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Mexico, and eastwaidly to Madeira rind Madajiascai'." Soiitlu'in Eiii()|ie. 

 114.— Cercyon littoralis Gyll. — Sea-coast of Maine and Massachusetts, Ma<;- 

 daien Islands in tlie Gtilf of St. Lawrence, Blancliard ; Coney Islaiid. 

 New Jeisey sea-coast, at Atlantic City in abundance. Atlantic coast in 

 Europe to lat. 66° 50', e.xtendiug also along the Mediterranean ; western 

 Siberia iit Barnaul on the Obi. Heyden, 63; Can. Ent. xxiv, 37. 



115. C. depressus Steph., dorsostrintus Thonis. — "Piney Point, Maryland: 



California. Enrojie, widely distributed on the Atlantic and Medii< j-- 

 ranean shores." 



116. C. unipunctatus Linn., cordiger Herbst., dispar Payk. — Canada, New 



England and Middle States westward to Illinois. I take it in western 

 Pennsylvania abundantly, mostly under dogs in the last stage of de- 

 composition, and with it occasionally some of the other species; hence, 

 the significance of the generic name Cerci/OH— dog-eater, a name given 

 to an ancient giant who had a similar habit. It is widely distributed 

 in Europe, and in aictit; and western Siberia. Heyden, 63. 



117. C. quisquilius Linn., unipunctatun Fab. not Linn, — Washington State to 



California. Europe, gcnerallj' distributed, extending to Sibeiia and 

 .Japan. A native species, Horn. 



lis. C. marinus Thorns., Skand. Col. ii, p. 105. --(C. aquativ.us Lap. Mnls. mari- 

 w?w Thoms., Cat. iv). "Occurs in British Columbia, at Lake Lahaclip, 

 extending eastward to Dakota. Widely distributed in Europe and 

 northern Asia." Europe to ^Q° 40' ; Turuschansk. on the Jcnisei. Hey- 

 den, 03. 



Hi). C. lateralis Marsh., limhutus Mann. 1843 and 1853.--Islands of St. Paul, 

 Cbtagaluk, Kadiak, Peninsula of Kenai and Sitkha. "Coast region of 

 California," Horn. Central and northern Euiope to lat. 65° 50' : Lake 

 Aral, Kurejka, Vorogovo in arctic Siberia. Heyden, 63. 



120. C. analis Payk., macuhitus Mels.— Queen Charlotte Island, B. C, Prince of 



Wales Island (Alaska). "Upper Canada, New England States, Penn- 

 sylvania. Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana." Widely distributed in Europe to 

 lat. 68°, Algeria, various places in west and east Siberia. Heyden, 63; 

 T. xxi, 37. 



121. C. hsemorrhoidalis Fab., flavipes Fab., nigricolMs Say ( C. hxmorrhoidulis 



and C. ^ai'i/)es are made separate species in Cat. iv). "Canada and the 

 New England States to North Carolina and westward to Illinois. It is 

 widely distributed in Europe to lat. 6;>° ; northern Africa and western 

 Asia." 



122. C. melanocephalus Linn., nanus Mels., var. ovillus Mots. "Canada to 



Pennsylvania and westwaid to Missouri. Widely distributed in Europe 

 and extends to northern Africa and the north of Asia." Asiatic Ural. 

 Heyden, 63. 



123. C. pyg-mseus lUig., apicalis Say. "Widely distributed ovei the eastern 



United States from Canada to Maryland. In the eastern hemisphere it 

 is spread throughout Europe, northern Africa and northern Asia. It 

 seems to have a tendency to become cosmopolitan." Vorogovo in arctic 

 Siberia, western Siberia. Heyden, 63. 



124. C. nigriceps Marsh, centrimaculatus Sturm., mundus Mels. (C centrimacn- 



latus Sturm., pygmseus Gyll., pulchellus Heer, nigriceps Kuw.). Widely 

 distributed from Canada to Louisiana and Indiana; Los Angeles, Cal. 



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