NOTES ON CLERID^ FROM NORTH AND CENTRAL 

 AMERICA. 



H. F. WiCKHAM AND A. B. WOLCOTT 



The following paper is, in effect, a catalogue of the species of 

 this family contained in the collection of the senior author and is 

 intended as a contribution to the exact knowledge of the distri- 

 bution of the Cleridfe on the North American continent. A few 

 biological notes, based on field experience, are added, which may 

 be of service as indicating where these insects are to be sought 

 or expected, and the dates of occurrence should also be of some 

 value. Because of the numerous types contained in the collec- 

 tion, it has been thought best to note their presence for the guid- 

 ance of systematists w^ho, at some future time, may wish to locate 

 them for study. 



All of the exact records, that is to say those referring to lo- 

 calities by city or county, are taken directly from specimens in 

 this collection. Those referring to states alone are inserted to 

 show the general distribution of the species and are furnished 

 by the junior author from notes gathered from the literature 

 and from the study of specimens in his own collections or those 

 sent him for examination. It has not seemed advisable to take up 

 the space w^hich would be required in the citation of the original 

 collector for every specimen catalogued in the body of the work, 

 but the following list of the principal contributors and the locali- 

 ties noted for the Clerid^e coming from them will serve the pur- 

 pose. 



Chas. Liebeck, Philadelphia, and the nearby parts of New Jer- 

 sey; George Ehrmann, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; G. W. 

 Caffrey, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ; Chas. Dury, Cincinnati, Ohio; 

 Frederick Knab, Chicopee, West Springfield and Mt. Tom, Mas- 

 sachusetts ; Fred. C. Bowditch, Brookline and Marion, Massachus- 

 etts; Clarence M. Weed, Durham, New Hampshire; S. A. Shaw, 

 Hampton, New Hampshire ; Percy G. Bolster, Mt. Katahdin and 

 Old Orchard. ]\Iaine ; W. H. Harrington, Ottawa, Ontario ; R. J. 

 Crew, Toronto, Ontario ; John D. Evans, Sudbury, Ontario ; Wm. 



