DISTRIBUTION OF COLKOPTKKA. 367 



Pass, Col., at 9400 feet Scl)warz. Nortliern Europe; east Siberia (Ir- 

 kutsk). T. vii, 163; Heydeii, 71. 



184. Q. molochinus Grav. — Coinnion here. "From New Hampshire to Van- 



couver and Sitkha. and as far south as northern Georgia," Horn. Texas. 

 Louisiana. It was likewise taken by Mr. Schwarz at Veta Pass, Col., at 

 11,000 feet. General iu Europe, Mediterranean countries, Caucasia, 

 Siberia. T. vii, 164; Heyden, 71. 



185. Q. fulvicollis Sceph., hypcrhoreus Er. — Occurs from Maine to Vancouver 



and northward, but very little south of that line, Horn. T. vii, 1()4 ; 

 Unalaschka, Mann., 1843; Glenora, B. C, Wickham. Colorado (Veta 

 Pass at 9400 feet), Schwarz'; mountainous and northern Europe; Baical 

 region, 8it)oria. Heyden, 71. 



186. Q. sublimbatus Maek.. Mann. 1853. — Kadiak, Queen Charlotte Island, 



Fort Simpson (McKenzie River), Lake Superior, Blanc Sablon, Hudson 

 Strait, Horn Cat.; Michipicoton Eiver. Schwarz; Behring Island, Vega 

 Exp., 63 ; eastern Siberia, Mann. Heyden, 71. 



187. Creophilus maxillosus Linn., balteatus DeG., var. ciliaris Steph., var. 



arcticHS Er., var. fulvago Mots., var. orientalis Mots., var. villosus Grav., 

 var. bicinctus Maun., /asc»a<MS Lapl. — All North America, Mexico, Guate- 

 mala, the Antilles, islands of the Atlantic, All Europe and Asia to 

 Japan, north Africa to Abyssinia. Villosus is the American form, with 

 wiiich occurs the var. bicinctus, especially in the Alaskan islands (Atkha, 

 Unalaschka, Kadiak, Kenai penins., Sitkiia). Arcticus {h-cuvs in Kamts- 

 chatka. T. vii, 200: fulvago is the prevailing form in Mongolia and 

 northern (3hina, and occurs above Nikohevsk on the Amur; orientalis 

 occurs along the Amur, to the Kurile Islands in the Pacific, (^ol. Am., 

 120 and fig: ciliaris is found in parts of Scotland and in the island of 

 Mull ; maxillosus, however, occurs in the same places with these Euro- 

 pean and Asiatic forms. Heyden, 71; Fauvel, Tidis. Nederl. Ent. Ver. 

 1875, xviii: S. Solsky, Hor. Eoss. 1871, 346; 1872, 241. 



188. Staphylinus erythropterus Linn., casureus j Lee, cxsareus t Schwurz 



(List of ('oleopt. of lower Mich.)— "One specimen occurred at Detroit, 

 Mich. P. Am. P. xvii, 599; T. vii, 190. Common in Europe, C'aucasia. 

 northern and west Siberia. Japan. Heyden, 72. 



189. S. csesareus Cederh , ornniiconda Lee. — Canada, Ulke, Harrington. T. 



vii, 191; Can. Ent xvi, 46. — Vermont, Roberts. Europe, Cyprus, Asia 

 Minor, Caucasia, northern Persia. 



190. Ocypus ater Grav.— Pennsylvania (liere). Nova Scotia and Canada, Har- 



rington. New York, New Jersey to Louisiana and westward to Kansas; 

 Europe, Barbarj', Caucasia, Ural. 

 PHILONTHI. — This tribe has been exhaustively studied by Dr. George H. 

 Horn, and but little can be added to the American synonymy and dis- 

 tribution of the species as given in his mongraiih. 



191. Philonthus politus Linn. [Maek., KirhyJ, xneus Rossi, mandibtilaris Kirby, 



Harrisi Mels., angulicollis Mots. — {P. xneus Rossi, politus, mandibnlarts 

 Kirby, i/rtrrisi Mels.) " Nearly cosmopolitan," Horn. Abundant here 

 in Pennsylvania; Ohio. Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Canada to 

 Nova Scotia, Hudson Bay and Lake Superior, Wisconsin, Kansas, Colo- 

 rado. Wrangel (Alaska), Queen Charlotte Island, Louisiana, Europe; 

 arctic, east and west Siberia ; Anuirland ; Dauria. T, xi, 181; Heyden, 



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