GEORGE M. GREENE 251 



A RARE COLEOPTERA PAPER OF T. W. HARRIS 



BY GEORGE M. GREENE 



Since beginning the compilation of a verified catalog of North 

 American Coleoptera (October 24th, 1901), the author, being a 

 resident of Philadelphia, has done most of the work at the Acad- 

 emy of Natural Sciences. Occasionally I could not find a paper 

 or work and the majority of those wanting I found in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, on my periodical visits there. I have finally reached 

 the conclusion that it is, indeed, a rare book on entomology 

 (especially the older ones) that is not in the Academy building 

 (which also houses the library of The American Entomological 

 Society). To date I know of only three that are not to be found 

 in libraries in North America. 



I have recently had the opportunity to check some descriptions 

 not verified before, and in doing so it was necessary to refer to a 

 certain rare publication, which I thought worth while to transcribe 

 for the Coleopterists less fortunate than one who is able to exam- 

 ine the original. For those who can use this in the future it can 

 be found in the Congressional Library QHlN33o.^ 



It is a small volume, the title page of which reads: "Trans- 

 actions of the Natural History Society of Hartford. Number ( )ne. 

 Printed for the Society. Hartford: Case, Tiffany & Co., Print- 

 ers. MDCCCXXXVI." I l)elieve one volume only was pub- 

 lished. 



With the exception of two letters, the first sixty-four pages 

 are taken up with "An Address to the Citizens of Hartford, on 

 the Birth-day of Linn«us: May 24th, 1836. In behalf of the 

 objects of the Natural History Society; formed October 8, 1835." 

 By Samuel Farmar Jar vis, D. D. 



On page 65 appears: "Characteristics of some previously de- 

 scribed North American Coleopterous Insects, and descriptions of 

 others which appear to be new, in the Collection of Mr. Abraham 



* Since writing the above I have secured a copy of this which had the plate 

 missing — a photograph was made from the one in Washington and the com- 

 plete volume is now in the hbrary of The American Entomological Society. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XLIV. 



