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lateral, rounded tuberosities. Wing covers rather coarsely, irregularly 

 punctured, rounded at the apex and diverging. 



Habits and distribution. This predaceous species appears to be com- 

 mon in midsummer on late shrubs, and is probably generally distributed 

 in the northeastern United States, having been recorded from the vicinity 

 of Buffalo N. Y., southwestern Pennsylvania, various localities in New 

 Jersey and the District of Columbia. 



Ernobius mollis Linn. 



A small, variable, somewhat elongated, brown beetle about }i inch long occurs on 

 hard pines in June and July. 



This common European species introduced about 1865, is a common 



form on hard pines in midsummer. It is recorded as generally distributed 



in New Jersey though not common. Its allies, E. granulatus Lec. 



and E. luteipennis Lec. have been taken on pines in New Jersey. 



Dichelonycha albicollis Burm. 



A greenish, coppery, elongate, parallel-sided beetle about y£ inch 

 in length, occurs rather sparsely on hard pine in midsummer. 



This species was taken in midsummer in rather small 

 numbers at Karner, where it occurred at the base of 

 hard pine needles. Specimens were captured at intervals 

 throughout June and early July 1901, and also the fol- 

 lowing season. Dr Fitch 1 states that it becomes quite 

 common on pines about the middle of May, eating the 

 foliage and continuing for about a month. Its distribu- 

 tion has been given by Dr Horn as the Middle States and 

 Canada, and it has been recorded from several localities in 

 New Jersey by Dr Smith. 



Fig. 215 Dichelony- 

 cha albicollis, 

 enlarged (original) 



1 1858 Fitch, Asa. Ins. N. Y. 4th Rep't, p. 61. 



