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regretted that only a few of them could have been retained. 

 The following are some examples: No. 143, Bostrichus pint 

 (= Tomicus pini Say) ; No. 305, Hispa arundinis (= Ste- 

 nispa metallica Fabr.) ; No. 307, Hispa castanecz pumilcz 

 (= Odontota nervosa Panz.) ; No. 421, Ckrysomela alni 

 (= Lina scripta Fabr.) ; No. 459, Altica rhois (== Orthaltica 

 copalina Fabr.) ; No. 549, Galeruca salicis ( = Galerucella 

 decora Say) ; No. 572, Curculio castanecz pumilce (= Balani- 

 nus rectiis Say) ; No. 616, Curculio quercus (= Copturus 

 quercus Say) ; No. 695, Anthribus agarici quercini (= Cra- 

 toparis lunatus Fabr.) ; No. 709, Clerus rosarum (= Clerus 

 rosmarus Say) ; No. 745, Stenocorus sambuci (= Desmocerus 

 palliatusYovst.} ; No. 775, Saperda juglandis albce (= Onci- 

 deres cingulata Say) ; No. 809, Callidium juglandis (= Ba- 

 thyle suturalis Say) ; No. 1157, Carabus herbivagus (= Har- 

 palus herbivagus Say). Many other names of a similar 

 character cannot be interpreted with any reasonable degree of 

 certainty. 



Foot-notes to two coprophagous Lamellicorn beetles refer to 

 the time of appearance : Scarabceus volvens (= Canthon lewis 

 Dr.) is called : " Icetus mitioris coeli nuntius" the harbinger 

 of a milder sky; while Scarabceus tesselatus (= Aphodius 

 serval Say) is said to be "veris prcznuntius sed fallax"* 

 Another foot-note to No. 159, Anthrenus museorum (== A. 

 varius Fabr.), gives, so far as I know, the oldest description, 

 published in America, of a Coleopterous larva. The description 

 consists of only five words: "Larva flavida, setacea, fasciis 

 nigris" but it must be conceded that the general appearance of 

 the larva is well characterized thereby. 



It is well known that Melsheimer had in his cabinet many 

 European and other exotic species of Coleoptera which he re 

 ceived from Prof. Knoch. Many of these specimens were, no 

 doubt, without names and locality labels, and a few of these were 

 many years afterwards described as North American beetles by 

 Dr. F. E. Melsheimer. But after a careful perusal of the Cata 

 logue I fail to find evidence that F. V. Melsheimer erroneously 

 credited to our fauna any foreign speeies. Some erroneous de- 



* This is a good observation and refers to the swarming of this Aphodius 

 during the first warm days in February or March, which are usually fol 

 lowed by severely cold weather. In the latitude of Washington, D. C., it 

 is my experience that A. inquinatus has the habit of thus swarming during 

 the first spring-like days of the year, while A. serval is abundant during 

 the last warm days of autumn. I am informed, however, that in other 

 localities farther north the latter species is flying about in the first warm 

 days of spring. 



