PSYCHE. 



CONTRIBUTION TO A LIST OF THE COLEOPTERA OF THE 

 LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 



BV TYLER TOWXSEND, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The coleoptera, embracing i6i spe- 

 cies, which appear in this list were all, 

 with 9 designated exceptions, collected 

 by the writer in the vicinity of Constan- 

 tine, Saint Joseph county, Michigan, 

 and form additions to the species given 

 by Hubbard and Schwarz in their "Con- 

 tribution to a list of the coleoptera of the 

 lower peninsula of Michigan" (Proc. 

 Amer. philos. soc, 187S, v. 17, p. 

 643-666). The exceptions to the local- 

 ity of Constantine referred to consist 

 of 9 species which have been recorded 

 elsewhere in the lower peninsula but 

 are not included in the H. & S. list ; 

 and the localities of these, whether gen- 

 eral or special, are appended, the au- 

 thorities for the same appearing after 

 them in brackets. 



For aid in the matter of determina- 

 tions the writer is indebted to Dr. C. V. 

 Riley, Mr. E. A. Schwarz of the De- 

 partment of agriculture, and Mr. M. L. 

 Linell of the National museum ; also to 

 Dr. G. H. Horn of Philadelphia, who 

 kindly determined a portion of the spec- 

 ies several years ago. A very large 

 number of the coleoptera recorded by 

 Hubbard and Schwarz as occurrinsf in 



the lower peninsula of Michigan have 

 been locally verified by being collected 

 in Saint Joseph county, but are omitted 

 from publication, as this simple addition- 

 al list will prove much more useful. The 

 species mentioned here, as well as all 

 those collected in this locality, now form 

 a part of the National museum collection. 

 In several genera, notably oi staphyl- 

 inidae^ unnamed species have been col- 

 lected, but those belonging to genera 

 represented in the H. & S. list are not 

 inserted, unnamed species being desig- 

 nated only in such genera as have no^ 

 been recorded for the fauna, 



CiCINDELIDAE. 



Cicindela 6-guttata F. var. patruela 

 Dej. 

 punctulata F. 



Carabidae. 



Blethisa quadricoUis Hald. 

 Pasimachus elongatus Lee. 

 Myas coracinus Say. 

 Diplochila impressicoUis Dej. 

 Platynus tenuis Lee. 

 Galerita lecontei Dej. 

 Helluomorpha bicolor Harr. 



