COLEOPTERA OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE. IX - 



Tropisternus nimbatus Say. In sloughs, July. Canada 

 to Georgia, west to Colorado and New Mexico. 



T. ellipticus Lee. With the preceding. Not common. 

 Also inhabits the Rio Grande valley of New Mexico, extend- 

 ing into California. 



Berosus miles Lee. Not uncommon in sloughs. Origin- 

 ally described from Ringgold Barracks, some distance above 

 Brownsville, on the Rio Grande. Recorded from Arizona and 

 Baja California. 



B. enfuscatus Lee. Found in July. Extends across the 

 southern part of the country, through all the Gulf States to 

 California. Included in Townsend's collections. 



B, striatus Saw Common with the foregoing. An abun- 

 dant species from Canada to New Jersey, and west to Colorado. 



Philydrus nebulosus Say. Not uncommon through June 

 and July. Abundant from Canada to Arizona and California. 



Creniphilus subcupreus Sav. Abundant. Of very wide 

 distribution. 



Cercyon variegatus Sharp. Occasionally found in dung, 

 throughout July. New Orleans and Morgan City, Louisiana, 

 Columbus. Texas; through Mexico to Nicaragua. 



C. pyg.m.-eus 111. June and July, in same places as the pre- 

 ceding. Europe, Asia. Africa: Canada to Maryland, west to 

 Iowa. 



C. xigriceps Marsh. In dung, June and July. Found over 

 most of the Eastern Hemisphere, while in this country it is 

 known from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, west to Louisiana 

 and Indiana. A record is also in existence from Los Angeles, 

 California. 



