NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 321 SYNONYMICAL REMARKS UPON NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. BY JOHN L. LE CONTE, M.D. In the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, November, 18t0, I published some notes made during a rapid examination of various collections in London and Paris ; subsequent opportuni- ties enabled me to make some additional notes, and more careful studies of the species which I had not time to investigate on my first visits. These are contained in the present paper, with such corrections of my former notes as seem to be necessary at the pre- sent time. 1. CiciNDELA LONGiLABRis Say. A Specimen jabelled Bermuda in the Oxford Museum. 2. C JNIagdalen^. Marked like cinctipennis Lee, but the pro- thorax is more rugose, the elytra more strongly punctured, and distinctly serrate at tip ; in addition to the usual markings, dilated and connected at the margin, there is a basal white spot (as in macra), and a subsutural white vitta. Oxford Museum; found in turpentine barrels brought to London, supposed to be from North Carolina. I have named this species in friendly recollection of Magdalen College, Oxford, the genial influence of which has been experi- enced by man}' scientific nilgrims to the Universit3^ 3. C. lacerata Chaud. n-om Louisiana, scarcely differs from the Mexican C. hamata. 4. C. PAMPHiLA Chaud. An undescribed species from Texas, of stout form, allied to pallifera. Elytra with the dark spaces strongl}' punctured, tip very finely almost obso- letely serrate ; last ventral segment 9 longitudinall}' im- pressed and marked with white spots. 5. Elaphrus americanus Dej. The type in the col- lection of Baron Chaudoir is evidently the common species afterwards described by me as punctatissimus. There are many other synonyms for the various races which occur in its wide distribution from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and northwards nearly to the Arctic circle. 6. NoTioPHiLUS aquaticusX Kirb}'. The type in the British Museum does not resemble the European species ; it is more brassy 322 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF than siBiRicus, with the stride of the elytra more strongly punc- tured ; the inner rows are less impressed behind ; the dorsal fovea is deep ; the scutellar stria is deep, and there are four or five small punctures between it and the sutural stria. It seems therefore to be N. SEMisTRiATUs Say. T. Nebria (Helobia) castanipes Kirby, afterwards described as N. moesta Lee, and previously as N. Sahlbergi Dej. 8. Calosoma peregrinator Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 255; angulatum Lee, prominens\^ Lee. Resembles llgubre, but is less shining and not so coarsel}^ punctured. 9. C. angulatum Chevr. Col. Mex. 1, No. 44. Resembles ex- ternum in form, but differs in the pi'othorax being angulated at the sides. Mexico. 10. C. armatum Lap. Etudes Entom. 15G ; C. alternans Fabr. fide Chaudoir. Antilles. n. C.fulgidiis Gebler, coll. Mnizsech. A variety of vieting- Hovii, with the elytra more coarsely reticulate. Alaska. 12. C. meander Fischer; ZapiVayt Lap. ; Tatumi Motsch. Ex- tends from North America through Kamtschatka to Siberia. 13. C. ligatus J Kirby, the type is C. serratus Say. 14. Cychrus interruptus Men. (coll. Chaudoir) is G. conslric- tus Lee. 15. C. alternatus Motsch. (ibid.) is as large as C. striato- punctatus Chaud., but the elytra are broader, and the prothorax a trifle narrower, with the hind angles more distinctly margined behind ; the specimens are ? , and they seem to belong to the large one having only two joints of the % front tarsi spongy beneath. 16. Ci/mindis marginata Kirb}' ; rejlexa Lee; cribricollis Dej.! n. C. UNicoLOR Kirby is a small immature specimen of G. Inid- sonica Lcc. ; the sides of the prothorax are more widely margined than in pilosa, distinctly sinuate behind, and the hind angles are prominent. 18. C. VENATOR Dej., according to Baron Chaudoir differs from AMERICANA Dej. My series is not sufllcientl}' large to decide this point. 19, A specimen of Triciiotiiorax cyaneus Montr., from New Caledonia, in the collection of Mr, Perroud at L3'ons, is very simi- lar to the variety of our Rhombodera pallipes in which the pro- thorax and legs are yellow. NATURAL SCIENCES OP PHILADELPHIA. 