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The whole number of species taken was 172 ; of these, eleven are 

 undetermined, being either aleochariui or small things, only one of which 

 is thought to be undescribed ; of the others, 97 are very widely distributed; 

 40 (marked with a f) extend westward in the Gulf States, some of these 

 as far as Texas ; while only 25 /'marked *), so fiir as known to the writer^ 

 have not occurred northward from Florida. 



How many additional species exist in the territory collected over is 

 conjectural, but certainly not more than 150, and these must be largely 

 of species whose larvae live in wood and fruits or seeds. The character 

 of the soil, that of the flora and the long continued droughts militate 

 against a coleopterous fauna prolific in species. This statement, however, 

 applies only to this and similar localities. 



t Cicindela tortuosa, Dej. 

 ■f" media, Lee. 



marginata, Fab. 



Pasimachus marginatus, Fab. 



Scarites subterraneus. Fab. 



Dyschirius var.* falciger, Lee. 



Ardistomis obliquata, Putz. 



Bembidium contractum, Say. 

 f Tachys columbiensis, Limer. 



nanus, Gyll. 

 f Loxandrus agilis, Dej. 



Diplochila major, Lee. 

 * Platynus var. floridanus, Lee. 

 punctiformis, Say. 



Galerita lecontei, Dej. 

 f Tetragonoderus intersectus, Germ. 



Lebia marginicollis, Dej. 



Brachinus cordicollis, Dej. 



Chlaenius fuscicornis, Dej. 

 laticollis. Say. 



Oodes americanus, Dej. 

 lecontei, Chaud. 



Agonoderus infuscatus, Dej. 

 t Selenophorus fossulatus, Dej. 

 t Acupalpus rectangulus, Chaud. 



Anisodactylus var. merula, Dej. 

 nitidipennis, Lee. 



Copelatus glyphicus. Say. 



Thermonectes basilaris, Harr. 

 * Cybister olivieri, Crotch. 



Tropisternus glaber, Hbst. 

 t Hydrocharis castus. Say. 



Philhydrus var. \ simplex, Lee 

 t Phoenonotum extriatum, Say. 

 ? Homalota, 3 species. 



Aleochara bimaculata, Grav. 

 nitida, Grav. 



Creophilus maxillosus, Linn. 



Staphylinus prselongus, Mann. 



Belonuchus formosus, Grav. var.' 



Philonthus hepaticus, Er. 

 alumnus, Er. 



micans, Grav. 



Actobius cinerascens, Grav. 

 Cafius bistriatus, Er. 

 Xantholinus, sp. 

 Lithocharis corticina. 

 Erchomus ventriculus, Say. 

 Bledius fumatus, Lee. 

 f punctatissimus, Lee. 



