BULLETIN OP THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 31 



On the Capture of Oncocnemis Chandleri, Grote. 

 Var. Riparia, Morrison. 



On July 7th and 8th 1875 I took at Locust Valley, L. I., about 

 twenty specimens of this species. I found them concealed in the 

 crevices of a few bathing houses on the shore of L. I. Sound, and 

 it was only with difficulty that I succeeded in driving them from 

 their hiding places into the cyanide bottle; several specimens es- 

 caped, but I was fortunate enough to secure most of them. The 

 majority were males, still I got quite a fair proportion of females. 



The capture is interesting, inasmuch as the species of the ge- 

 nus Oncocnemis both in Europe and in this country had thus far 

 been found to inhabit only the mountains. 



F TEPPEP. 



Cucujus clavipes Fab. was so frequent, in a little forest near Belle- 

 ville N. J. that under the bark of about 10 decayed trees several 

 hundreds of this species, always considered quite rare, were se- 

 cured. 



Lebia grandis Hentz. was during this winter in the woods near 

 Jamaica L. I. the most common beetle. A few hundred specimen 

 were captured. c FUCHS 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Part 15 Lepidoptera By Herman Streckek is received, and 

 contains information of great interest : we cannot however but ob- 

 ject to the personalities therein contained. 



We would also call attention to the fact that although issued in Ju- 

 ly 1878, it bears the date 1877 conspicuously displayed on its cover. 



4 'Psyche, '"in its recent issue takes notice of the May number of 

 our Bulletin by calling our attention to proofreading. Mr. Mann 

 has our cordial thanks for his courteous advice, but we are surprised 

 to find this criticism in a number claiming on its face to be issued 

 in January and February, two or three months prior to the issue of 

 our own paper. The criticism is good, but the crisis should be care- 

 ful to avoid such contradictions in da^es. 



Mr. S. Cassino has during the last month published the new nat- 

 uralists directory. Price to subscribers $1. to others $3. 



The promised improvement over the previous directory is not al- 

 together evident to us, as the entire omission of a society to which 

 reference was made in the first, and similar discrepancies in the 

 last book do not speak well for the promised careful compilation. 