323 20. Anchomenus angusticoUis\ Kirby agrees with the common race of Platynus sinuatus, except that the basal angles of the prothorax are less prominent, the basal impressions and the ely tral strife less punctured. The specimen of P. stygicus Lee. shown me on a former visit to the British Museum was erroneously labelled, but was not Kirby 's type; the synonym given in Annals and Magazine of Nat. History, Nov. 1870, p. No. 5, is therefore incorrect. 21. A. EXTENSicoLLis. Mr. Kirby's specimens belong to the elongate bluish-green race, without any elevation in the basal im- pressions of the prothorax, 22. Agonum affine Kirby is Harrisii Lee. 23. A. PiciPENNE Kirby. Var. (a) is a species as large as P. RU- FiCORNis Lee, with the prothorax equally elongate, and the sides not explanate or reflexed ; it seems to be lutulentua Lee. 24. A. picij^enne, xavs. (c and d) are ruficornis Leg, 25. A. sordens Kirby, (a) could not be found ; (b) seems to be fuscescens Chaud. 26. A. SEMiNiTiDUM Kirb3^ I learn from Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse that this species differs from P. chalceus Lee. by the elytra being shorter, more shiniug, and less parallel at the sides. 27. Stereocerus similis Kirby, is the species of Amai'a described as FeRONIA HiEMATOPUS Dcj. 28. Cyrtonotus rufimanus Kirby has the sides of the prothorax distinctly sinuate behind, and the hind angles prominent. It seems (without comparison) to be A. lacustris Lee. C. brevila- bris Kirby is a specimen of the same species with the labrum retracted under the epistoma. 29. G.convexiusculus | Kirby is A. laticollis Lee. The Euro- pean species is narrower, with the prothorax much more narrowed behind and more sinuate on the sides, as in A. Jacobins Lee. 30. C. LATiOR Kirby is A. libera Lee, = Isevistriata Putzeys, a Brad3'tus with sides of prothorax rounded, hind angles obtuse and not rounded. 31. Amara impuncticollis Say. Mr. Kirby's specimens have the sides of the prothorax more oblique and less rounded, and the basal fovene more distinct than in the specimens sent by Mr. Sprague for comparison, but I do not think that it is a diflerent species. 32. A. vulgaris % Kirbj^, is a rather elongate flattened species 324 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF with the basal fovete of the prothorax double, distinct, and well sei^arated, veiy feebly punctured ; elytra strongly sinuate towards the tip; hind tibia ^ sliglitly curved, not pubescent on the inner face. It is of the size of ixterstitialis, and very nearly related to it, but more depressed, and witli deeper protlioracic basal fovere, and seems to be what I incorrectly determined as L/Evipennis Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1855, 353. 33. A. disco7^s Kirby =r ciialcea Dej., has the hind angles of the prothorax sharply defined, the base of the prothorax is not punc- tured, and the sides not explanate ; it seems therefore to be A. CHALCEA Dej. 34. A. LiEviPENXis Kirb}' is a small species of bright bronze color, with the sides of the prothorax not explanate, basal foveae distinct, strioe of el^-tra fine, not deeper behind ; antennne appa- rently^ entirely black, hind tibia? 9 not pubescent on inner side. Size of European A. coMMUNis, but quite distinct. I have de- scribed this species as erratica Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1855, 353. 35. A. PALLiPES Kirby. Correctlj' determined in my cabinet. Narrower and more convex than angustata Say, with the basal foveas verv distinct. 36. Iso2-)leurus nitidiis \\ Kirby is Amara subtenea Lee. The mentum tooth is not etnarginate and but slightly impressed at tip. 31. T. macleayi Kirby is a Selenophorus allied to S. stigmosus but with the basal angles of prothorax rectangular. Probably from the Antilles, certainly not East Indian. 38. Miscodera AMERICANA Mann. (coll. Chaudoir) is very simi- lar to M. IIardyi Chaud., but is smaller, more bronzed, witli more globose and narrower prothorax, and elj^tral stri.ne still more obliterated. 39. DiCyELUS scuLPTiLTS Say. The more convex and shining northern race of this species has been named intricatus by Baron Chaudoir. 