384 JOHN HAMILTON, M. D. 



364. Orphilus niger Eossi, glabratus Fab., subnitidus Lee., ?ater Er. — This spe- 



cies occurs ill Spring on various flowers, and extends from ocean to ocean. 

 Europe. Tasclikend in Turkestan. P. vii, 113; P. Am. T. 373. Hey- 

 den, 99. 

 Obs. — Examples from Europe labeled "glabratus" are identical with the 

 American form, which is quite variable in size and punctuation. 



HISTERID^. 



365. Hister merdarius Hoffm., memnoniiis Say. — Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, 



Pennsylvania (my collection). New York; Canada, Harrington; Mich- 

 igan, Schwarz. Middle and southern Europe, eastern Siberia. P. Am. 

 P. xiii, 284; Heyden, 89. 



366. H. bimaculatus Linn., obliquus Say. — Middle States, Horn; Michigan, 



Schwarz; Pennsylvania {rare here), Illinois, Iowa, my collection. Eu- 



ro])e, Kirghis Steppes, Turkestan, Siberia; Horn, 1. c. 292; Heyden, 89. 

 Obs. — Hister parallelus Say (1825) is not H. parallelus Menet (1832) 



from Caucasia. 

 Obs. — Hister corvinus Germ, is said by Zimmerman to occur in South 



Carolina, but his type is lost and no other example is in collections. T. 



ii, 253. 

 Obs. — Hister neg-lectus Germ., a cosmopolite species in Europe, Asia and 



Africa, is said by some European authors to occur in North America, but 



is at present unknown north of Mexico. 



367. Carcinops (Paromalus) 14-striatus Steph., nana Lee— Middle States to 



Georgia, Horn 1. c. 308; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, southern 

 California, my collection ; Arkansas. Cosmopolitan. 



368. Gnathoncus (Saprinus) rotundatus Kugel, deletus Lee. — "Occurs in the 



entire Atlantic region and also in California; var. communis Mars, is a 

 form found in Canada, and var. interceptus Lee. in California and Ore- 

 goii" (Horn, 1. c. 314). Europe. The southern parts of east and west 

 Siberia and Turkestan. Heyden, 90. 



NITIDULID^. 



369. Brachypterus urticse Fab., Cercus pusHlus Mels. — This species is found 



on the flowers of Urtica dioica, with which it has probably been intro- 

 duced from Europe. "Occurs in the Atlantic States," Horn, T. vii, 270. 

 New York, Canada, Michigan, Kan.sas, Colorado; abundant here in 

 Pennsylvania. Krasnojarsk, on the Jenisei, lat. 56°; Nord., 25. 



370. Cercus bipustulatus Payk. — A few individuals of this European species 



were once taken near Boston, Mass., Horn, but any further record of 

 occurrence has not been observed ; var. suturalis Mots, is found in eastern 

 Siberia. T. vii, 272; Murr., 233. 



371. Carpophilus hemipterus Linn., bimaculatus Mels., Jlexiiosns Payk. — Cos- 



mopolitan. Floiida, Canada, Alaska, are the extreme points of its oc- 

 currence. I take it here mostly in boxes of dried fruit, as raisins, cur- 

 rants, etc., brought from foreign countries. It also occurs in Siberia, 

 I.e. 277; Murr., 362; Heyden, 91. 



