TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



VOLUNIE XXI. 



<'ATAI.O<a F OF TIIK < «>FFOI»TKI5 A <>F ALASKA. 



WITH TIIF SVXOXY.MY AXI> 



I>ISTKIItl TIOX. 



BY JOHN HAMILTON, M. D., 

 Allegheny, Pa. 



FiiUv forty years have elapsed since Graf C G. jMaiinerheiiii 

 completed his Lists of the Coleoptera of Alaska, and as these are 

 now out of print and inaccessible to most American Coleopterists, 

 there seems to be a need for a new List brought down to the present 

 time, especially since the attention of entomologists appears to be 

 turning somewhat in that direction. This catalogue has therefoi-e 

 been compiled with the view of meeting this seeming demand. 



]Maimerheim's List was composed of a Contribution an«l three 

 Supplements, issued at various times between 1843 and 18o3, and 

 the species were never arranged in proper sequence into Families, 

 Genera and Species. These works have been made the basis of the 

 present catalogue, the species having been placed in proper order in 

 the now recognized Families and Genera with those not known to 

 Mannerheim interpolated. 



The author, exce|)t in three or four instances, is not responsible 

 for the synonymy, which he has merely selected from the works of 

 prominent systematic writers in America and Europe. 



The authority for the distribution in Alaska is always given, the 

 works of Mannerheim being cited as A, B, C, D and Dj). Mr.^W.' 

 F. Wickham is the authority for all the species taken at Wrangel, 

 Yes Yes Bay, Loring, Port Chester, Prince of Wales Island, Stikine 

 River, B. C, and Glenora, B. C. Rev. 1. II. Keen, of ]\[a.ssett, col- 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXI. (1) JANUARY. 1894. 



