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Dianthidium parvum Cress., adult and nest, April, E. Bethel, Denver, Col., 



through T. D. A. Cockerell 

 MeUisodes ? bimaculata St Farg, adults working in lawn, July 29, O. S. Hunt, 



Cobleskill 



Coleoptera 



Carabidae, new or interesting species contributed by D. B. Young: Agonum 

 sexpunctatum Linn., Pterostichus metalHcus Fabr. (both species foreign), 

 Opisthius richardsoni Kirb., Nebria eschscholtizii Men., N. obliqua Lee, 

 Promecognathus laevissimus Dej., Scarites subterraneus Fabr. (a deformed 

 specimen with a double thorax), Dyschirius analis Lee, D. marinus Lee, Clivina 

 impressifrons Lee, C. americana Dej., Aspidoglossa subangulata Chd., Myas 

 cyanescens Dej., Pericompsus ephippiatus Say, Pterostichus longulus Lee, 

 P. califomicus Dej., P. isabellac Lee, P. substriatus Lee, P. relictus Newm., 

 P. moestus Say, P. permundus Say, P. occidentalis Dej., P. scrutator Lee, P. 

 erj'thropus Dej., P. orinomum Leach, P. mandibularis Kirb., Amara avida 

 Say, A. interstitialis Dej., A. latior Kirb., A. fallax Lee, Diplochila major 

 Lee, Calathus quadricoUis Lee, Platynus anchomenoides Rand., P. creni- 

 striatus Lee, P. octopunctatus Fabr., P. sinuatus Dej., P. atratus Lee, P. 

 reflexus Lee, P. decens Saj^ Lebia furcata Dej., L. scapularis Dej., Apristus 

 laticollis Lee, Cj^mindis laticollis Say, Brachynus cordicollis Dej., Nothopus 

 zabroides Lee, and Cratacanthus dubius Beauv. 



Scarites subterraneus Fabr., adult. May 21, Steward J. Owens, Albany 



Lebia grandis Hentz., from potato fields, October 11, F. P. Foster, Troy 



Dermestes vulpinus Fabr., leather beetle, grubs on hoofs, October 15, T. M. 

 Duche & Sons, 376-78 Greenwich st.. New York 



Alaus oculatus Linn., eyed elater, adult on decaying wood, June 11, H. C. Crouch, 

 Albany 



Melanotus communis Gyll., wire worm, larva on corn, July 16, E. V. Underwood, 

 Oswego 



Hydnccera subfasciata Lee, adult on Tetradymia spinosa, H. R. Hagan, La 

 Point, Utah 



Ptinus fur Linn., spider beetle, adults, September 23, Eliza S. Blunt, New Russia 



Euphoria inda Linn., bumble flower beetle, grubs in manure, June 24, George A. 

 Lintner, Summit, N. J. Same, adult, August 24, A. B. Clarke & Son, 

 Milton-on-Hudson 



Elaphidion villosum Fabr., oak and maple twig pruner, larvae in oak, June 24, 

 Walter E. Maynard, Jericho. Same, July 6, Mrs M. Newborg, White Plains. 

 Same, August i, Charles C. Marshall, Millbrook 



Galerucella luteola Mull., elm leaf beetle, adult, May 6, George C. Hodges, Utica 



Coptocycla bicolor Fabr., golden tortoise beetle, adult, July i, Mrs Charles C. 

 Thorpe, Saugerties. Same, August 22, T. A. Gordon, Rensselaer 



Tenebrio molitor Linn., meal worm, adults, September 23, Eliza S. Blunt, New 

 Russia 



Macrobasis unicolor Kirby, ash gray blister beetle on potato, July 9, N. G. 

 Farber, Troy 



Meloe angusticoUis Say, oil beetle, adults, September 23, Eliza S. Blunt, New 

 Russia 



Eupagoderes decipiens Lee, adult impaled on thorn by shrike, May 20, Harold 

 R. Hagan, Logan, Utah 



Liophloeus nubilus Fabr., adult, December 31, J. H. Troy, New Rochelle 



