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that of a female that I have from Texas that I have called Furcilla, but 

 w^hich may possibly be the female of this species. This example expands 

 a little over two inches, the fore wings are a little lighter than the one 

 from Colorado described above, and the t. p. line and the median shade 

 line are united. The hind wings of the Texas specimens are darker than 

 the Colorado, and the fringe of the hind wings is white. . 



ON THE LISTS OF COLEOPTERA PUBLISHED BY THE 

 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 1842-1888. 



BY W. HAGUE HARRINGTON, OTTAWA. 



During nearly fifty years the Geological Survey of Canada has been 

 engaged in exploration, and since Confederation it has had practically an 

 unlimited field for its operations. The investigation of the fauna and 

 flora of the Dominion, and the formation of a museum of natural history, 

 are included in the plan of its present organization, but its equipment has 

 hitherto permitted but a partial accomplishment of these departments of 

 its work. Geological investigations and collections have largely absorbed 

 the members of the staff, and systematic work outside of these has been 

 chiefly in ethnology, botany and ornithology. In the museum, entomology 

 is as yet represented but poorly, the only order in which there is a credit- 

 able collection being the Lepidoptera, of which the diurnals are well 

 shown by the collection purchased from Capt. Geddes. Any collections 

 made by the officers of the Survey have been in addition to their daily 

 duties, and have been, in consequence, neither very numerous or extensive. 



The lists of Coleoptera, which are thinly scattered through the Reports 

 of Progress, have, however, a considerable value as having been made in 

 many instances in remote districts, and before the influx of settlers ; 

 thereby giving mostly species indigenous to the various localities, and 

 offering good records for the study of distribution. The fact, also, that 

 all but three short recent lists were furnished by LeConte, renders the de- 

 terminations of additional value and interest. 



As the publications of the Survey are inaccessible to very many ento- 

 mologists, and as their cost, even when obtainable, prevents their pur- 

 chase merely for the few entomological lists they contain, it is thought 

 that a reproduction in the Canadian Entomologist will be appreciated 

 by its readers. 