40. D. ambiguus Fertd, not different from opacus Fertd, and rejlexus Lee. 41. Badister peUatus \ Dej. The insect mentioned as the Ameri- can variet}' of this species is B. flavipes Lcc. 42. Licinus silphoides. Two specimens of this insect from North American turpentine are in the Oxford Museum. I have seen several which were taken alive in Massacliusetts ; so that it must be regarded as fairlj' introduced into our fauna. NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 325 43. Chl^nius fulgiceps Newman, could not be found in the British Museum. 44. G. emarginatus | Kirby, could not be found. 45. C. impundifrons || Kirby, b^'^ comparison is C. pensylva- Nicus Say. 46. G. chlorophaniis Dej. is C. solitarius Say. 47. C. cordicollis Kirby is G. chlorophanusX Lee. = G. Le- contei\. Dej. 48. G. quadricollis Kirby is a green variety of tricolor, and not brevilabris Lee, which is not among Kirbj^'s specimens. 49. PoLPocHiLE Sol. = Melanotus || Dej. = Gratocara Lee. = Phymatocephalus Schaum. 50. Harpalus laticollis Kirby on comparison proves to be Ani- SODACTYLUS NiGERRiMUS Dej., and not A. Harrisii Lee. as incor- rectly stated by me in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 5L H. INTERPUNCTATUS Kirby is the species which I have de- termined (New Species p. 15) as A.nigrita Dej., but which Baron Chaudoir considers different, and has named A. Lecontei. 52. H. ocHROPUS Kirby agrees with desertus Lee, except that the hind angles of the prothorax are nearly impunctate. 53. H. BASiLLARis Kirby is obesidus Lee. and = Amara externa Walker. 54. DiCHiRUS BRUNNEUS Dej. (coll. Chaudoir) is like piceus in form, but smaller, with the hind angles of the prothorax rectan- gular and slightly prominent. 55. Trechus similis Kirby is the common Agonoderus^ with the hind angles of the prothorax rounded ; comma Fabr. (fide Zimm. pallipes\, Saj', Dej.) 56. T.Jlavijjes Kirby is Bradycellus rupestris (Say). 57. T. rujicrus Kirby is B. cognatus, as correctly observed by Baron Chaudoir. 58. T. immunis Kirby is Stenolophus conjunctus (Sa}-). 59. Peryphus concolor Kirby. On renewed examination this appears to be Bembidiura salebratum Lee. 60. Peryphus picipes Kirby. The specimen is in bad condi- tion, but seems to be of very convex form. It is smaller than 7 9-1 8 Sprague, and has the elytral striae very finely punctured. 6L P. scoPULiNus Kirbj' is B. gelidum Lee. 62. Notaplms variegatusW Kirby is not versicolor Lee, but a 326 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF smaller species with more convex prothorax more narrowed at the base ; it seems to be B. pictum Lee. 63. N. iNTERMEDius Kirb}'^ of the same size as versicolor, but with the sides of the prothorax distinctly sinuate near the base; seems to be B. rapidum Lee. 64. N. NiGRiPES Kirby, ver}- similar to intermedius, but nearly black, with small pale spots and dark legs. 05. Tachyla picipes Kirby is T. inornatus (Say) = T. nanus of Europe, as correctly determined by Schaum, Ins. Deutschl. i. 60. Haliplus pantherinus Aube. The type in the British Mu- seum is a small species resembling immaculicollis in size and color. 67. CoLPius INFLATUS Ijqc = Supliis Douhledayi B. M. Cat. 68. SuPHis F0RSTER14. ^- ^^- C'at., size of gibbulus, but the elytra are very strongly punctured. 69. Hydrocanthus Harrisii^ B. M. Cat., size of gibbulus, but narrower, with the elytra black, finely and obsoletely punc- tured. TO. Colymbetes pii^eopterus Kirb}-. % with the last joint of front tarsi not deformed ; 9 sides of prothorax finely margined, very slightly rounded, scarcely forming an angle with the elytra, \Q\:y finely reticulate, somewhat dull ; elytra very finely granulato- reticulate, and sparsel}- punctulate. Tl. C. BicoLOR Kirby. More regularly elliptical and convex than the preceding, also finely granulato-reticulate, but scarcely punctulate, prothorax similar in form, but not more reticulate in 9 than % ; elytra pale towards the sides. Both species are allied to AgABUS DISCOLOR. T2. C. RETiGULATUS Kirb}' is allied to Aqabus arcticus of Europe. 73. Colymbetes sinuatus Lee. should be compared with the European C. Graph, Avhich it closely resembles. 74. Acilius Maccullochii Kirby is mediatus Say. 75. Hydroporus exiguus Aubd. Xothing like this is in our collections. 