1945] 
Maine Coleoptera 
111 
NOTES ON MAINE COLEOPTERA FOR 1945 
By C. A. Frost 
Framingham, Mass. 
From the large piles of white pine planks at a saw-mill near 
South Paris, Me. the following rather uncommon species were 
taken: Buprestis sulcicollis Lee., B. striata var. impedita Say, 
three Xylotrechus jrosti Van Dyke, four Acanthocinus pusillus 
Kby., a few Chrysobothris harrisi Hentz., Monochammus titi- 
lator Say, M. conjusor Kby., Enoclerus nigrifrons Say, and 
many Piss odes approximatus Hopks. The very abundant spe- 
cies were: Monochammus scutellatus Say, Chrysobothris den- 
tipes Germ., C. scabripennis Cast., Enoclerus nigripes Say, Ips 
pini Say and Pityo genes hopkinsi Sw. Dendroctonus valens Lee. 
and Thanasimus dubius Fab. were only occasional. On the 
under side of the scattered slabs and bits of boards were dozens 
of Hylobius pales Boh. which were also noted flying and one a 
captive of an Asilid. The time was from June 21 to July 6. 
Coleoptera have not been so abundant on lumber and logs since 
1909 to 1912. 
Podapion gallicola Riley. One specimen was taken either on 
the lumber or beaten from a red pine near the piles. I first took 
this species on June 29, 1930, at Wayland, Mass, by beating 
Pinus rigidus and have never taken it since in Mass. 
Platysoma. Four specimens of an unknown species were 
taken at Paris, either on the under sides of the slabs or under 
white pine bark. It is related to basale Lee. but it is slimmer 
than the type and has the mesosternal marginal groove entire 
in front. 
Eros burner alis Fab. A large colony of what appears to be 
this species was found under the bark of an old pine stump. 
They lack the usual yellowish humeral vittae. 
Orchestes canus Horn. The first record for this species from 
Maine is July 4, 1945. Four specimens have been taken at 
Framingham, Mass, and vicinity. 
