DISTRIBUTION OF COLKOFTERA. 377 



294. Meg-arthrus sinuaticoUis Lac, angiiUcoUis Miiek. — Occurs in Sitkha. 



Mr. Sclivvarz took it at Grafton. W. Va. : Georgia, Veta Pass. Col., at 

 9200-11,000 feet altitude. Europe, northern and Central Siberia. Fauvel, 

 28: Heyden, 84. 



295. Micropeplus tesserula Curt., costatus Lee. costipennis Maek., baicalicus 



Mots. — Kenai, California, Lake .Snjjerior, Michifian, Canada; Europe, 

 Algeria, Syria, Caucasia, Lake Baical, east Siberia; Lebedevo, arctic 

 Siberia. Fauvel, 7; Heyden, 91. 



TRICHOPTERYGID^. 

 The distribution of these minute Coleoptera is tianslated from Rev. A. Mat- 

 thews, "Monograph of the Trichopterygidse," and his subsequent syn- 

 opsis, published in T. xi, 11,3, et seq., to whicli is added all tliat has been 

 observed in American literature. 



296. Ptenidium pusillum Gyll., evanescens Marsh, terminale Hald. — "Habitat: 



Europe. America. The Canary Islands and Madeira." Pennsylvania, 

 Hald. ; Fort Garland. Col., and Detroit, Mich., Schwarz; Ottawa, Canada, 

 Harrington. Mou.,80; T. ii, 150; J. Ac. i, 109. "A common and abun- 

 dant species." 



297. P. atomaroides Mots.— " Habitat : The Atlantides, North America and 



Europe, teste Mot.schulsky ; not rare." Mon., 81. This species for some 

 reason has been omitted in Matthew's synopsis. Mr. Seliwarz found it 

 common in a salt marsh on the eastern coast of Florida. Cat. iv, unites 

 this with pusillum with an {?). 



298. Trichopteryx ambigua Matth., not in Cat. iv.—" Habitat: Rare in Eu- 



rope, taken twice in England by Mr. Matthews. New York, taken 

 frequently by Dr. Schaum." Mou., 119; T. xi, 139. 



299. T. sericans Heer. — Habitat: Europe; North America (the United States 



and Canada), the Canaries; found usually in refuse and rejectamenta of 

 stables. Mou., 130; T. xi, 137. The Kirghis Steppes. Heyden, 87. 



300. T. fascicularis Herbst. — "Habitat: Europe and North America (United 



States), in ant nests and tlie rejectamenta of stables, but rarely, or never, 

 in decaying vegetation." Mon., 134; T. xi, 135. 



301. T. atomaria DeG.—" Habitat: Europe quite commonly." Mon., 142. The 



United States. T. xi, 131. Asia (Danria). Heyden, 88. 

 .302. Actinopteryx fucicola Allib., dilaticoUis, marina, Mots.— A small thing, 

 .017 inch. long. Ocean beach near Fortress Monroe, Va. P. W. ii, 39. 

 Under trash on the sea-coasts of Europe, Africa, Madeira, Canaries. 

 Math. Mon. l.iO. 



303. Smicrus fllicornia Fairm.—" Habitat : Rare in Europe; quite common in 



North and South America in dung, and under rubbish on tlie river 

 shores." Mon., 112; T. xi, 140. Detroit, Mich., Schwarz. 



PHALACRID^. 



304. Olibrus bicolor Gyll.— Middle States, not common, perhaps imported, P. 



viii, 16. New York, Reinecke; Cedar Keys, Tampa and Enterpise 

 Fla., Schwarz; St. Louis, Mo.. Summers. Barnaul, west Siberia; An- 

 gora River, east Siberia; Turkestan. Heyden, 91. Mr. T. L. Casey 

 considers the European and American forms distinct, and has named 

 the latter Lecontei. Still, owing to possible errors in alleged types, the 

 species is retained for the present. 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXI. (48) NOVKMBER, 1894. 



