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DASCYLLID^. 



111. Cyphon variabilis Tlmnh., puhescens Fab., ovalis Say, fusciceps Kirby, 



Ilelodes picea. piuictutH, nebulosa, modesta Lee. T. viii, 108. — This exces- 

 sively variable species occurs here in the greatest abuiidance, and in 

 every place that is not too arid from the Hndson Bay rejtion to Florida 

 and Texas, and westward to Vancouver; abundant in Alaska, Mann., 

 1853. Europe, Algeria, Caucasia, Japan. On the .Tenisei and Obi, arctic 

 Siberia. Heyden, 125; Nord., 27. 



112. C. padi Linn., Helodes pusilla Lee. — "Occurs from Massaclnisetts to In- 



diana," Horn, I.e. 110; Bachewanung Hay, Michipicoton River, Schwarz; 

 Ottawa, Canada, Harrington, in Htt. Europe, Caucasia. On the .Tenisei 

 and Obi, arctic Siberia. Nord., 27; Heyden, 125. 

 4i:{. C. coarctus Payk., griseus Gebl. — This species is said by Guerin to occur 

 in our fauna, bin is unknown, Horn, 1. c. 109. Europe. Barnaul, west 

 Siberia. Heyden, 125. 



ELATERID^. 



114. Meristhus scobinula Cand., texanus Horn. T. iii, 300; Pr., 1873, 333.— 

 Texas, Mexico. .Taiian, China, Candez. Elat. i, 105. 



415. Cryptohypnus littoralis Esch. ; Mann., 1846 and 1853. — Peninsula of 

 Kenai, Kadjak, Unalaschka, Kamtschatka. 



4 Hi. C. hyperboreus Gyll., planatus Esch. ; Mann., 1853. — Peninsula of Kenai, 

 Kamt-schatka, westward from the Pacific coast through eastern and 

 western Siberia and northern Europe to Lapland ; the Alps. Heyden, 

 121 ; Eut. News, v, 7, 

 Obs. — C. pulchellus X Auct. Am. is eciguus Rand., and not the European spe- 

 cies. C. dermestoides Hbst. and C. 4-guttatus Lapl. mentioned in Ent. 

 News i, 10, were wrongly determined. T. xviii, 19. 



417. C. barbatus I. Sahib., Vega Exp., 30 and 54. — Five examples at Port Clar- 



ence, Behring Strait, and eight on the opposite Asiatic coast were taken 

 by the Vega Expedition. Dr. Sahlberg says it difl'ers but little from C. 

 scottis Cand. and C cannlicufatus Gebl. Dr. Horn, from a type sent by 

 Dr. Sahlberg, says it is possibly an arctic form of C. Sanborni Horn from 

 the Wiiite Mountain region of New Hampshire. T. xviii, 7. 



418. C. nocturnus Escli. var. lucidtilus Mann, {vestitus, fallax Mann.), var. bicoJor 



Esch. {limbat lis, scarificatus Mann.), picesceji."! Lee. — Common in Labrador 

 (Packard); Mt. Washington, N. H., Austin; Lake Superior (LeConte, 

 Schwarz); Veta Pass, Col., at 9200 feet, Schwarz ; Alma and Leaven- 

 worth Valley, Col., at 9000-10,000 feet, Bowditch ; Santa Fe Canon, New 

 Mexico, Snow; Alaska, Mann., Kamtschatka, Nikolaevsk. Heyden, 

 121 and 1885. 

 Obs. — C. riparius Fab., said by Candeze to occur in the polar regions of 

 North America, is unknown here; possibly some of the forms of lucid- 

 ul.us Mann, might he. so referred, Horn. T. xviii, 10. 

 41(1. Elater nigrinus Payk.. pilosulun Herbst., anthrncintis Lee. — Alaska to Van- 

 couver ; LeCoute ; Queen Charlotte Island, Fletcher ; Michigan, Schwarz; 

 Canada, Green Mountains, Vermont, Sprague. Central and northern 

 Europe. Barnaul, on the Obi, west Siberia, Amurland. T. xii, 10; Col. 

 Am., Ill; Heyden, 120; >iann.. 1853. 



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