1869.] 



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apportions her work; how she uses her handmaids. Look 

 at those dead trees that lie decaying in our forests, and see 

 how the agency of these little creatures is called in. They 

 bore into and channel their decaying trunks, and thus allow the 

 action of the atmosphere to hasten their decay, animal matter of 

 all kinds has also many busy little hands and mouths ready to 

 act as scavengers in clearing it away. Lift that dead quadruped 

 or bird that has lain in the sun for a day or two in our streets or 

 fields, the little insects are our friends, for above it, below it, and 

 within it, they are at work and it will soon be gone, thus prevent- 

 ing the spread of gases noxious to the health of man. Every 

 creature has its use, and to know their use is man's province. 



LIST OF COLEOPTERA TAKEN ON THE ISLAND OP MONTREAL. 



The list comprises twenty-seven families, one hundred and 

 thirty-three genera, and two hundred and seventeen species. 

 Synonyms are also appended, taken from Le Conte. I am 

 indebted to Dr. Le Conte, of Philadelphia, and through him to 

 Dr. Horn, for his kindness in comparing species, and naming 

 them, and otherwise assisting me in the compilation of this list. 



CICINDELIDAE. 



CiNCiNDELA, Linn. 

 patruela JJeJ. 



(=coiiseiitanca Dej.) 

 sexguttata Fabr. 

 (.=violacea Fabr.) 

 splendida Eentz. 

 {=limbalis var. Lee. 

 =mavginalis var. Dej.) 

 purpurea Oliv. 

 (=mai"{,'inalis Fabr. 

 var. anduboiiii Lee.) 

 vulgaris Say. 

 (=ubliiiuata Dcj. 



tiivmiuebarka llerbsl.) 



CARABIDAE. 

 Nebria Latr. 

 pallipes Say. 



Calosoma Fahr. 

 calidum Fahr. 

 (=var. lepiUum Lee.) 



CyCHEUS Fahr. 

 Sphaeroderus Dej. 

 Canadensis Ckand. 



HiEPALIDCE. 

 BrACHINUS Weber. 

 fumans Fahr. 



(=librator Dej.) 

 conformis Dej. 

 (=l)atruelis Lee.) 



Lebia Latr. 

 fuscata l)ej. 



YOL. I. 



Ctmindis Lair. 

 pilosa Say. 

 (■=pubescens Dej.) 



Plattnus Bon. 

 sinuatus Lee. 



(=anclioineims sin. Dej.) 

 extensicoUis Lee. 

 (=teroiiia exten. Hriy. 

 anch. extfu. Dej. 

 melanarius Lee. 

 (=agonuai nielan. Dej. 

 agonum maurum Hald.) 

 frater Lee. 

 cupripennis Lee. 

 (.=ffc;ronia cupr. Say. 

 agomini cupr. Dej.) 

 subcordatus Leo. 

 lutulentus Lee. 

 chaleeus Lee. 

 (=agonum chaleeus Lee.) 



Pterostichus Bon. 

 PoECiLUS Bon. 

 chalcites Lee. 

 (=tVronia chalcites Say. 

 =poec. Sayl Bcu?;e 

 =poec. chalcites Kirhy. 

 ■=poec. micaiis Chand.) 

 lucublandus Lee. 

 (=feronia luc. Say. 

 ■=poec. luc. Kirby.) 

 Omaseus Ziegl. 

 caudicalis Lee. 

 (=feronia caudicalis Say. 

 =stereocerus caud. Lee.) 

 Argutor Meg. 



patruelis Lee. 



•=(feronia patruelis Dej.) 

 Pterostichus Bon. 

 stygicus Leo. 



(=teronia stygicus Say. 



=fer bisigillata Harris. 



=omaseus rugicoilis Hald.) 



Amara Bon. 

 fallax Lee. 



Ceha, Zimm. 

 obesa Say. 

 (percusia obesa Hald.) 



DiPLOCHiLA Bridle. 

 laticollis Lee. 



(=reinhus laticollis Lee. 

 =r. assimilis Lee.) 



Anomoolossus Ch. 

 emarginatus Ckand. 



(=chlaeuius eiiiarg. Say.) 



Chlaenius Bon. 

 sericeus Say. 



(=carabus sericeus Forsler) 

 chlorophanus BeJ. 

 tricolor Dej. 



Agonoderus Dej. 

 pallipes Dcj. 

 (=carabus pallipes Fabr.) 



Anisodactylus Dej'. 

 discoideus Dej'. 

 Baltimorensis Dej'. 

 (=h. BallimoreusisSay ) 



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