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.■)2. Licinus granulatus Dej., silphoides Fab., Cat. iv (L. punctatus FaJ)., silphoi- 

 des Fab., Faiiv. Eev. 98). — This European species has been taken alive in 

 Massachusetts, but whether it breeds in tliis country is uncertain. Pr. 

 1S73, 324; T. viii, p. xix. 



53. Badister bipustulatus Fab. — Two specimens occurred on Vancouver Is- 



land, B. C. As this species reaches high latitudes in Europe and Asia, 

 possibly it may have passed over to Alaska and southv^ard, like many 

 others. T. viii, 165; Mots., 141; Heyden, 24; Ohaud., 228. 

 Obs. — Badister peltatus Panz. was a wrongly determined example of B. 

 flavipes Lee. from North America, according to Dr. LeConte. who saw 

 Dejean's type ; Pr. 1873, 324. The species is not known here. 



54. Pristonychus {Lsemosthenes) complanatus Dej. — Seemingly naturalized 



in California, but occurring on both sides of the continent. France, 

 southern Europe, Mediterauean basin, Azores, Madeira, Canaries, St. 

 Helena, Peru, Chili, Strait of Magellan. 



55. P. terricola Hbst., insequalis Panz., (3at. iv. — Ilova Scotia, Cab. Horn ; prob- 



al)ly imported. Europe. 



56. Platynus bicolor Dej., r'tparius Gebl., margineUus Lee, castaneipennis Mots., 



fallax Moraw. — Mount Washington, N. H. (Austin); Alaska. Fort 

 Simpson on the McKeuzie (LeConte). California. Kamtschatka, the 

 Amur to west Siberia, the Obi. Pr. 1860, 315 ; Col. Am., 97 ; Mots., 134 ; 

 Heyden, 30. 



57. P. obscurus Herbst., oblongus Fab., tseniatus Payk, pa/Zidw/MS Chaud.,pMsiZZMS 



Lee. — Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Canada, Michigan, Illinois, 

 Missouri, Kansas, Oregon. Central and northern Europe. Spirina in 

 Arctic Siberia, eastern and western Siberia. T. ix, 142; Can. Ent. xx, 

 61; Mots., 133; Heyden, 28. Pennsylvania. 



.58. P. impressus Panz., var. splendidulus Mots. — The variety occurs at Sitka 

 and Kamtschatka accoiding to Motschulsky, Mots. 138. P. perforatus 

 Lee, described from Methy, Hudson Bay Terr, on comparison, may 

 prove to be this species; LeConte (Bull. B. ii, 52). P. impressus inhabits 

 arctic, western and eastean Siberia to Kamtschatka; also alpine Europe. 

 Heyden, 28; Heyden, 1886. 

 Obs. — P. Mulleri Hbst., planipennis Mots. — A recent study by Dr. Horn 

 shows that planipe.nnis is i)ri>bably a variety of fossiger Dej. T. xix, 43. 

 Mulleri is therefore erased. 



59. P. Bogemanni Gyll., obsoletiis Say, boreaUs Mots., strigicoUis Mann., phicidtis 

 X Lee. — Dr. LeConte hesitated to unite obsoletus with Bogemanni, having 

 only one specimen of the latter for comparison. I have compared six 

 individuals from Sweden with about fifty of obsoletus with the result of 

 discovering no permanent character by which they may be separated. 

 Obsoletus is distributed generally throughout the United States, Canada 

 and British Columbia to Alaska. Northern Europe, eastern Siberia. 

 Salair, wostcrn Siberia. Bull. B. ii, 52; Heyden, 30. 



1)0. P. quadripunctatus DeG., octocolus Mann., stigmosus Lee. — Abundant in 

 New York, Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Lake Superior region, Alaska 

 and the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. Central and northern Eu- 

 rope, eastern and western Siberia. P. vii, 58; Bull. B. 57; Mots., 140; 

 Heyden, 30; Chaud., 226. P. octocolus, according to Heyden, is not a 



