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OoDES Bon. 

 O. helopioides Fab. One specimen. 



Badister Clairv. 

 B. bipustulatus Fab. One specimen under bark around pond. 

 B. peltatus Panz. Two from under bark. 

 Pterostichus Bon. 

 P. strenuus Panz. Three specimens. 



Platynus Bon. 

 P. ruficorne Goeze. One under boards (U. S. mess tables). 

 P. obscurus Herbst. Common under bark around pond. 

 P. sexpunctatus Linn. One pair from under moss around pond. 

 Closely resembles our cupripennis but larger and more bril- 

 liant. 

 P. vidinis Panz. One under bark. 

 P. viduus var. moestus Duft. One under bark. 

 P. scitulus Dej. Very common, almost every piece of bark 



around pond having many specimens beneath it. 

 P. fuliginosus Panz. With preceding and equally abundant. 

 P. thoreyi Dej. One specimen. 



Demetrias Bon. 

 D. imperialis Germ. Rare under bark. 



Odacantha Pay. 

 O. melanura Linn. This odd species closely resembling those of 

 our genus Casnonia was locally common under bark around 

 pond. 



ABOUT BOMBUS AMERICANORUM F. 



By Charles Robertson, Carlinville, Illinois. 



In Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 38 : 405-7, Mr. Henry J. Franklin 

 makes several statements about the synonymy of B. pennsylvanicus 

 and americanorum which are quoted and commented on in the 

 following order: 



I. That the scutellum of the figure is yellow is an indication 

 that fervidus was the species represented. This, however, is not 

 proof, as there are specimens of both americanorum and auri- 



