter might well be questioned. 



The species of Carabidse taken are as follows : 



Nebria Latr. 

 N. brevicollis Fabr. Rare under stones in wooded hills. 



Bembidion Latr. 



B. gilvipcs Sturm. Common under bark around pond. 

 B. fumigatum Duft. One under leaves along brook. 

 B. biguttatum Fab. Not rare. 



Panag^us Latr. 



P. crux major Linn. Eight specimens, all from under bark 

 around pond. 