70. Nkcrophorus melsiiei.meri Kirb}', evidentlj- the form named infodiens Mann. The protliorax is as in marifimus of which it is a variet}^; antenna with the base of the club black, remaining joints red ; elytra witli two bands and epipleuroe red. 77. N. Ilallii Kirby is orbicollis Say. NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 327 78. N. hebes Kirby is a variety of yespilloides; the protliorax is as in maritimus, club of antemiffi entirely black, elytra with two bauds, the front one extending forwards on the epipleurai to the humeri, leaving a black portion behind the humerus on the upper side of the epipleura. 79. Leiodes punctostrtatus Kirby has the hind tarsi 4-jointed, and is therefore an Anisotoma, and not Hydnobius, as incorrectly stated by Erichson. The punctures of the rows are very large, and those of the alternate spaces also large. 80. Pselaphodes Westwood is allied to Tmesiphorus, but differs in form of palpi. 81. Sintectus Westwood equals Tmesiphorus Lee. The Aus- tralian species closely resembles T. costalis Lee. 82. Aleochara pallitarsis Kirby is a rather large black Ho- malota, with the prothorax broadly impressed near the base, and feebly channelled; elytra brownish, a little wider than prothorax, finely not densely punctulate and pubescent; abdomen dorsal surface shining, not strongly punctured ; antennte heavy, black, 2d and 3d joints each more than ^ longer than 4th ; scape stouter and a little longer than the 2d. A common species. 83. Tachyp07nis acuductus Kirby is ventriculus Say ; the right elytron is striated and rugose towards the tip, but the left is uni- formly finely punctulate. 84. T. AFFiNis Kirby is nearly of the same form, but less con- vex; the prothorax very finely, and the elytra very strongly punc- tulate. 85. Omalium planipenne Miiklin is 0. j^ineti Thomson. 86. Distemmus ARGUS is very similar to and perhaps identical with a European species of Omalium. 87. Omalium marginatum Kirby is an Olophrum with the pro- thorax sparsely and coarsely punctured, slightl}' narrowed behind, hind angles obtuse but distinct, disk moderately convex; elytra very strongly punctured, nearly as long as the abdomen. De- scribed by Maeklin under the same name. 88. 0. sanguineum and perocellatum\. B. M., from Hudson Baj', are allied to 0. convexicolle Lee. 89. Acidota seriata Lee. is crenata (Fabr.) according to Miiklin, Stettin Ent. Zeitung, 1872, 247. 89a. Nitidula obscura and ossiuyn Kirby is the black immacu- 328 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF late species which is not uncomraon in the northern parts of the continent. 90. N. DiscoiDEA Fabr., Kirby seems to be the Californiau Omosita i7ive7'sa Lee, but the northern specimens are smaller. 91. Epurjea BOREELLAEr., a small narrow black species similar to NIGRA Miiklin, common to Europe and North America. 92. EuROPS Wollaston is Nomophloeus Lee. 93. HESPEROBiENUS TESTACEUS4. Motsch. is a species of Bactri- dium, broader than B. nanum and uniforml}^ testaceous. 94. Atomaria atra'l Kirby is a small convex shining coarsely punctured species; elytra testaceous, legs and abdomen pale yel- low. Probably a dark variety of A. l^tula Lee, and not at all like the European A.atra. 95. Anchomma Lee. Compare with Microtelus Sol. Ann. Ent. Tr., 1838, pi. 1, f. 3. 96. CoRTicARiA DENTicuLATA Kirby is quite 'different from C. Serrata of the same collection ; it is smaller, nearl}^ black, pro- thorax broadh' and deeply foveate near the base, sides much rounded, regularly and less coarsel}' serrate. 9*7. LoBERUS Lee. ; a species of this genus from Chili is in the British Museum. 98. CATOGENUSPUNCicoLLisNewm.is not in the British Museum. 99. Penthelispa Pascoe (Oct. 18G0) is Endectus Lee. (May, 1801). 100. MiNTHEA Pascoe seems allied to Trogoxylon Lee. 101. Hemipeplus marginipennis Lee. seems to be OchroBanis Dohrnii Pascoe, 1866. 102. Elacatis\\ Pascoe (1860), is Othnil'S Lee. (1861.) The geographical distribution of this genus is very remarkable ; Borneo and United States. 108. Thorictus; I saw in Mr. SalM's collection the onl3' repre- sentative of this family thus far found in America ; a small species collected in San Domingo. 104. Byrriius PiciPES Kirb}', a rather large species with a trans- verse subniarginal black spot on the elj^tra behind the middle. It is correctly determined in my s^^nopsis. 