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Portevin 24, 25, 26; Hatch 25. 27, 29; Fall 25-26-27; Van Dyke 28; 

 Brown 28, 30; Bradley 30. 



Hatch 27, p. 341 following Portevin, defines subspecific variations 



as follows: 



1. correlated with geographical distribution = subspecies; 



2. variations in color pattern = aberration; 



3. variation in sculpture and color of pubescence = variety; 



4. variation in the general pigmentation of the exoskeleton = accident. 



The use tof the term "aberration" in this restricted sense, is not in 

 accord with the older dictionaries, but may come to be generally ac- 

 cepted. We have not numbered the names thus designated by their 



authors. 



Nicrophorus ( = Necrophorus) 



(Necrocharis Port. 23-68) 

 2909. carolinus L. 



ab. floridae Hatch 27-364 



N. C. Fla. 

 ab. krautwurmi Hatch 27-364 



Fla. 

 ab. lunulatus Hatch 27-364 



N. Mex. 

 ab. nebraskse Hatch 27-364 



Meb. Kan. 

 2909a, 2909b, and 2910 are only 

 aberrations 

 (Nicrophorus s. str.) 



2914. marginatus Fab. 



ab. sanjuanse Hatch 27-362 



Colo. Wis. 

 N. Y. 

 ab. engelhardti Hatch 27-362 



So. Cal. 

 ab. leachi Hatch 27-362 



Cal. 

 ab. cordiger Port. 24-84 N. Y. Ark. 

 20799. hybridus Hatch and Angel! 25-216 



Man.-N. J. 

 van minnesotianus* Hatch 27-5 



Minn. 



2915. obscurus Kby. 



ab. discontinuus Hatch 27-362 



Ut. 

 ab. ruber Hatch 27-362 Oreg. Wis. 



2916. guttulus Mots. 



ab. punctatus Hatch 27-360 



Cal. 

 ab. shastae Hatch 27-360 



Cal. 

 ab. hypomerug Hatch 27-361 



Cal. 

 ab. sanfranciscse Hatch 27-361 



Cal. 

 ab. kuschei Hatch 27-361 



Cal. 

 ab. lajollse Hatch 27-361 



Cal. 



Nicrophorus 



2916b and 2916c reduced to 

 aberrations 



2916a. hecate Bland 



ab. wallisi Hatch 27-361 



B.C. -N. Mex. 

 ab. californise Hatch 27-361 



Cal. 

 ab. intermedius Hatch 27-361 

 (Angell i. litt.) Oreg. Nev. 



ab. disjunctus Port. 24-85 

 ab. woodgatei Hatch 27-361 



N. Mex. Colo, 

 ab. phoenix Hatch 27-361 



Ariz. -Colo, 

 ab. novamexicse Hatch 27-361 



N.Mex.-Cal. 

 ab. rubripennis Port. 24-85 



N.Mex.-Cal. 

 ab. rubrissimus Hatch 27-362 



Colo, 

 ab. immaculosis Hatch 27-362 



Cal. 



2917. = germanicus L. ab. bipunctatus 

 Kr., fide Hatch 27-355 



2918. pustulatus Hersch. 



ab. coloradensis Hatch 27-359 

 Colo. 



ab. noveboracensis Hatch 27-359 

 N. Y. 



ab. fasciatus Port. 24-86 



Que. -Fla. 



ab. unicolor Port. 24-80 La. 



2918b. investigator Zett. subsp. nigritus 

 Mann. var. ruficornis Mots. 

 Bull. Mosc, JLII. 1869-352 

 Cal. 



2918c. investigator Zett. 



subsp. maritimus Gu6r. 



Icon. Regne. Anim. 1829, p. 60. 



Japan-B.C. 

 melsheimeri Kby. 

 ab. martini Hatch 27-358 



B. C. 



