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150. P. quisquiliarius Gyll. 



Is said by Fauvel to occur in California, 'out Dr. Horn never hatl 

 seen a native specimen. Europe. Vorogova, on the Jenisei, in 

 Arctic Siberia; Barnaul, west Siberia. T. vi, 197 ; Heyden, 74. 



151. P. fulvipes Fab. 



" Occurs in Canada, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York," {Horn) 

 New Jersey. Europe. West Siberia. T. xi, 200 ; Heyden, 75. 



152. P. micans Grav. 



" Occurs in the eastern United States from Massachusetts to 

 Michigan," Horn; Florida, Scliwarz ; Canada, Harrington. Europe. 

 Tobolsk, west Siberia ; Turkestan. T. xi, 204 ; Heyden, 75. 



153. P. cyanipennis Fab., cceruleipennis Manu. 



This beautiful coleopter is found abundantly in living fungi ; ac- 

 cording to Dr. Horn it occurs over the entire eastern United States, 

 but had not been seen from west of Kentucky. Canada, Harrington. 

 It seems common in many countries of Europe. Eastern Siberia; 

 Amurland ; Dauria. T. xi, 208 ; Heyden, 73. 



154. P. sordidus Grav. 



"Occurs in Canada, Michigan, Colorado, Vancouver and Cali- 

 fornia," Horn. This species is found here in Pennsylvania. Europe. 

 Jenissiesk, west Siberia. T. xi, 209 ; Heyden, 73 ; Amurland, 

 Heyden, 1885. 



155. P. cephalotes Grav. 



According to Dr. Horn this species is scarcely separable from 

 sordidus, and is nearly cosmopolitan. In our fauna he had seen only 

 a few specimens from Massachu.setts and the Middle States. Kol- 

 mogorovo and Lebedevo, Arctic Siberia ; west Siberia. T. xi, 210 ; 

 Heyden, 73 ; Amurland, Heyden, 1885. 



156. P. ventralis Grav., anthrax Grav. 



"Occurs in Michigan, Missouri and Nevada," Horn; New York, 

 Reinecke. Europe. Africa. Siberia. T. xi, 211 ; Heyden, 73. 



157. P. nigritulus Grav., aterrimus Grav., picipennis Maek., pumilus Maun. 

 "Occurs from Vancouver to Arizona, Lake Superior and the 



New England States," Horn. Sitkha and Kadjak. Florida and 

 Veta Pass, Col., at 9200 feet, Schwarz. It occurs here very abun- 

 dantly on the borders of stagnant ponds, and in marshy places. 

 Europe. Arctic, west and east Siberia. Turkestan. T. xi, 217; 

 Heyden, 74. When nigritulus is mentioned in our literature it is 



