6 JOHN HAMILTON, M. 1). 



6a. C. Hummeli Fisch., var. Burnaschevii Dej., var. obversus Mots., var. 3Iidden- 

 dorfi Men., var. smarngduhis X Kraatz, not Manu.; var. ochoticus Mann, 

 var. tristiculus Kraatz (Gaschkevitschi J Mor. not Mann.). --The varieties 

 seem to be founded on color and small diflference.s in elytral sculpture, ob- 

 versus is the more elongate, resembling (Mots. Ins. Sib. 103) Vieghtinghovi ; 

 var. oclwtiais occurs in Alaska, whence there are examples in Mr H. Ulke's 

 collection, from Schaum. 



7. C. truncaticollis Esch.. Zool. Atlas, v, 22, Vega Exp. p. 12. — Alaska, Sierra 



Nevada Mountains, Asiatic shores of Behring Strait southward to Kamts- 

 chatka. and westward to the Gulf of Obi and the northern end of the 

 Ural Mountains. 



8. C. chamissonis Fisch., Ent. Russ. i, 88; brachyderus W\ed., Gevm.Ma^. iv, 



110; groenlandicus Chaud., A 11, Dp, 270. — Unalaschka, Kadjak, White 

 Mountains, N. H., Labrador, Greenland. 



9. C. teedatus Fab., var. baccivorus Fisch., Ent. Euss. i, 87; seriatns 9 Wied. 



1. c. 109; A 12, Dp, 270. — Unalaschka, Afognak, Kadjak; var. oregonensis 



Lee, Oregon; var. Agassii Lee, Lake Superior region to Colorado and 



New Mexico. 

 Note. — Oregonensis and Agassii are doubtfully united with gladiator Mots. 



from Hudson Bay by Mr. I. Sahlberg, Deuts. Ent. Zeit. xxiii, 1879, heft i, 



163 ; b\it this itself does not seem to be more than a var. of tsedatns. 

 Var. ixdatus and Agassii are not sutBcicntly differentiated in catalogues to 



make the distribution of the former anyway certain, but as a whole the 



species extends from Alaslca to Hudson Bay. 



10. Elaphrus obliteratus Mann., D 1. — The island of Kadjak. 



11. E. riparius Linn., californicns Mann.. v;ir. gratiosus Mann., similis. pnvcta- 



tisimus Lee.; A 21, D 2, var. gratiosus inhabits the penin-siila of Kenai. — 

 The species, as a whole, extends from Ahi.ska to California, thi'ough the 

 Rocky Mountains to New Mexico, and eastward to Michigan, Vermont, 

 Canada and the Hudson Bay region ; the greater part of Eurojie, :uid in 

 Asiafrom theCrimea, Turkestan, Dauria and the x\murnoith ward through 

 Siberia. 



12. Loricera ceerulescensLinn., Syst. Ent. ]>. 243; piliconns Fab. semipunctata 



Esch.. Zool. Atl. V, 25; neoscotica, Lee. A 52, D 8. — Kenai. California, west- 

 ward to Lake Superior, Canada, Michigan, Magdalin Islands and Nova 

 Scotia; Kamtsehatka, the Amur countries, ea.stern and western Siberia, 

 central and northern Europe. Var. rufilabris Mots, occurs in Siberia. 



13. L. 10-punctata Esch., A 2G. D 9; two varieties.- -The islands Kadjak, 



Chtagaluk, Sitkha, Wrangel, Vancouver, Queen Charlotte. 



14. L. cong-esta Mann., D 7. — Kenai. 



15. Notiophilus aquaticus Linn., Vega Exp. p. 47. — Behring Strait, Alaska; 



all northern Asia, northern and central Eur()i)e, The type of aquaticus % 

 Kirby in the British Museum is semistriatus Say (LeConte). 

 1(5. N. sylvaticus Esch., A 22, Dp. 270.— Kenai, Sitkha, Queen Charlotte Island, 

 Stikine River, B. C, New Hampshire. 



17. Leistus ferrug-inosus Miinn., f err ugineus \\ Esch., Dej., A 14, C 3, Dp, 270; 



two varieties. — Sitkha, Kenai Queen Charlotte Island, Vancouver. 



18. Nebria gregaria Fisch., A 17, Dp, 270; two varieties. — Unalaschka, Sitkha. 



19. N. metallica Fisch., A 15, Dp, 270,--Unalaschka, Atkha, Afognak, Sitkha, 



Kenai, Kadjak, Stikine River, Glenora, B. C, California. 