105. DicnELONYCHA viRESCENS Kirb^' is the common northern species with the prothorax tolerably densel}' punctured, thinly pubescent, feeblj' channelled ; the lateral angles are distinct, the NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 329 basal ones well defined acnte, luit not prominent. It is subvittata of my synopsis, Journ. Acad. Nat. So., 2d. ser. iii. 279. 106. Melolontha paradoxa Beauvois, according to Salle, is Bhijndandrus Jiabellicornis (Sturm). 107. The Australian genera Phyllotocus and Macrothops Mc- Leay are related to Oncerus Lee. in form and by the double epistoma. 108. Cheiragra McLeay from Australia is allied to Chnaunan- THUS Burm. and Acratus Horn. The position of the spiracles must be obserA'cd in these genera to determine their true affinities. 109. Liogenys, Homalochilus, and Hllarianus have the propy- gidiura connate with the fifth ventral as in Diplotaxis, which they resemble in form and sculpture. 110. Hypotrichia Lee. and Plectrodes Horn agree inform and general characters with Clavipalpus, but the last differs in having the ungues alike, and armed with a broad acute tooth. The pro- P3'gidium is connate wath the fifth ventral and the spiracle is placed on the connecting suture ; the fifth ventral is elongated. 111. Leuretra Er. resembles Clavipalpus b}' the fifth ventral being elongated, but the mouth organs are less developed, as in other Pachypodidfe, with which the three genera mentioned in 110 must probably be associated. 112. Diplotaxis GEORGiiE; Blanchard (Paris Museum) is similar to D. SUBCOSTATA Blauch. but larger, with the prothorax more sparsel}'^ and coarsely punctured, and the interspaces of the elytra flatter and not subcostate behind. D. moesta of the same collec- tion seems only an individual variation of subgostata, larger than usual, with the punctures of the occiput and prothorax more feeble. 113. D. Harperi Blanch, is allied to excavata, but is ferrugi- nous, with the epistoma rounded, not at all truncate, and frontal carina impressed at the middle. . 114. D. frondicola | Blanch, is also ailied to excavata, black, with the elytra a little more rugosely punctured ; seems onlj' an individual variety. 115. D. punctato-rugosa Blanch, is excavata Lee. The form is not "breviter ovata" as described, and the upper tooth of the front tibise is feeble. The description being erroneous, the name should be dropped into synonymy. 22 330 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OF IIG. Ancylonycha PROFUNDA Blanchai'd seems to be Lachno- sterna rugoaa Lee. in. ^. brevicollis Blanch, is a race of L. fusca, = consimilis Lee. 118. A.fervida \ Blanch, (nee Fahr.) is L. obesa Lee. 119. A. j)nncticollis Blanch, is a race of fusca. 120. A.fervens % Blanch, (nee Gyll.) is congrua Lee. 121. A. uniformis Blanch, is L. ephelida (Sa}). 122. A. pruinosa J Blanch, (nee Mels.) = L. futilis Lee. 123. A. fraterna (Harris), correct. 124. A. KNOCHii Gyll.; correct for one 9, sexual characters as in PROFUNDA (rugosa Lee.). Under the same label are two specimens of another species allied to prunina. 125. A. crenulata | Blanch, is L. hirticula (Knoch). 126. A. CRASsissiMA Blanch, is a short stout species from Texas ; the % sexual characters as in fusca; 9 with last ventral segment semicircularly incised at tijD ; obesa Lee. 127. A. GLABERRiMA Blanch. My determination (Synopsis Journ. Acad. iSTat. Sc. 1. c. 242) is correct. 128. A.micansX Blanch, (nee Knoch); two 9 which seem to be L. CERASiNA Lee. or an allied species. 129. A. DiFFiNis Blanch. A very distinct species ; % with the fixed spur of hind tibise elongated, and last ventral segment not impressed ; antennal club very long. 130. A. iiiRSUTA Knoch, correct. 131. A. pilosicolis Knoch, is the race of L. tristis (Fabr.), with the pubescence of the elytra longer than usual. 132. Cremastociiilus IIarrisii Kirby (Mus. Oxon.) has the prothorax shining, the front angles are rounded and auriculate, the sides are deeply impressed behind the front angles ; the hind angles are not much retracted, surrounded by a deep sulcus; there is a patch of hair on the disk each side in front of the hind angles ; the mentuni is deeply notched behind. 