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A RFA'IKVV OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SRECII-:S OE N'OTIO- 
ITIIEUS. 
IIV H. C. FALL, PASADENA, CAL. 
Afr. Hayward's recent ai ticle ( Psyclie, ( Nt., 1905 ) on the secondary sexu- 
al characters of Notiophilns, recalls a short study of this jrenus made by the 
writer some seven or eight years ago, which, having progressed to the point 
of jireparing a preliminary table of species, was dro])ped for other work. Since 
the publication of Mr. Hayward's note, the old data have been resurrected, 
some further investigation made, and the results are offered as of possible in- 
terest to students of our Colcoptera. 
In completing the |)resent review I have been very greatly aided by Mr. 
I'rcderick lllanchard, who has not only made a most thorough study of the Ee 
Conte Collection, fi.xing the status of the earlier types of this author, hut also an 
e.xaniination of the collections of Mclsheimer. Harris ;md Ziegler, where were 
found imdouhtedly authentic e.xponcnts of Say's sciiiistriatus. a s])ccies which 
Le Conte himself failed to pro])crly interi)rct. The results of .Mr. lllaudiard's 
observations are embodied in the synonymy which follows, and to him belongs 
almost the entire credit for this very considerable ])ortion of the work. While 
no effort has been made to obtain material from many sources, special series 
have been sent by Messrs. Leng, Wickham, Knaus and ISlaisilell, to all of 
whom my sincere thanks are due. 
The genus Notio])hilus is widely dispersed throughout the North Temper- 
ate Zone and occurs in almost every portion of our territory, though eviucing 
a somewhat marked j)refcrence for hilly and mountainous regions, .\lthough 
of small size, the peculiar and ])leasing form and sculpture of these insects has 
made them favorites with collectors, yet it is a fact that aside from ncih'its, 
soiiiol'acus and i)erhaps sylraticus , — all strongly marked forms — our native 
Notiophili are sure to be found more t>r less confused in nearly all collections. 
