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Family Endomychidae 
Endomychus higuttatus Say. One specimen, August 23. 
This is another fungus-beetle. 
Family Tenebrionidce 
Diaperis maculata Oliv. One specimen of this abundant 
species which occurs in fungi, especially in the shelf-fungus of 
birch. 
Upis ceramboides Linn. One specimen, August 8. This is 
a northern beetle with circumpolar distribution; it occurs under 
the bark of logs of various kinds. 
Family Melandryidce 
Synchroa punctata Newm. Six specimens, July 13 to 20. 
This species occurs under the bark of various trees, particularly 
pine and maple. 
Family Anobiidce 
Hadrobregmus carinatus Say. Eleven specimens, July 13- 
17. This species breeds commonly in maple logs and more 
rarely in those of other trees, such as beech. 
Ptilinus ruficornis Say. 18 specimens, July 13-20. This 
small beetle has been bred from dead branches and logs of 
various deciduous trees. 
Family Cerambycidce. 
Thirteen species of this large family were collected. Prac- 
tically without exception all members of the group are wood- 
borers. 
Hypermallus villosus Fabr. One specimen, July 19. This is 
the common “twig-pruner” of oak which occurs occasionally in 
maple also. 
Brachyleptura rubrica Say. One specimen, July 20. The host 
tree of this tree has apparently never been recorded. It probably 
occurs in oak. 
