DISTRIBUTION OF COLKOFTERA. 387 



.■592. C. fulva (.'omolli. — United States, lieloii. Madeira. Eiirojie, etc. ; jirobably 

 cosmopolite. 



o93. C. ferruginea GyU., fenestralis Auet., dentiviilata H Kirby, deleta Mann. — 

 Florida. Michifian. Veta Pass, Col., at 9200 feet. Schwarz ; Buffalo, N. Y., 

 Reiiiecke; very abundant at Lake Superior, LeConte; Hudson Bay re- 

 g;ion ; Alaska. Europe, Kanitscliatka; common in Dauria. P. vii, 300; 

 Col. Am. 113; Heyden, 97; Chabarofka, Heyden. 1886. 



394. C. serrata Payk., 8-dent(ita Say, prionodera Lee. — Buffalo, N. Y. ; Detroit. 



Mich. ; Nebraska ; San Jose, Cal., are recorded as places where this spe- 

 cies has occurred. Europe. P. vii, 300. Cosmopolite, as is the following. 



395. C. elong-ata Hummel. — Detroit, Schwarz; I have a specimen from Massa- 



chusetts, Blanchard, and have taken it here twice, beaten from herbage. 

 Eu rope. 



396. Melanopthalma distinguenda ComoUi, piisilla || Mels., pumila "Lee, mo- 



rosa Lee, subangulaia Mots., ?villusa Zimm. — California (Rio Colorado), 

 Lake Superior, Canada, Ma.ssachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Alabama, 

 Georgia. Europe. Cosmopolite. P. ii, 116 and vii, 303. 



397. M. similita Gyll., subimpressa Zimni. — This species, found in southern Eu- 



rope, etc., and probably cosmopolite, is cited from Nortli America by 

 Zimniermanu. T. ii, 256. Siberia. Heyden, 97. 

 Obs. — M. transversalis Gyll. and M. gibbosa cosmopolite or subcosmo- 

 polite species, according to Mr. P. Belon and Reitter occur in North 

 America; but as no localities are given, and their accompanying Amer- 

 ican synonymy doubtful, it seems more prudent to await further inves- 

 tigation. 



TROGOSITID^. 



398. Tenebrioides mauritanica Linn., var. nitida, var. crassicornis Horn. — 



From .\laska to Florida in houses, mills and granaries. Europe, Siberia, 

 Turkestan. Pr. 1862, 63 ; Heyden, 94, Cosmopolitan. 



399. Ostoma ferrugineum Linn., fraternum, septentrionale Rand. — Maine, 



under bark, Randall, B. I. ii, 17. Pennsylvania (Allegbanies), Vermont 

 (Green Mountains), Canada, Hudson Bay, Lake Superior, Colorado, 

 California, Oregon. Europe, Irkutsk, Chabarofka. Heyden, 94 and 

 1886. 

 Obs.— Ostoma i Lnphocnteres) pusillus King, africanus Mots.. yv<tni Allih. — 

 Cosmopolite according to Messrs. Reitter and Leveille is unknown as in 

 American collections. Best. Tab. Trog. 1882, vi, 37; Ann. Soc. Fr. 1888, 

 446. 



400. O. grossum Linn., Reitter, 1. c. 35. — North American, Reitter. Central, 



mountainous and northern Europe, west and east Siberia, the Amur. 

 Heyden, 94; Col. Am., 153. 



401. O. oblongum Linn., Reitter, 1. c. 37. — North America, Reitter. Central, 



mountainous and northern Europe. 

 Obs. — The preceding two species are admitted with hesitation, as no locality 

 is given, and though conspicuous species, they have no North American 

 record. 



402. Calitys {Nosodes) scabra Thunb., dentata Fab., silphides Newm., Peltis 



serrata Lee. Pr. 1859, 84. — New York, Canada, Michigan, Lake Supe- 

 rior, Washington, British Columbia, Arizona, Colorado. Central and 

 northern Europe. 



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