l66 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. Ill 



Material used in study of the group. — L. anceps LeConte : Exami- 

 nation was restricted to lo larvae collected at Maxfield, Maine. These 

 were provisionally identified by Dr. A. G. Boving, Washington, D. C, 

 as Limonius anceps LeConte. (U.S.N.M.) 



L. calif ornicus (Mannerheim) : Only four larvae were examined. 

 These were reared from eggs secured from adults collected at Walla 

 Walla, Wash., by M. C. Lane, and identified by him. (U.S.N.M.) 

 These larvae were found to be identical to the larvae of L. canus 

 LeConte, an error in labeling being the most plausible explanation. 

 Consequently, the key characteristics of L. calif ornicus larvae were 

 taken from Lanchester (see footnote, p. 164). 



L. canus LeConte : Examination was restricted to four larvae reared 

 from eggs secured from adults collected at Walla Walla, Wash., by 

 M. C. Lane and identified by him. (U.S.N.M.) 



L. duhitans LeConte: Six larvae were studied. These were col- 

 lected from Cornwells, Bucks County, Pa., by C. A. Thomas. Mr. 

 Thomas has reared this larval type and he identified the larval material 

 used as L. agonus Say. In a personal communication, Mr. Thomas 

 informed the writer that the species previously identified as L. agonus 

 Say is now regarded as being L. duhitans LeConte. (U.S.N.M.) 



L. ectypus (Say) ( ?) : Ten larvae collected at Chatham, Ontario, 

 were examined. These specimens were taken from cultivated fields 

 where adults of this species were very abundant, but identification 

 was not confirmed by rearing. (C.N.C.) 



Limonius sp., near ectypus (Say) : Twelve examples, including 

 the larval exuvium of one reared specimen, were studied. These speci- 

 mens were collected from Souris, Manitoba (9), Taber, Alberta (2), 

 and Radisson, Saskatchewan (i). W. J. Brown identified the reared 

 adult. Material associated through rearing is listed below. 



6; Souris, Manitoba; June 8, 1938; i reared to adult Aug. 16, 1938; H. W. 

 Moore. (C.N.C.) 



L. occidentalis Candeze ( ?) : Three larvae were examined. These 

 were in the same vial as five adults, all from Toppenish, Wash. As 

 far as is known the identification was made on the basis of field asso- 

 ciation of larvae and adults. (U.S.N.M.) 



L. suhauratus LeConte: Four larvae from Spokane, Wash., were 

 studied. These were taken from the Hagerstown, Md., collection and 

 were labeled, "Web. No. 4675." Ledger records stated that two larvae 

 bearing this number had been reared and their adults identified by 

 J. A. Hyslop as Pheletes suhauratus LeConte. However, neither the 

 larval exuviae nor the reared adults could be found. (U.S.N.M.) 



