TO STUDENTS 

 OF NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA 



Realizing the great desire of all students of our Beetles to possess 

 the various papers of Dr. Le Conte, F. E. Melsheimer, S. S. Haldeman, 

 W. F. Rogers, P. R. Uhler, and D. Ziegler, originally published in 

 the now almost unobtainable Volumes 1-8 of Proceedings of Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1843 to 1856, Mr. Laurence R. 

 Reynolds and Mr. Sherman are considering the reprinting of these 

 papers on Coleoptera, 58 titles in all, embracing about 500 pages of 

 text with 2 plates. The eight complete volumes in question would 

 easily bring $100.00 if they could be obtained by themselves. 



It is propo?ed to furnish the above articles on Coleoptera in about 

 30 separate papers, preserving the original pagination, with date and 

 place of publication on each. The important Melsheimer descriptions 

 of some 600 new species presented in seven different issues, of Vol- 

 umes 2 and 3, and which were never issued as author's separates, will 

 be printed in one paper of about 132 pages, with separate cover. 



In addition to the papers from these eight volumes of the Proceed- 

 ings of the Philadelphia Academy, there will be included in this col- 

 lection reprints of Dr. Le Conte's second paper on N. A. Coleoptera 

 '"Some new and interesting Insects inhabiting the United States," 

 7 pages and plate, originally published in Boston Journal of Natural 

 History, 1844, and of the same writer's "Remarks on the Coleoptera 

 of Lake Superior" (1850, with 44 pages and plate) and "List of the 

 Coleoptera of Vancouver Island" (1869, 17 pages). No author's sep- 

 arates of either of the last two papers were distributed, while both 

 are very vamable and important in taxonomic studies. 



Provided 50 subscriptions for the above series of reprints, at $25.00 

 /',T set, can be secured, Mr. Sherman will proceed at once with this 

 undertaking. Ther is little doubt that at least this number of sub- 

 scriptions will be forthcoming, but in case they are not secured by 

 November I, 1919, all money will be returned on that date. 



In PRESS 



The North American Species of Coelambus 

 By H. C. Fall 



A full account of our species of this difficult genus with synoptic 

 table of the 37 species, of which 14 are described for the first time. 



Price $1.00 



All subscriptions and remittances for above reprints and for Dr. 

 Full's paper should be sent promptly to 



JOHN D. SHERMAN, JR., 

 24 Claremont Ave., Mount Vernon, New York 



The present opportunity is taken advantage <>f by Mr. Sherman to 

 state that Mr. Lena's "LIST OF THE COLEOPTERA OF \oKTH 

 AMERICA," now in the printer's hands, will in all probability be 

 issued before December i. KJKI. Price $7.50. unbound. 



