on North-American Coleoptera. — 395 
onyms of which I have no doubt, with notes which will en- 
able some of the others to be identified, leaving those that still 
remain uncertain for future investigation. 
The want of all books of reference prevents me from addin 
the bibliography of the species mentioned; but the catalogue 
of Harold and Gemminger will enable the student to supply 
this defect in these notes with but little inconvenience. 
It will be observed with regret that the hastily written and 
very imperfect descriptions of species from British Columbia 
published by Mr. Walker* have in reality added nothing to 
our knowledge of the fauna of that region. Nearly all of his 
Species proved on inspection to be well known to Ameri 
entomologists under other names ; and in several instances, as 
will be seen below, the irrecognizable descriptions have been 
made still more obscure by the reference of the species to ge- 
for the kindness with which, at much sacrifice of time, he 
sought for me, in the vast collections of the British Museum, 
the specimens which I wished to see ; and also to M. A. Sallé, 
whose friendship I had experienced on former occasions, for 
the valuable aid he gave me in obtaining access to the collec- 
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tions in 
I. Types or Mz. Kirsy (British Museum). 
1. Cicindela obliquata, Kirby, seems to be a peculiar race 
o , Say (obliquata, Dej.); the markings are a little 
broader than usual, and the median band is dilated on the 
margin of the elytra. I do not think these differences specific, 
* í The Naturalist in British Columbia, by John Keast Lord : London, 
1866, vol. ii. Appendix. : : 
T Fauna Boreali-Americana, vol. iv. 
