{August 1882. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. V. 25 
Coleopterological Notes. 
By Joun B. Smit. 
While sugaring for moths I have often captured some very good bee- 
tles—not only on sugar, but on flowers. The tall Blackberry is a good 
thing to examine after dark—on it I have found Lachnosterna fusca, fra- 
terna, micans, ilicis, futilis, hirsuta, hirticula, crenulata and hirticollis: the 
only specimen of Z. Amochii in my colfection was found on the flowers 
of blackberry, and large numbers-of Lepidoptera are also found on them. 
The bushes about 8:30 tog P.M. in the locality in which I collect are 
swarming with beetles, and terrible havoc they make with leaves and 
blossoms. D¢plotaxis tristis, Chalepus trachypvgus and some other La- 
mellicorns are also found. Seria sertcea and vespertina fly in numbers : 
around and feed on sumach. On that plant also I have found Disonycha 
sexmaculata—not acommon insect by any means—. The wild rose 
when in bloom must not be passed by. TZ7richius, piger and afinis fre- 
quent itasdo Zypocerus velutinus, zebratus and Strangalia luteicornis—the 
latter not very common—Chalcoparia globosa and Paria two or three 
species are found on it, while RAyachites bicolor is common nowhere else. 
Swamp-willow in the vicinity of Brooklyn furnishes Cofalpa lanigera while 
the grape yields Peidnotr. Chrysomelide in large numbers are taken with 
the sweep net in fields in which ox-eye daisies are thick, while small Bw- 
prestide and Elateride are more common in bushes near the edge of 
woods. Italways pays to examine fungus on trees. Cra/foparis lunatus, 1 
have found by the hundreds many others less common. Smaller species 
of Siphide, Aisteride, Staphylinide, Nitduhdae and Krotyide are found 
on decaying fungus—toadstools and mushrooms. A good way to fix 
traps for these species is to take a wide mouthed bottle, fill it about half 
full of fungus and bury it up to its neck in the ground—you will be sur- 
prised at the good things you get, Early flowering shrubs deserve close at- 
- tention. I have taken this season all the species of Orsodachna and some 
very good varieties on those shrubs on which flowers precede the leaves. 
The golden rod when in bloom usually repays close examination; 
Clytus frequents it in numbers, Chauhagnathus amerwanus and marginatus 
and other Zelephoridae abound, and Lpicauta pennsylvanica flocks to it. 
Better species are found in less numbers—JZadachidae, some Chrysomelids 
and Lebia atriventris, grandis, pumila, ‘viridis, and ornata are not uncom- 
monly found—several species of Curculionidae frequent it, and last season 
I took hundreds of Centrinus picumnus which previously I had only taken 