133. My notes on Buprcstidai from the types of Gory and Laporte, now in the collection of Count Mniszech in Paris, have been parti}' utilized by Mr. Crotch in his "Notes on the species of Buprestida} found in the L^nited States" (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1873, p. 84). But it remains for me here to express the great obligations I am under to Count Mniszech, and to the other possessors of types which 1 had occasion to study, for the facilities NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 331 for comparison and the great joersonal kindness extended to me during my short visits to the larger cities of Europe, 134. DiCERCA OBSCURA {Fobr.) Lee. is B. lurida and consimilis Gor}-^ and Laporte. 135. D. hilaris Lee. 9 ; manca Lee. % , is tuberculata G. and L. 136. D. DISTINGUENDA G. and L. is colored like hilaris^ but stouter, with the hind angles of prothorax less prolonged; pro- bablj' a bright % specimen of D. tenebrosa Kirb3\ 137. D. PRUiNOSA G. and L. resembles lurida, but the prothorax is slightly wider behind; middle tibiae % obtusely angulated on inner side ; sor^or Lee. 138. D. obscura J Gory is baltimorensis (Herbst.) Lee. 139. D. scoBiNA Chevr. is molitor Mels. and asperata L. and G. 140. D. SPRETA G. and L. is imjjj^essifrons Mels. 141. D. TUBERCULATA Chevr. is Dumoulinii Gory ; the prothorax is widely dilated on the sides as in crassicollis* Lee, and the disk is deeply excavated obliquel}' each side; the markings are irregular as in scobina. 142. JD. coryphsea \. Dej. is a very large southern form of spreta. 143. D. maculosa 4- Gory is lepida Lee. 144. D. erect a L. and G. is P(ECIL0N0Ta cyanipes (Say). 145. Ancylochira dilatata Motscli. is l^viventris Lee. 146. A. crenata Motsch. is Langii Mann. 141. A. villosa n. sp. Elytra like aurulenta, prothorax flat- tened, side margin thickened, disk with a broad dorsal stripe, and oblique space each side smooth ; prothorax and under surface thinly clothed with long soft white hair. California, coll. Mniszech. 148. A. AFRICANS Ilerbst. A specimen was collected by Lor- quin in California. 149. llelayiophila luteosignata Dej. is a small variety' of notata with more convex prothorax. 150. Anthaxia bivittata L. and G. Not in our collections ; nearly as elongate as flavimana. 151. A.yENEOGASTER L. and GAsexpansa 9 audfoveicollis % Lee. 152. Chrysobotiiris errans L. and G. is very near cupro.enea L. and G. ^oni Caj-enne, and is probably from South America. 153. C. Alabamse Gor}^ is similar to the ordinary race of femo- RATA, but the prothorax is more narrowed behind and more deeply channelled ; C. nigritula Gory is similar but more deeply punctured. 332 PROOEEDINQS OP THE ACADEMY OF C difficihs Gory is also similar, but with the hinder impression of the elj'tra more siuuated, and is == rugosiceps Mels. 154. C. ignipes Gory is sexsignata (Say). 155. G. Germari Gor^- seems to be a variet}- of the Mexican C. Solieri, and has not occurred thus far in the United States. 156. C. femorata (Fabr.) coll. Dej. is vii'idiceps Mels. 151. G. viridipunctata Gory is a variety of hybernata in which the metallic green spot at the base of the elytra extends be3'ond the impression. 158. G.fioricola Gory is calcarata Mels. and /emorato ;{; L. and G. 159. G. riigosula Gory is Actenodes acornis (Say). 160. Actenodes bella Lee. does not differ from aureonotata Gory, found in Cuba and South America ; the locality of the specimen collected in Georgia is absolutely correct. 161. G. basalis Lee. is atabalipa Gory and Golobagaster mxilti. stigmosa Mann. 162. C. Lesueurt Gorj^ is so7'or Lee. 163. G.fastidiosa Gory is Lesueiwi J Lee. 164. G. quadriipressa Qory misella Lee. is a small variety of this species. 165. G. nigrofasciata % Lee, Tr. Am. Phil. Soc, xi., 240, is quite different from the Mexican species, and from melazona Gory ; it may therefore be named atrifasciata. 166. Folycesta obtusa Lee. seems to be velasco L. and G. ; there is an error in the reference to the plate in my paper, it should be fig. 6, not 7. ] 67. AcM^EODERA MIMA Gor3^ is semivittata Lee. 168. A. PULCiiELLA (Ilerbst.) Gory and dispar Gory are ^-1. variegata and mixta Lee. 169. A. STELLARis Chcvr. is rubronotata Gory, hsemorrhoa Lee., and faaciatopunctata Chevr. 170. A. FLAVOSTicTA \. Sturm is croceonotata % Lee. 171. A. cupRiNA Spin.; two specimens were collected in Cali- foinia, by Lorquin, one of which was kindl}' given to me by Count Mniszech. 172. Mastooenius Solicr is the same as Haplostethus Lee. 173. CoR.EBUS CALiQiNOSus Gory is a South American species. 