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B. variegatum Say. — Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1823, II, p. 89. 



A very variable species. As defined by me, it includes patruele 

 Dej. and conspersnm Chaud., there being apparently no constant char- 

 acters for their separation. 



Habitat : The greater part of the United States and Canada from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



B. nigripes Kirby — Faun. Bor. Am. 1S37, IV, p. 57 (J^otapJuis). 



Capable of but feeble distinction from the preceding. The legs are 

 dark piceous or black, and the form is rather less elongate, while the 

 size averages somewhat smaller. 



Habitat: Anticosti and the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, the Lake 

 Superior region, Manitoba, Alberta, the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, 

 Washington, British Columbia and Vancouver Island. 



B. intermedium Kirby. — Faun. Bor. Am. 1837, IV, p. 58 

 {Notaphus^. 



Habitat : Illinois, Manitoba, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, In- 

 dian Territory, Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona 

 and southern California. 



B. timidum Lee. — Ann. Lye. 1848, IV, p. 460 {Oehthedromus). 

 Habitat : Lake Superior region, Manitoba, Colorado, Utah, 

 Nevada and along the Pacific Coast from California to British Columbia. 



B. versicolor Lee. — Ann Lye. 1848, IV, p. 460 (^Oehthedrotnns). 

 Habitat : The greater part of the United States and Canada. 



B. constrictum Lee. — Ann. Lye. 1848, IV, p. 462 (Oe/it/ie- 

 dromiis^. 



Habitat : The Atlantic Coast, extending westward to the Rocky 

 Mountains and Texas. 



B. contractum Say. — Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1823, II, p. 85. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but differs, in addition to the char- 

 acters above given, by its more slender and elongate form. 



Habitat : The Atlantic States from Massachusetts to Florida and 

 westward to Ohio and Tennessee. 



B. morulum Lee. — New Species Coleopt. 1863, pt. i, p. 19. 

 Habitat : Hudson Bay Territory. 



B. mutatum G. 6^ H.—Cat. 1868, I, p. 416. 

 LLabitat : Hudson Bay Territory, Mt. Washington, N. H., Lake 

 Superior region and high altitudes in the Rocky mountains. 



