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1. Trichius, Fabr.

8. Fam. Cetoniide, MacLeay.

T. piger, Fabr. On blossoms of clover and on roses, June and July. 2. Osmoderma, Lep.

O. eremicola, Knoch. Not very common, August.

O. scabra, Beauv. Abundant on dead stumps, and crawling on the trunks of hard maples on the Mountain, August.

STERNOXI.

1. Fam. Buprestida, Leach.

(See Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. IX. p. 7.)

1. Chrysobothris, Esch. (Odontomus, Kirby.)

C. dentipes, Germ. Not common, July.

2. Dicerca, Esch.

D. divaricata, Say. Abundant July to October, in dead trees. 3. Ancylocheira, Esch.

A. maculiventris, Say. Common, July.

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M. longipes, Say. Not common, June and July.

M. fulvoguttata, Harris. Rare.

5. Agrilus, Lap.

A. (not determined.) One specimen taken on the window of a house, July 17th, 1857.

1. Throscus, Latr.

2. Fam. Eucnemidae, Westw.

T. constrictor, Say. One specimen taken in a house near Montreal, October 1856.

3. Fam. Elateride, Leach.

1. Asaphes, Lec. (?) (Hemicrepidius, Germ.)

A. memnonius, Hbst. Flies to light at night in July.

A. decoloratus, Lec. Abundant sitting on the heads of umbelliferous plants, July.

2. Cratonychus, Dej.

C. scrobicollis, Lec.

Under bark of stumps, and under stones, on

the Mountain, May.

C. laticollis, Erich. On thorn-blossoms, June.

C. communis, Schonh. Rare.

3. Adelocera, Latr.

A. brevicornis, Lec. (?) Under bark of stumps on the Mountain, and swamps near Mile-end road, spring and autumn.

4. Elater, Linn.

E. nigricollis, Hrbst. In rotten stumps on the Mountain.

5. Cryptohypnus, Erich.

C. salaceipes, Germ. Abundant under stones on the Mountain, May.

6. Monocrepidius, Lec.

M. dorsalis, Say. Under stones on grass, Montreal and Laprairie.

7. Corymbites, Latr.

C. splendens, Ziegl. Under bark of a dead pine-stump, Laprairie.

C. inflatus, Say. Rare.

C. appressifrons, Say. Abundant on the Mountain in May.

8. Agriotes, Erich.

A. mancus, Say. Under stones, and by sweeping herbage on the Mountain, June.

9. Dolopius, Erich.

D. stabilis, Lec. By sweeping herbage on the sides of the Mountain, June. D. pauper, Lec.

1. Digrapha, Newm.

With the last species.

D. reticulata, Fabr.

2.

MALACODERMATA.

1. Fam. Lycidæ, Lec.

On the Mountain, June.

Fam. Lampyridæ, Leach.

(Sec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. V. p. 331.)

1. Ellychnia, Lec.

E. corrusca, Linn. Very abundant from April to October.

2. Pygolampis, Lec.

P. marginella, Lec. This is the commonest firefly on the Mountain at night in July.

3. Photuris, Dej.

P. Pensylvanica, Geer. (versicolor, Fabr.)

Abundant, islands

above Lachine, St. Hilaire and Sorel, June and July.
3. Fam. Telephoride, Leach.

(See Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. V. p. 338.)

1. Chauliognathus, Hentz.

C. Pensylvanicus, Geer. (bimaculata, Fabr.) Very abundant on the flowers of Solidago, Nun's Island and St. Hilaire, August.

2. Telephorus, Geoff.

T. Carolinus, Fabr. By sweeping herbage, June.

T. bilineatus, Say.

3. Podabrus, Fischer.

P. rugulosus, Lec.

1. Trichodes, Herbst.

On thorn-blossoms, June.

Abundant by sweeping herbage, June. 4. Fam. Clerida, Westw.

T. Nuttalii, Kirby. On blossoms of Solidago, Beloeil Mountain, August.

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(See Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. VI. p. 91.)

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1. Anthicus, Payk.

A. (not determined.) By sweeping herbage on the Mountain, June. 2. Fam. Meloide.

(See Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. VI. p. 328.

1. Meloe, Linn.

M. rugipennis, Lec.

1. Asclera, Schmidt.

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Common.

(See Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, Vol. VII.

A. ruficollis, Say. Very abundant in blossoms of Erythronium maculatum on the Mountain, May 1857.

1. Melandrya, Fabr.

4. Fam. Melandryidæ, Leach.

M. striata, Say. Under bark of dead stumps on the Mountain, June. 2. Hypulus? Payk.

H. (not determined.) One specimen taken in the old Museum of the Natural History Society, in Little St. James Street, Aug. 1857. 2. Atrachelia, Westw.

