130 JOHN HAMILTON, M. D. 



285. Orphilus glabratus Fab., ater Erich , snbnUidm Lee. 



This species occurs in spring on various flowers, and extends from 

 ocean to ocean. Europe. Taschkend in Turkestan. P. vii, 113; 

 P. Am. P. 373. Heyden, 99. 



HISTERID.E. 



286. Hister merdarius Hoffm.. memnonius Say. 



This species, which inhabits central and southern Europe, and 

 likewise eastern Siberia, occurs in various places in the Middle and 

 Southern States, but not abundantly. Southwest Virginia, New 

 York, Ottawa, Canada; Harrington, in litt. ; Michigan, Escanaba 

 and Marquette, Mich., Schwarz. I take it here in Pennsylvania, 

 also in eastern Ohio and West Virginia. P. Am. P. xiii, 284. 

 Heyden, 89. 



287 H. bimaculatus Linn., obliquus Say. 



This species is general in Europe, extending to the Kirghis Steppes, 

 Turkestan, and the adjacent parts of Siberia. It occurs here in the 

 Middle States, Horn; Detroit, Mich., -6'c/iwar2. I take a si)ecimen 

 occasionally here in Pennsylvania, and have specimens from Iowa 

 and northern Illinois, loc. cit. 292. Heyden, 89. 



288. Paromalus 14-striatus Steph., nana Lee. 



This species is somewhat cosmopolitan. Middle States to Georgia 

 {Horn, 1. c. 308). I once saw several hundred specimens in a desi- 

 cated carcass on Brigantine Beach. N. J., and also took a colony 

 here in some half dried fungus, and have specimens from St. Augus- 

 tine, Fla. 



289. Saprinus rotundatus Kugel, deletas Lee. 



" Occurs in the entire Atlantic region and also in California ; var. 

 communis Mars, is a form found in Canada, and var. interceptus Lee. 

 in California and Oregon." [Horn, 1. c. 314) Europe. The southern 

 parts of east and west Siberia and Turkestan. Heyden, 90. 



NITIDULID^. 



290. Brachypterus urticse Fah., Cerciis pusillus Mels. 



This species is found on the flowers of Urtica clioiea, with which it 

 has probably been introduced from Europe. " Occurs in the At- 

 lantic States," Horn, T. vii, 270. New York, Canada, Michigan, 

 Kansas, Colorado ; abundant here in Pennsylvania. Krasnojarsk, 

 on the Jenisei, lat. 56° ; Nord. 25. 



