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and a smaller one about the posterior third, which latter extends almost 

 to the suture. 



Phloeotrya simulator Newm. This species occurs in rotting beech and 

 maple stumps. • 



Asclera puncticollis Say. This dull black beetle, 5/ l6 inch long, with a 

 dull red and black-spotted pronotum was taken in midwinter at Newport 

 N. Y., from the dead tissues of a birch, by Mr D. B. Young. 



Dendroides canadensis Latr. This species has been taken under the 

 decaying bark of oak, birch, maple, beech and other deciduous trees. 



Dendroides concolor Newm. This species has been taken under the 

 decaying bark of oak, maple, beech, birch and other deciduous trees. 



Cryptorhynchus parochus Herbst. The larvae of this species have been 

 taken under butternut bark, adults being found the latter part of May. 



Gonotropis gibbosus Lec. This species was taken in early July on 

 living birch and maple trees, which had been injured by fire. 



Stenoscelis brevis Bohm. 



A dark brown or black, cylindric beetle scarcely V% inch long and with prothorax 

 and wing covers coarsely punctured, is a common borer in dead and partly rotten wood 

 of various trees. 



We have taken this species boring in dead limbs of butternut, ash, 

 willow, poplar, and it has been recorded by others as occurring in elm and 

 maple. It runs irregular sinuous galleries about I / I2 inch in diameter. 



FUNGOUS BEETLES 



There are a number of species of very diverse appearance, which feed 

 on fungi and are frequently met with on various trees. They, of them- 

 selves, are of comparatively slight importance, and on that account they 

 should not be confused with the more dangerous borers which may occur 

 under similar conditions. 



Tritoma thoracica Say 



A rather broad, oval, black and bright red beetle about -V l6 inch in length, occurs in 

 June and July on soft mushroom growths on decaying poplar. 



The head and prothorax are. bright reddish, the eyes small, finely 

 granulate, and the wing covers are faintly striate with small, well separated 

 punctures. 



