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Superior region ; Cincinnati, Ohio. Interstitialis occurs in Alaska. 

 Europe. Turkestan ; eastern and western Siberia. Nord., 30 ; 

 Hey den, 209. 



409. P. vittellinse Linn. 



Lake Superior, fide K-irhy, Le Con te ; Onta.rio, Bethune ; taken in 

 the Richardson Expedition, Kirby. Can. Ent. viii, 191. Europe. 

 Arctic and western Siberia; the Amur countries. Nord., 30; Hey- 

 den, 209. 



410. Agelastica halensis Linn. 



Two specimens of this fine European species were once received 

 by Dr. LeConte, which were said to have been taken at Farmington, 

 Conn., but further notice of its occurrence has not been observed. 

 Common in Europe. Western Siberia. Pr. 1865, 210 ; Heyden, 

 211. 



411. Galeruca marginella Kirby, var. punctipennis Mdiin., ?var. luctuosa 

 Mann. 



Dr. LeConte and Crotch unite in saying that this species is prob- 

 ably inseparable from nymphsese 7^"wn. (Pr. 1865, 217; Pr. 1873, 

 55). Kirby described it from a single specimen taken in lat. 65°, 

 and LeConte referred to it one from Fort Simpson, Hudson Bay 

 Territory (Kirby, 220) ; punctipennis occurred in California ; luctuosa 

 in Alaska ; nijmpjhcecB is common in Europe. Western Siberia. 

 Heyden, 210. 



G. sagittarice Gyll., a var. of nymphcece, Linn., occurs from Virginia 

 northward to Hudson Bay and Manitoba regions and westward to 

 Kansas. It inhabits Europe. Western and eastern Siberia, and the 

 Amur country {LeConte Cat). Heyden, 210; Col. Am. 232. 



412. G. xanthumelaena Schrk., crataegi Forst. 



This beetle has been imported from Europe into the Eastern States, 

 and is in some places very abundant and destructive to the Elm ; as 

 yet, it has not occurred west of the Allegheny Mountains. Turkestan. 

 Heyden, 210. 



413. Crepidodera rufipes Linn., erythropus Mels. 



This species is excessively abundant here. " Middle and Southern 

 States," Crotch, Pr. 1873, 71. Ohio, Dury ; Kansas, Popenoe. Eu- 

 rope. 



414. C. helxines Linn., nana Say, violacea Mels., sereola Lee, opulenta Lee. 

 This si)ecies is subject to variation ; it extends from the Atlantic 



to the Pacific and is very abundant. Inhabits Europe and western 

 Siberia. Heyden, 211 ; Nord., 30; Chabarofka, Heyden, 1885. 



