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CATALOGUE OF THE DESCRIBED SCOLYTIDAE OF 

 A^[ERTCA, NORTH OV MEXICO 



li\' J. .M. SWAl.Nli 



The following catalogue is intended to include all names that have 

 been proposed for species of Scolytidae occurring in America, north 

 of Mexico, with citations of published articles referring thereto. 

 The references were collected originally for our use, while work- 

 ing on the family Scolytidae. They include practically all the liter- 

 ature published on the North American species of the family. 



Changes should, we believe, be made in the location of a few of 

 the species here listed, and several of the genera may, with advan- 

 tage, be divided. These changes require considerable discussion 

 and illustration, and would perhaps be more effectively made in 

 connection with the description of the large number of undescribed 

 species of North American Scolytidae known to collectors. As a 

 S)monymic catalogue of the North American species of Scolytidae 

 has been promised by the American authority on this family, I 

 have reported the priority of the various genera and species just 

 as found in the literature. The object of this paper is merely to 

 present the refierences to that literature. The habitat and food 

 plants have been compiled from the literature, the Cornell Uni- 

 versity collection and our own notes. References to several w'ell 

 known lists are not included. For convenience of reference the 

 genera and species are arranged alphabetically. 



As regards the conflicting names of Eichhoff, Zimmerman and 

 Leconte, P. p u 1 1 u s Zimm., described in the Transactions of the 

 American Entomological Society. 1868. volume 2, undoubtedly has 

 precedence over P. c r i b r i j) c n n i s Eich., Bcrl. Ent. Zeit. 

 March 1869. Though the contrary has been repeatedly stated, 

 it seems perfectly clear to me that H . r u f i p e s Eich. and H. 

 salebrosus Eich. were described before H . o p a c u 1 u s Lee. 

 and H. scab ripe nnis Zimm., as will appear from the follow- 

 ing: H . r u f i p e s and H . tenuis were described by Eichhoff 

 on page 147 of Berl. Ent. Zeit. for 1868, and H. salebro- 

 sus on page 146 of the same article. In the Transactions of the 



