IO ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '06 



Determinations of Some Texas Coleoptera 

 With Records. 



By Elbert S. Tucker. 



Museum Assistant in Systematic Entomology University 

 of Kansas, Lawrence. 



On account of personal interest in the insect fauna of Texas, 

 due to a collecting trip to Galveston, in May, 1903, as a mem- 

 ber of a party under direction of Dr. F. H. Snow, for the Uni- 

 versity of Kansas, the writer recently agreed to name some 

 beetles belonging to the Agricultural and Mechanical College 

 of Texas, at College Station, Brazos County, at the request of 

 Mr. A. F. Conradi, the Acting State Entomologist. Mr. Con- 

 radi proposed as an inducement for the work that a list of 

 determinations would be helpful in making up a general list of 

 the Coleoptera of Texas, and the names and records herewith 

 show the results of study of the specimens which he supplied. 

 All determinations were personally made by comparison with 

 named specimens in the collection of beetles of the University 

 of Kansas and with the aid of literature, except for that por- 

 tion of the list where special credit is given to authorities to 

 whom the specimens were submitted in cases of uncertainty. 

 With the exception of Balaninus victoriejisis Chitt. , all of the 

 beetles were collected in Texas, mostly at the Agricultural and 

 Mechanical College, to which institution they have been 

 returned, less a few duplicates retained by kind permission. 



The arrangement follows Henshaw's check list by numbers 



when given. 



Family CICINDELID^E. 



19a. Cicindela scutellaris Say, var. unicolor Dejean. Wellborn, Bra- 

 zos River, March 22, 1904. 

 32. Cicindela vulgaris Say. Wellborn, Brazos River, March 22, 1904. 



Family CARABID^E. 



184. Calosoma lugubre LeConte. College Station. 



220. Scariles sublerraneus Fabricius. College Station, March 31, 

 1904. 



387. Bembidium variegatum Say. College Station, May 9, 1903. 



617. Evarthrus heros Say. Comanche, March 17, 1904. 



847a. Casnonia pennsylvanica Linnaeus, variety suturalisQ\\?L\\dLO\x. Col- 

 lege Station, January 30, 1903 ; Buffalo Springs, May 5, 1903. 



