NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 



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quercata Fab., 891. = Metachronia. 

 brunnea Oliv., 891. = Colaspis suilla 



Fab. 

 suilla Fab., 892. 

 lurida Olio., 892. ^= Metachroma {vi- 



cina Crotch) 

 globiisa Oliv., 892. ^= Chrysodina. [11] 

 Eumolpus (96) 



auratus Fab., 903. = Chrysochus. 

 hirtus OU.V., 906. = Cxlyptoscelis pu- 



bescens Fab. 

 aterrimus Oliv., 913. ^= Paria. 

 canella Fab., 914. = Paria {.'iex-notata 

 Say.) 

 fpneus Ohv., 916. [12] 

 Cassida (97) 

 sinuata Oliv., 949. = Prioptera [13] 

 guttata Oliv., 955. = Coptocycla. 



nigripes Oliv., 959. 

 clavata Fab., 963. = Coptocycla. 

 humeralis Oliv., 964. = Batouota [14] 

 Coccinella (98) 



abbreviata Fab., 1006. = Hippodamia 

 glacialis Fab. 

 glacialis Fab., 1007. = Hippodamia. 

 novemnotata Hcrbst., 1012. 

 borealis Fab., 1021. = Epilachna. 

 quindecimpunctata Oliv., 1027. = 



Anatis. 

 signata Oliv., 1047. = Hyperaspis. 

 dcntipes Fab., 1051. = Brachyacan- 



tha. 

 bisquinquepustulata Oliv., 1053. = 



Bi-achyacantha ursina Fab. 

 ursiua Fab., 1054. = Brachyacantlia. 



[11] — Colaspis ovata Say, is a synonym of this. 

 [12] — This is placed by Lefevre and the authors of the " Cata- 

 logus" as a synonym of Diaclms auratus Fab. 



[13] — Does not belong to our fauna ; is from Manilla. 

 [14] — Occurs in Santo Domingo. 



Summary. 



In glancing over the preceding list of species it will be observed 

 that the vast majority had been previously described by Fabricius, 

 Olivier himself coming next in order, while a few are cited from 

 Linnaeus, De Geer, Drury, Swederus and Herbst. 



The greater number of specific names still remain valid, the only 

 change necessary being the addition of the more modern generic 

 name. In a few instances the names proposed by Olivier seem to 

 have been lost sight of and the species have been renamed by later 

 authors. In a few instances species foreign to our fauna have credited 

 to it and on the other hand some of our natives have been located 

 elsewhere. The result of the preparation of the above list is the reduc- 

 tion of the number of doubtful species very nearly to the lowest pos- 

 sible limit. 