174. Agrilus nigricans Gory, size of ruficollis, finely punc- tured, hind angles of thorax scarcely carinate. NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 333 175. A. PULCHELLTJS Bland; I saw a specimen of this species from Texas, in tlie collection of Mr. Perroud, at Lyons ; and in the same collection I saw two new species: 1, larger than acuti- PENNis, bronzed, coarsely punctured, hind angles of prothorax acutel}^ carinated ; 2, larger and stouter than mutigus Lee, more shining, bright green. 176. A. Couesii Lee. is aureus Chevr. and perlucidus Gory. 177. A. ZEMES Gory % is quadriguttatus Gory 9. 178. Brachys corvina Gory is lugubris Lee. 179. B. TESSELATA Fabr. is l^vicauda Lee, according to Gory. 180. B. PRiETEXTA Gory is the small black species resembling TESSELATA. 181. Phlegon herculeanus Lacordaire is South American, and must therefore be stricken from the List. 182. Adelocera sparsa Cand., quite distinct; not uncommon in California. 183. A. PROFUSA Cand., is cavicoUis Lee. 184. Meristhus scobinula Cand. The Chinese specimens have the scutellum very strongly and acutely carinate; in the Mexican it is finely carinate, and in both the sides of the prothorax and the basal edge are 7iot serrate. 185. Alaus gorgops Lee. is El. lusciosus Hope, Griff. An. Kingd., 363, pi. 31. 186. Perimecus similis Kirby, size of M. communis, but a little narrower ; prothorax more coarsely and sparsely punctured, scarcely impressed behind ; third joint of antennae nari'ower and shorter than fourth, about twice as long, but scarcely wider than Second ; hind angles of prothorax bicarinate. 187. Melanactes piceus. In the Oxford Museum I saw two specimens from the Lee collection labelled E. aterrimus Fabr. and one E. lacunosus Fabr. 188. Odontonyx. There is a beautiful species of this genus from China in the Oxford Museum, in which the % has the anten- nse ramose. 189. Telepiiorus mandibularis Kirby, is the smaller black species, with the prothorax more convex and feebly channelled, and the lustre obscured by very fine hairs. T. fraxini Say is larger and has the prothorax more polished, and more deeply' impressed. 190. Dasytes foveicollis Kirby belongs to Psilothrix. 334 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 191. TilluH picipennis White, B. M. Cat., from India, is the cos- mopolitan Tausostenus univittatus. 192. Hydnocera rufipes Newra. is a beautiful blue species, of the same form as iiumeralis, with the elytra very coarsely but not densel}^ punctured, mouth, antennae, and legs bright reddish- 3-ellow. 193. H. iEQRA Newm. Quite distinct from an}- species in our collections. The protliorax is narrowed behind, constricted at each end ; el^'tra shining, strongly' punctured. 194. Driamerls Solier from Chili resembles strouglj' and is perhaps congeneric with Melyris cribratus Lee. 195. The Australian genus Omma Newm. is evidentl}- allied to CuPES, especially to C serrata Lee, and is one of those curious examples of geographical distribution, of which we have already' instances in Derataphrus, Nyctoporis, and Tmesiphorus. A species of Cupes occurs in Japan, which, on the other hand, re- sembles C. CONCOLOR from the Atlantic States. 19G. Stagetus Wollaston should be compared with Protheca Lee. Tlie resemblances between the Coleopterous fauna of Xorth America and the Atlantic Islands are neither few nor unim- portant. 197. Lebasiella pallipes King is JiigrijDennis Lee, a Mexican species to be stricken from the list. 198. Nyctipetus. One of the most extraordinary instances that I have noticed, of resemblance whicli, if connected by geographi- cal coincidence, would be termed mimicr}', is between a Cliilian species of this genus, living in arid plains, and Amphizoa Le- coNTEi Matthews, a subaquatic adephage found in Vancouver and Utah. 199. Emeax sculpturatus Pascoe, from Australia, is a species of Nyctoporis, barelj^ different from N. galeata Lee, which is found at San Diego, California, by the humeri heingnof denlij'orin, though the hind angles of the prothorax are rectangular and prominent. 200. P]leodes tuberculata Mann, is viator Lee. 201. Eleodes subluberculata "Walker is granulata Lee. 202. E. latiuscula Walker is humeralis Lee. 203. E. binotata Walker is sponsa Lee. 204. E. conjnnefa and conveoricoUis Walker are obscura (Say). 