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Collecting dung and water beetles proved most productive. A pail 
of water was taken into the pasture, and a likely dropping being selected 
it was deposited into the pail by means of a shovel. Immediately the 
inhabitants began to desert their homes and swim off for dear life—only 
to find death in the Alcohol bottle—365 specimens were taken’ from a 
single moderate sized dropping, and many escaped. Aphodius fimelarius 
were not counted and certainly numbered nearly 100. Several species of 
Aphodius were taken: Dialyies, Ataentus and several other coprophagus 
genera had a fair representation, white S/aphylinidae were taken in im— 
mense numbers and considerable variety. Aphodius fossor was moderately 
plentiful but seemed very local, found ina single lane only, and only 
in one portion of that lane. Many small species new to my collection, 
and not generally represented in collections where taken in numbers. 
I noted also that droppings not more than 24 hours old were most 
productive. If older everything was por: if much fresher little Aco: 
fimetartus was found. © 
Stenus is known to be subaquatic in its habits and I found it in the 
muck with PAzhydrus. I also found-it in the water net after dragging 
aquatic vegetation. Every netful would contain a lot of frog spawn 
which was at first cast aside; noticing a specimen of S/nus half imbedded 
in one mass, further attention to the matter developed quite a number of 
specimens, apparently two or more distinct species, entirely imbedded in 
the masses of spawn brought up from the bottom. I do not. recollect 
ever seeing this noted anywhere. ies 
Afterward in searching running streams for “mide I met unex- 
pected success in discovering Parnidae. Examining chips I found a 
few specimens of a Hedchus and turning over a stone in an eddy, I found 
one or two two crawling on the bottom after the sand settled. Appro- 
priating them I was about to turn away when I saw another, and one by 
one rather more than a dozen were taken from the same spot. 
I found that anywhere I turned a stone and made a small cavity, 
Helichus would somehow appear in some numbers’ and continue to ap- 
pear until I got tired picking them out. 
Aquatic Coleoptera were also taken in numbers, and in (to me) a 
somewhat unusual manner. In a swampy portion of the medow I 
started to clean out a spring-hole. Taking out a handful of muck, I ob- 
served floating on the water a few beetles. They. were annexed, and 
