SUPPLENIKNT TO PSVCHE— II, 



LIST OF MT. WASHINGTON COLEOPTERA. 



BV F. C. BOWDITCH, BROOKLIN'E, MASS. 



A numl.ier of lists of Coleoptera from 

 this region have been pul)lished from 

 time to time, and rather than add 

 another, it seemed best to make a 

 consolidation, complete through 1S95 ; 

 a few species mentioned in former lists 

 with a query, (probably included herein 

 under other names) and one or two 

 species believed to have been incoiiectlv 

 determined, have been omitted. 



Mr. Frederick Blanchard has added 

 man\- species, and given much time, 

 and Mr. Samuel Henshaw has verv 

 kindlv done the same, and the size of 

 the list is larj^ely due to their efforts. 

 Cryptobium latchricola Nord. and 

 j\Iic)-oclytus gazeUula Hald., ai'e in- 

 serted as species at the suggestion of 

 Mr. Blanchard. 



Borne by the wind, species from the 

 adjacent countrv are carried over the 

 mountain, and are collected in great 

 numbers on the Summit, so that a gen- 

 eral list of Summit captures inchules 

 not only the strictly Arctic fauna, but 

 ver\' many chance visitors. 



A warm day with a south wind, pro- 

 duces a wonderful crop of beetles on 

 tlie Summit ; the air is filled with them ; 



the white paiiitcil hotel is a great 

 attraction for many, and the collector is 

 kept busy merely looking over the walls 

 of the buildings; these flights seem 

 worthy of close studv, i. e., direction, 

 dLU'ation, times, etc., as indicating 

 what goes on all over the countrv in a 

 greater or less degree ; here the moun- 

 tain enables us to be in the midst of tlie 

 flight and get an idea of the extent of the 

 migration or moving about of species. 



Earlv in the season is much the best 

 time for collecting, as the cold weather 

 comes very earlv, and towards the end 

 of Jul V many species have disappeared ; 

 one of the most interesting large species 

 listed last summer was the lirown va- 

 rietv of Agabus tristis Aube. taken 

 ordinarilv in Alaska and high Colorado. 

 Future collecting will doubtless add 

 manv small alpine species, and the 

 "Lakes of the Clouds" need careful 

 dredging early in the season, to show 

 their best array of water beetles. 



It is hoped the list will serve as a 

 basis for future collectors to attempt a 

 list of the whole White Mountain region, 

 as well as a convenience to collectors 

 on Mt. ^Vashington itself. 



