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522. Alphltobius diaperitius Psmz., Cat. iv (A.ovatus Heihst., diaj)erhius Mills.). 



Fauvel. — Pentisylviuiia, Ohio, Florida, Arizona, Wickliani ; cosmopolite. 



523. A. piceus Oliv., fagi Paiiz,, granivorns jNliils., Cat. iv {A. piceus Oliv., ma»t- 



ritanicus Fab., diaperinus Panz.), Fauvel. — Alaska, Pemisyl vaiiia, Florida 



Louisiana; cosmopolite. 

 .524. Alphitophagus bifasciatus Say, i-pustulafus Stepli., popuU Redtb., pictus 



M(Mi. — Abundant from the Atlantic to the Pacific, breeding in the waste 



and dust in feed stores. Temperate and southern Europe, Barbary, 



Caucasia. 

 .525. Palorus depressus Fab. — Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Kansas, 



Mexico, South America, Europe. Occurs where meal and grain are 



stored. 



MELANDRYID^. 



526. Xylita Isevigata Hellen., decohrata Rand., buprestoides Payk., discolor Fab. 



Maine, Canada, the Lake Superior region ; Cincinnati, Dury. Central 

 and northern Europe, western Siberia. Heyden, 148; var. (nigricans) 

 pHuctuliita Mhm., arctic Siberia. Heyden, 224. 



527. Serropalpus barbatus Scliall., striatus Hellen., substriatus. ohsoletus Ilald, 



— The northern part of the continent from Maine to Alaska ( New York, 

 West Virginia, mountainous Pennsylvania, Canada, Michigan, Lake 

 Superior region, Manitoba, Oregon, Colorado). Central and northern 

 Europe, western and eastern Siberia. Heyden, 148; Maun., 1852. 

 523. Hypulus (Phlaeotria, Dircxii) vaudoueri Muls., fiisca Lee. — (Widely dif- 

 fused, but not commonly met with. Extends from Nova Scotia to Cali- 

 fornia, and as far south as North Carolina, Horn, T. xv, 41) Michigan, 

 Schwarz; Lake Superior, Virginia and North Carolina, LeConte. Two 

 specimens occurred here. Europe. 



PYTHIDiE. 



529. Pytho depressus Linn., amerieanns Kirby, Ideplanatus Mann., 1853. — My 

 European examples of depressus are inseparable from americanus. The 

 individuals of both countries vary greatly in color and secondary struc- 

 tural characters. The mountainous regions from Canada to North Caro- 

 lina, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kansas; arctic and all 

 Siberia, northern and alpine Europe. Heyden, 156. Deplanatus occurs 

 on the Yukon, Alaska. 



CEDEMERID-ffi. 

 .530. Narcedes melanura Linn., Oedem. apicalis Say. — Common eastward from 

 the Alleghanies, but rare in western Pennsylvania; Ohio (Cincinnati), 

 Kansas, California. Yucatan, Europe. Caucasia, Siberia, Japan. Heyden, 

 156. 



ANTHICID^. 



.531. Anthicus floralis Linn. — This species and the following have, till lately, 

 been confused in American collections, which renders the records of 

 distributions of no value. In my collection are examples from Canada, 

 Massachusetts, Florida, southern California and here, Allegheny, Pa. 

 It may be separated from A. formicarius by the two minute approximate 

 tubercles on the anterior margin of the thorax ; cosmopolite. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. 80C. XXI. (51) DECEMBEK, 1894. 