205. Exercstus liates is Khinaxdrus Lee. (1862): E. Janaoni Bates is K. elongatus Horn, from Nicaragua. NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 335 20fi. Pohjpleurus geminatus ^Dej. according to the tj-pes in Mr. F. Bates's collection, is the smaller species Avith narrower prothorax. 20t. According to Mr. F.Bates the genera Calcar, Zolodinus, and Centorus are exceptions to the ordinary structure of the ventral segments in the allied genera, the hind margin of the segments not being membranous, but entirely corneous, as in Asidida?. 208. Tenebrio castaneus, as pointed out to me by Mr. Bates, agrees with the genera just named in the ventral segments being entirel}^ corneous, but is peculiar in having the eyes completely divided by the eyes as in Blapstinus. It evidently indicates a new genus, to be associated with the others as a distinct tribe, Cal- CARINI. 209. Pachyurgus iEREUS (Mels.) seems to be Encyaleslhes hrevicornis Motsch., found in Java, Gilola, Malaysia ; it is there- fore to be stricken from the list. 210. Ephalus Lee. does not in the least resemble Leichenum, with which.it is united by Gemminger and Harold. 211. RuiPiDANDRUS Lee. I have seen a species from Guada- loupe in the collection of Mr. Salle, to whom I am indebted for the remark that Melolontha paradoxa Beauv. is the same as R. fiabellicornis. Vide No. lOG. 212. IcTiSTYGMA Pascoc, from Australia, seems hardly different from EURYGENIUS. 213. Isghalia Pascoe (1860) is Eupleurida Lee. (18G2). The North American species dift'ers from the Bornean one chiefly in color, the latter being of a uniform indigo color, while the former is black and yellow. 214. Macr atria linearis Newm. The base of the prothorax is not narrower than the widest part in front of the middle, and the species does not seem to differ from the common M. murina. 215. EusTROPHUS BicoLOR. The proper authority for this species is Sa}', the first describer; Mycetophogua bicolor Fabr. is probabl}' a Platyderaa. 215a. ScRAPTiA. Several allied foreign genera have the eyes hairy like X^dophilus, Stereopalpus, etc. 21 G. Anaspis collaris Lee. should be compared with the Euro- pean A. RUFICOLLIS. 217. Toposcopus Lee. I saw in the collection of Mr. Fry an Australian species of this genus, and also a new genus having 336 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF like it divided e3'es, but of broader form, with the. ramus of third antennal joint as long as the others. 218. Meloe impressa Kirby; the prothorax is a little longer than broad, dull, sparsely ijunctured, elytra deeply rugose ; color dark blue ; % with the antenuffi irregular. 219. M. NIGRA Kirb}'. Quite different, prothorax shorter, more convex, more punctured, head also more punctured, elytra less deeply rugose, abdomen extremely finely rugose; color nearly black. 220. Apate (Lepisomus) rufijpennis and nigiHceps Kirby are specimens of Polygraphus. 221. A. (Z/.) brevicornis Kirby is in such bad condition as to be not recognizable. 222. Cerambycid^. My notes on this famil}' have been em- ployed in the parts of the classification, Xew Species, and List of North America Coleoptera relating to this family, with the ex- ception of the few here detailed. 228. Clytus decorus Oliv. Oxford Museum ; a species of Cyllene not in our collections. 224. Clytus carinatus Gory. Oxford Museum. Not in our collections ; perhaps South American. 225. Clytus compressicollis Gory, like verrucosus, but with protliorax much more compressed and elevated; perhaps an indi- vidual variation. 226. Clytus antennatus "White, Brit. Mus. Cat., 252, is Arlio- jyalus eurystefhus Lee. 227. Phyton pallidum (Say). A specimen in the British Mu- seum is labelled maculatum Oliv. (Saperda),but it agrees so little with the description that we are not warranted in adoi^ting the S3nonymy. 228. Stenaspis unicolor Dupont is Cer. solitarius Say. 229. Elaphidion arctum Newm. is the common small narrow species with the antennal spines short, and the el^'tral spines long, and was considered by Dejean as E. villosum Fabr. 230. E. villosum (Fabr.) Newm. is putator Peck, pruinosuni (jDej.) Gu(?rin. 231. Agminopsis Thomson is Talxopora \.TfQ].^ Adetus Lee. The type given me by Dr. Melsheimer (PoLYOPSiA analis Hald.) is Brazilian, and not North American. 232. Psenocerus supernotatus (Say.), Acharis lunifera fDej.