252 A RARE COLEOPTERA PAPER OF T. W. HARRIS 



Halsey: By T. W. Harris, M. D., Librarian of Harvard Univer- 

 sity. Communicated Dec. 23, 1835," which concludes the 

 volume. 



In this are described twenty-seven species of which twelve, 

 Nos. 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 27, are new. Fol- 

 lowing is a resume, including synonyms and notes as given and 

 complete descriptions of those new. Parenthetical remarks after 

 each species are mine. 



Page 65. "1. Clivina quadrimaculata, Pal. de Beauvois. Scarites 

 {Clivina) quadrimaculata, Palisot de Beauvois. — Insectes, p. 107. PI. 15, fig. 6. 

 Clivina bipusttdaia ? F. var. Say. Trans. Philos. Soc. Phil. N. S. vol. ii. p. 20- 

 21. C. bipustulata, F. Dejean. Species. Vol. i. p. 417. C. quadrimaculata, 

 Pal. de Beauv. Say. Descriptions, Harmony, p. 5. — Trans. Philos. Soc. Phil. 

 N. S. vol. iv. p. 415. Halsey's Collection, No. 11." (This is 275 [Henshaw], 

 Clivina hi-pustulata Fabr.) 



Page 66. "2. Clivixa sph^ricollis, Say. C. sphoericollis. Say. Trans. 

 Philos. Soc. Phil. N. S. vol. ii. p. 2.3. Halsey's Collection, No. 10. Must belong 

 to M. BonelU's genus Dyschirius." (This is 237 [Henshaw], Dyschirius 

 spharicollis Say.) 



Page 67. "3. Chl^nius .estivus ? Say. C. cestivus f Say. Trans. Philos. 

 Soc. Phil. N. S. vol. ii. p. 62. Halsey s Collection, No. 16. Two females." 

 (This is 1003 [Henshaw], C. cestivus Say.) 



Page 67. "4. Colymbetes st.^^gninus, Say. C. stagninus. Say. Trans. 

 Philos. Soc. Phil. N. S. vol. il. p. 100. Halsey's Collection, No. 38, 1 female." 

 (This is 1417 [Henshaw], Agabus stag7iinus Say.) 



Page 68. "5. Colymbetes glyphicus, Say. C. glyphicus, Say. Trans. 

 Philos. Soc. Phil. N. S. vol. ii. p. 99. Halsey's Collection, No. 39. One male." 

 (This is 1402 [Henshaw], Copelatus glyphicus Say.) 



Page 69. "6. Oxytelus rugulosus ? Say. 0. rugidosus ? Say. Descrip- 

 tions, Harmony, p. 47. — Trans. Philos. Soc. Phil. N. S. vol. iv. p. 460. Halsey's 

 Collection, No. 46." (This is 2750 [Henshaw], O. rugosus Fabr.) 



Page 70. "7. Tachyporus mcestus, Say. T. moestus, Say. Descriptions, 

 Harmony, p. 53. — Trans. Philos. Soc. Phil. N. S. vol. iv. p. 466. Halsey's 

 Collection, No. 202." (This is 2648 [Henshaw], Conosoma crassum Grav.) 



Page 70. "8. Elater militaris. Plate I, fig. 1. 



"Black; eljira whitish, outer edge and elongated sutural spot behind black. 



"Length 30 hundredths of an inch. 



"Halsey's Collection, No. 58. 



"Body black. Clj^peus moderate, depressed, rounded at tip. Antennae 

 piceous, not much longer than the thorax, not very robust; second and third 

 joints obconical, nearly globular, much smaller than either of the succeeding 

 ones; the second rather shorter and thicker than the third; the fourth and 

 remaining joints to the last triangular, and equal; terminal joint regularly oval. 

 Thorax short, and with the head minutely punctured, polished, black; hairs 



