DISTRIBUTION OF COLEOPTERA. 95 



(Ochotsk, the islands at the mouth of the Jenisei and some of its 

 tributaries). Col. Am., 98 ; Heyden, 35 ; LeConte Cat. Pr. 1873, 

 315. 



29. P. empetricola Dej., vdv. frigidus, Dej. 



Sitka. Keuai. Hudson Bay Territory ; var. frigidus occurs in 

 Kamtschatka and the islands at the mouth of the Jenisei. Pr. 1873, 

 315 ; Heyden, 35. 



30. Amara Eschscholtzii Chaud. 



Alaska, Colorado, high peaks of the Rocky Mountains fUlke), 

 Kamtschatka. Heyden, 40, P. vii, 348. 



31. A. melanogastrica Dej. 



Alaska. Kamtschatka. Heyden, 40 ; P. vii, 348. 



32. A. hyperborea Dej., obtusa Lee, Esclischollzii Mann., longicolKs Mots. 



Alaska, Rocky Mountains at 14,000 feet (Bowditch). Arctic Si- 

 beria. Kamtschatka to eastern Dauria. Col. Am , 95 ; Heyden, 40 ; 

 P. vii, 348 ; T. v, 127. 



33. A. apricaria Paylc. 



"Occurs in Canada, /?rfe Putz. and may be the same as Putzeysii 

 Horn." Horn in Hit. Europe. Common throughout west Siberia. 

 Arctic and east Siberia. Turkestan. Crimea. Mots., 179 ; Heyden, 

 40 ; Chaud., 221. 



34. A. littoralis Mann. 



Sitka. Kamtschatka. P. vii, 351 ; Heyden, 37. 



35. A. erratica Dupt , lievipennis Kirby, vulgaris X Kirby, inepta. Lee. 



The determination of this species is more or less opinionative in 

 this country and in Europe. I obtained from Europe specimens 

 from three sources all purporting to be authoritatively determined, 

 but evidently belonging to as many distinct species. As named in 

 our literature, it is widely distributed across the northern part of the 

 continent (Hudson Bay to Alaska, and south to Vermont, Lake 

 Superior, and down the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico). P. 351 

 and 353. Pr. 1873, 324 ; Saostrovin. Arctic Siberia. Mongolia. 

 Turkestan. Heyden, 38. 



36. A. interstitialis Dej., inxqiialis Kirby, splendida Hald. 



This species is variable in color and elytral sculpture. It is dis- 

 tributed from Pennsylvania to Hudson Bay, to Fort Simpson on the 

 McKenzie River, and southward through the Rocky Mountains to 



