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Synonymical Notes. (No. 3) 

 By George H. Horn, M. D. 



During a visit made a short time ago to the Museum at Cambridge, 

 I had an opportunity to examine the types of the species described b}' 

 Lieut. T. L. Casey, now the property of the Museum. 



The proposed publication of a new hst of the Coleoptera of our 

 fauna rendered it advisable to go carefully over the writmgs of those who 

 have specially treated the species of our fauna. With this view the de- 

 scriptions of Kirby, Leconte, Randall, Newman and Palisot de Beauvois 

 have been as far as possible re-studied, and those of Melsheimer, Halde- 

 man and Ziegler are in progress. 



In the following pages especial attention has been given to the 

 species described in an isolated manner, those treated synoptical ly such 

 as the Euplecti, Eu3esthetus and Steni have been left for future study. 



The remarks which follow are based on a comparison of the species 

 with those of the cabinet of Dr. Leconte, now part of the Museum at 

 Cambridge. 



A few of the species mentioned below have been described in the 

 Brooklyn Bulletin and are so quoted, the others are in pamphlets pri- 

 vately printed, entitled "Contributions to the systematic and descriptive 

 Coleopterology of the United States'", parts i and 2, (the paging being 

 continuous.) and "Revision of the Stenini of America North of Mexico'". 



Pterostichus zephyrus, i, p. 2 = P. adoxus Say, var. rejedus, Lee. 

 " osculans, id. = P. diligendus Gkd. 



" manhattanis, 2, p. 72 = P. lucublandus Say. 



Amara apachensis, i, p. 3 = A. remotestriata Dej., var. relucens Mann. 

 " mai-ylandica, I, p. 4 = A. basillaris Say. 

 " pallida, i, p. 5 = A. rubrica Hald. 

 " fenuginea, i, p. 5 = A. rubrica vai: 

 Bembidium vernula, 2, p. 62 = B. constrictum Lee. (ypkuV. 

 " acticola, 2, p. 63 = id. slight variety. 



" militare, 2, p. 65 = B. picipes Kby. 



" vivid um, 2, p. 66 = B. contractum Say. 



" dejectum, 2, p. 67 = (1). 



" vinnulum, i, p. 15 = (2). 



Tachys occultator, 2, p. 69 is allied lo pallklus and morcln.r. 



" litoralis, i, p. 15 = T. pallidas Chd. 

 Bary tachys glossema, 2, p. 70 = T. granarius Dej. 



" gemellus, 2, p. 71 (3). 



Discoderus pinguis, 2, p. 75 = D. robustus Ho7'7i (i). 

 Cratacanthus litoreus, 2, p. 74 = C. dubius Beanv. 

 " bisectus, 2, p. 75 = id. 



" lexanus, 2, p. 75 = id. 



