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absent from the West Indies, and the peculiar distribution of this sub- 

 family has long "engaged my attention. A. R. Grote. 

 Bremen, Aug. 15, 1887. 



Dea7- Sir : In reply to Mr. Henshaw's note as to Carabns auratus, 

 I quote here Dr. Harris's words : "I have taken one specimen of this fine 

 Carabus in Massachusetts and we have several ot/ier species which are 

 equally predaceous," etc. (p. 72). There is not a word about the proba- 

 ble introduction of the specimen, and no reader could suppose that Dr. 

 Harris thought it introduced. As it stands it is most certainly a 

 " curious " identification, and seeing that Dr. Harris was by no means in- 

 fallible (as seen in his describing P. ccleus as P. Carolina L.) it might be 

 readily doubted. The italics (other) are mine, and certainly this word 

 covers the origin of C. anratus in North America. In my paper I did 

 not venture, nor intend, to do more than call attention to this remark of 

 Dr. Harris's. If they shall have borne the fruit promised by Mr. Hen- 

 shaw, my words will have been justified. But when C. auratus comes to 

 be mentioned, it will be proper to state that Dr. Harris's reference to this 

 species (House Report, April 1838, p. 72) is such a one that the reader 

 must believe Dr. Harris regarded the European C. anratus as a Massa- 

 chusetts species also. 



The House, before whom Dr. Harris laid his Report, could come to 

 no other conclusion from its language than that Carabus anratus was 

 found in Massachusetts as well as in France. As to what Dr. Harris had 

 then, or at a later date, affixed to the specimen in his collection, the 

 House could have no knowledge and as little care. Dr. Harris's style is 

 quite clear. It is not necessary to know German to understand his 

 English. Therefore, on the whole, I was warranted in calling his identi- 

 tion as it stands, "curious." A. R. Grote. 



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