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if it can only be found, where they occur more or less abund- 

 antly. An example of this has recently come to light in the 

 case of a little Pselaphid, called Rafonus tolulce. One was 

 taken years ago and sent to L,e Conte, who said: "I only 

 know of one other imperfect specimen." August 1, 1897, Mr. 

 Soltau took seventy specimens from the crumbling inside of 

 a decaying log. In the nests of a pale ant I found *Adranes 

 lecontei and Ceophyllus monilis, the latter common, the former 

 rare. Leptinus testaceus is a curious little pale, blind beetle, 

 that lives in the nests of field mice. December 13, 1891, I 

 captured 112 (ninety of which were taken from one nest). 

 From a large Agaricus I captured five Necrophilus pettiti 

 Horn. Five species of Liodes were taken from under the 

 bark of a beech log on which fungi were growing. From 

 under the bark of a dead buckeye tree one specimen of 

 Chevrolatia amaena was taken, and though I have diligently 

 searched like situations for years, I never found another. 

 That unique is in the collection of the late Dr. Horn. 



A single specimen of Cyparium flavipes was all that has 

 rewarded a search of many years. The locality was very rich 

 in Endomychidcc , Tritomidcc \ and Erotylidce. The original 

 locality for Megalodacue ulkei, across the river, being obliter- 

 ated by the " cultivation " before alluded to, I have discovered 

 another small locality on the Ohio side of the river. Of 

 ColydiidcT a number of interesting species have been found; 

 chief of these is Eudesma undulata Mels. July, 1878, Mr. 

 Siewers took one from under the bark of a sycamore tree. 

 Since then I have taken six specimens that were running 

 along the underside of a buckeye tree that had fallen across 

 a ravine. 



The Coccinellidce were richly represented. Coccinella affinis 

 was taken August 7, 1895, for the first time; since then 

 others were captured. This seems to be a recent importation. 



The Scarabceidcs are not nearly as abundant as formerly, 

 particularly the larger species. Dynastes (always rare) I have 

 not heard of for years. Lachnostenia was always abundant. 

 I have beaten from the foliage of a small haw, growing in a 

 thick woods, twenty L. albina (May 24). The Bnprestidcz are 

 also getting scarce. Buprestis rufipes, our most showy species, 



:: See note on this species, this Journal, July, 1884. 



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