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207. Porrhodites fenestralis Zett., brevicoUis Maek. 



Found in Alaska, Sitkha, Kenai, Maeklin; British Columbia, 

 LeCoide; Miehipicoton River, Lake Superior, Schwurz. Lapland. 

 Germany. Fauvel, 60. Siberia (at the mouth of the Jenisei and 

 some of its eastern tributaries. Heyden, 82. 



208. Geodromicus nigrita MiM., verticalis Say. 



One of the varieties of plagiatus Er. It is common here along 

 rocky streams, inhabiting between the layers of stone or shale. It 

 occurs from Georgia to Canada; Mount Washington, N. H. ; Lake 

 Superior ; Kansas, Snow. In Europe plagiatus has been divided 

 into near a dozen named varieties; var. nigrita also occurs in Arctic 

 Siberia. Heyden, 81 ; Fauvel, 90. 



209. Acidota crenata Fab., seriata Lee. 



This species is abundant on the shores and islands of Lake Supe- 

 rior {LeConte, Schwarz), Michigan, Canada ; Massachusetts, Blanch- 

 ard. Central and northern Europe. Siberia (at the mouth and in 

 the valley of the Jenisei). Heyden, 82 ; Fauvel, 64 ; N. S. 55. 



210. A. quadrata Zett., patruelis Lee, Frankenhauseri Maek. 



Alaska, rare, Maekl. ; north shore of Lake Superior, LeConte; 

 Miehipicoton River, Schwarz. Lapland. Boreal Asiatic Ural. N. 

 S. 56 ; Heyden, 82 ; Fauvel, 65. 



211. Arpedium tenue Lee. 



" Marquette, Mich., Schwarz; Lake Superior; British Columbia, 

 LeConte; Lapland and Asiatic Siberia, Fauvel An alate species. 

 Fauvel, 68 ; N. S. 55. 



Var. brunnescens I. Sahib., Gyllenhali Zett. Found at the Miehi- 

 picoton River, Lake Superior, Schwarz. Lapland. The mouth of 

 the Jenisei and several places in Arctic Siberia. Heyden, 82 ; Fauv., 

 63. The variety is apterous, and is considered by Fauvel a mere 

 variation of teniie not worthy of racial distinction. 



212. Amphictiroum canaliculatum Er. 



According to Fauvel this Euroj)ean species occurs in California, 

 Fauvel, 76, but in more recent letters to Dr. Horn admits the Cali- 

 fornia specimens to be a distinct species = A. maculatum Lee. 



213. Orochares angustata Er. 



One specimen was taken by Mr. F. Blanchard neai- Lowell, Mass., 

 found in winter in ice on an inundated meadow. Germany. France. 