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D. hydni, Fabr. Abundant in a species of Boletus on the Mountain in August and September.

2. Oplocephala, Lap.

O. bicornis, Oliv.

Abundant an a fungus on decaying stumps on

the Mountain, August to October.

3. Bolitophagus, Fabr.

B. cornutus, Pz. Abundant in Boletus ignarius on dead stumps on the Mountain, July.

2. Tenebrio, Linn.

T. molitor, Linn.

3. Fam. Tenebrionida, Leach.

Very common in old houses.

T. tenebrioides, Beauv. Under bark of dead stumps on the Moun

tain.

2. Centronipus, Dej.

C. calcaratus, Fabr. Under bark of dead stumps on the Mountain,
October,

C.? femoratus, Fabr. Common crawling on boarded paths, July
and August.

3. Ipthinus, Dej.

I. Pensylvanicus, Geer. Abundant under bark of dead trees, &c. on the Mountain and at St. Helen's Island.

4. Upis, Fabr.

U. reticulatus, Say. Numerous under bark of dead trees on the

Mountain and at Laprairie.

1. Cratoparis, Dej.

RYNCOPHORA.

1. Fam. Bruchida, Leach.

C. lunatus, Fabr. Abundant in a fungus on stumps on the Mountain, August and September.

1. Sitones, Germ.

2. Fam. Curculionida, Leach.

S. lepida, Sch. Abundant amongst grass.

2. Hylobius, Germ.

H. pales, Herbst. Common, June.

3. Listroderes, Sch.

L. (not determined.) One specimen taken flying, June 8th, 1857. 4. Balaninus, Germ.

B. (not determined.) One specimen taken September 1856.

5. Cryptorhynchus, Illiger.

C. luctuosus, Sch. Common on board-fences on the Mountain, May.

6. Conotrachelus, Latr.

C. posticatus? Sch. By sweeping herbage on the Mountain, June. 7. Ceutorhynchus, Schupp.

C. (not named.) Abundant in grass, June.

8. Sphenophorus, Schonh.

S. (not named.) Common on sandy paths through fields, June and July.

9. Cossonus, Clairv.

C. platalea, Say. Abundant under bark of dead stumps and trees on the Mountain.

10. Dryophthorus, Schupp.

D. corticalis, Say. Under bark of stumps.

1. Hylesinus, Fabr.

3. Fam. Hylesinidæ, Shuck.

H. aculeatus, Say. Taken by sweeping grass and in houses, July to October.

4. Fam. Bostrichidæ, Schaum.

1. Xylosterus, Erichs.

X. (not named.) One specimen taken on a board-fence on the Mountain, May 1857.

2. Tomicus, Latr.

T. pini, Say. Rare, in houses.

LONGICORNES.

I. Prioni, Lec.

(See Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. II. second series, p. 107.)

1. Orthosoma, Serv.

I. Fam. Prionidæ, Leach.

O. unicolor, Drury. Not uncommon; in decayed stumps, and flying by night, July, Montreal and Sorel.

II. Cerambyci, Lec.

1. Fam. Lepturida, Leach.

(See Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. I. second series, p. 316.)

1. Desmocerus, Serv.

D. palliatus, Forst. Rare, July.

2. Acmæops, Say.

A. proteus, Kirby. Very abundant, June to August.

3. Evodinus, Lec.

N. sp.? One specimen taken May 1859.

4. Typocerus, Lec.

T. fugax, Fabr. Abundant on the heads of umbelliferous plants in orchards on the Mountain, July and August.

5. Leptura, Linn.

L. Canadensis, Fabr. Abundant, July and August. Montreal and Sorel.

2. Fam. Cerambycidæ, Leach.

(See Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. II. second series, p. 5.) 1. Elaphidion, Serv.

E. parallelum, Newm. Rare, July.

2. Arhopalus, Serv.

A. speciosus, Say. Not common.

Larva in hard-maple trees.

A. pictus, Drury. Very abundant on flowers of Solidago, September Larva on the locust-tree (Robinia pseudacacia), in gardens.

3. Clytus, Fabr.

C. ruricola, Oliv. (hamatus, Say.) Rare, July.

C. colonus, Lec. Common, July and August.

4. Physocnemum, Hald.

P. ligneum, Fabr. Not uncommon, Montreal and Beloeil Mountains, May.

5. Phymatodes, Mulsant.

P. dimidiatus, Kirby. Very rare.

6. Callidium, Fabr.

C. janthinum, Dej. (antennatum, Newm.) Common, May to July. Abundant at Sorel.

7. Criocephalus, Mulsant.

C. agrestis, Kirby. Common. Abundant at Sorel, July.

(To be continued.)

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