DISTRIBUTION OF COLEOPTERA. 155 



Reinecke ; Canada and Nova Scotia, Harrington. It is general in 

 Europe. Asia (Turkestan, Mongolia, western Siberia). Heyden 

 Kjl ; depredates on several species of Trifolimn. 



■in2. S. tibialis Herbst.. var. amhiqua Schon. 



This species is likewise widely diffused, and is probably native, oc- 

 curring from Canada to Vancouver, and down the Rocky Mountains 

 to New Mexico (Kansas, Dacota, Hudson Bay Territory, Canada, 

 LeConfe; New York, Reinecke; Kansas and New Mexico, Snow; 

 Michigan and everywhere in the mountains of Colorado at from 

 7000-11,500 feet, Schwarz; Vancouver, Taylor). Europe. Crimea. 

 Turkestan. Heyden, 161. There are many varieties. 



4.53. S. crinitus Oliv. 



Oregon and California, LeConte ; 1. c. 115. Europe. Siberia. 

 Amurland. Heyden, 161 ; Chabarofka, Heyden, 1(S87. 



454. Phytonomus punctatus Fab., ojnrmis Lee. 



This European insect, though jn'obably imported into the United 

 States many years ago, has since 1881 nuiltiplied to such an extent 

 in some of the northern and western counties of New York as to 

 destroy whole fields of clover, for which it seems to have acquired a 

 taste ; specimens occurred here, but on what is not known. It reached 

 Canada 1884. T. ix, p. xxxvi ; Lintner, 1st Rep. 247, C'an. Ent. 

 xvi, 144, 182, 209, 215. It inhabits Europe generally, and is found 

 in the southeast part of western Siberia. Heyden, 165. 



455. P. elong-atus Payk. 



Inhabits Greenland. Central and northern Europe and western 

 Siberia. Mon. 125 ; Heyden, 166. 



456. P. nigrirostris Fab. 



Has been imported into some of the Eastern States from Europe, 

 and appears to have a taste for clover. Massachusetts, Blancliard ; 

 Michigan, Schivarz ; Canada, Harrington ; New Brunswick, Fletcher. 

 Can. Ent. xvi, 215, 217. 



457. Lepyrus colon Linn., var. A-notatus Bohm. 



This fine species inhabits the colder regions of both henn'spheres. 

 In this country Mount Washington, N. H., Avstin; Hudson Bay 

 region, lat. 65°, Kirby ; and the Nelson and Churchill Rivers, Bell; 

 New Mexico, Horn, list of insects taken by Thomas ; my specimens 

 are from northern Wisconsin, where it seems abundant. Europe 

 and western Siberia. The var. A-notatm occurs in Arctic Siberia. 

 Heyden, 174. 



