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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 

 NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 



BY H. C. FALL. 



No apology need be offered I think for the miscellaneous 

 character of the present contribution ; such papers are occa- 

 sionally necessary if we would preserve the casual observa- 

 tions and discoveries in taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, 

 etc., which must occur with every student of our Coleoptera. 

 On the other hand, new species are still accumulating so 

 rapidly that repeated effort on the part of the systematist is 

 necessary in order to keep anywhere near abreast of the col- 

 lectors and to assimilate the new material. It is neither pos- 

 sible nor in all cases desirable to present a complete synop- 

 sis of a group or genus in which new species are being made 

 known, and a certain amount of isolated description is justifi- 

 able if care is taken to bring the new forms into line with 

 present knowledge by careful comparison with the old and 



familiar. 



CICINDELID^. 



CICINDELA Linn. 



C. vulgaris var. viridissima new var. 



This name is proposed for the well-known bright green 



variety of vulgaris occurring in Southern California. This 



form goes as vibex in most collections although it has been 



correctly pointed out that the true vibex of Oregon and 



Northern California is of a dark dull green color. The 



bright green form is sometimes locally abundant near San 



Bernardino and Colton, and I nave recently seen a beautiful 



series taken in both October and March by Mr. G. R. Pilate. 



Mr. Hopping takes it commonly in Tulare County, where 



also occur darker examples which approach in color the true 



vibex. 



CARABID^. 



CYCHRUS Fab. 



C. corvus n. sp. 



Form rather narrowly oblong oval, depressed, black throughout, 

 feebly shining. Head narrow, eyes prominent, surface smooth, evenly 

 convex. Prothorax 2\ times as wide as the head, | as long as wide, 



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