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Notes on Uncommon Coleoptera 
was between 1 and 3 p.m. On the following day some specimens 
were noticed; on the third day there were none to be seen, but 
for several days after occasional specimens were seen on the 
Corylus leaves about a quarter of a mile away. 
NOTES ON UNCOMMON COLEOPTERA 
By C. A. Frost 
Framingham, Mass. 
Melanotus toenicollis Lee. Three specimens of this Elaterid 
have been taken in the past 45 years at Framingham. One 
specimen on June 1, 1912, one on June 27, 1915, by sweeping in 
a meadow, and one on June 2, 1945, near the railroad yards a 
few hundred yards from my home. 
Stenotarsus hispidus Hbst. Four specimens have been taken 
in recent years near here. One by sweeping on Sept. 23, 1933, 
two on June 10, 1939, and one by sifting on April 1, 1944. 
Triplax macra Lee. Three exactly typical specimens were 
taken at Paris, Me. on June 29, 1945, on fungi on dead poplar. 
One typical specimen from Prince Edward Co., Ont. collected 
by Brimley is at hand, and another labelled, “Zebulon, Ga. 
4-14-38. P. W. Fattig” seems to be a typical specimen. Two 
other specimens which were named by others for me appear to 
be entirely different and maybe undescribed. 
Ephistemus apicalis Lee. This minute beetle which is at- 
tached rather loosely to the family Cryptophagidoe in the list is 
recorded from N.Y.-Ind. They appear in very large numbers 
in old grass piles in the layer just below the dry top one here in 
Framingham. My specimens are labelled: Sherborn, Oct. 8, 
1933, Framingham, Sept. 11, 1910, and Framingham, May 29, 
1931, under dead musquash. Specimens of what appear to be 
this species are at hand from Mineral Springs, Ind. and from 
McMinnville, Ore., March 1, 1935 and May 20, 1941. 
Pachybrachys pubescens Oliv. This species was not recorded 
east of Watkins, N. Y. by Fall in his monograph of the genus. 
On June 10, 1945, one specimen was taken on a red oak leaf at 
Natick, Mass, and another specimen escaped. 
