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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 by 

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



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

 fauna rendered it advisable to go carefully over the writings 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 synoptically such 

 as the Euplecti, Euaesthetus 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 1 and 2, (the paging being 

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



Pterostichus zcphyrus, I, p. 2 = P. adoxus Say, var. rejectns, Lee. 

 " osculans, id. = P. diligendus Ghd. 



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



Amara apachensis, 1, p. 3 = A. remotestriata De/., var. relucens Mann. 

 " marylandica, I, p. 4 = A. basillaris Say. 

 " pallida, I, p. 5 = A. rubrica Hold. 

 " ferruginea, I, p. 5 = A. rubrica var. 

 Bembidium vernula, 2, p. 62 = B. constrictum Lee. typicall 

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



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



" vividum, 2, p. 66 = B. contraction Say. 



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



" vinnulum, 1, p. 15 = (2). 



Tachys occultator, 2, p. 69 is allied to pallidus and mordax. 



" litoralis, I, p. 15 = T. pallidus Chd. 

 Barytachys glossema, 2, p. 70 = T. granarius Dej. 



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



Discoderus pinguis, 2, p. 75 = D. robustus Horn (4). 

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

 " bisectus, 2, p. 75 = id. 



" texanus, 2, p. 75 = id. 



