/ 



Sai/^s Descriptions^ ^c. 151 



fortunately, no person has thought proper to follow 

 up the observations of DeGeer upon the subcutaneous 

 larvae of the European alder and elm^ and consequently 

 the history of these interesting insects remains imperfect. 



1/ 



ART. X— DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW NORTH AMERICAN 

 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS, AND OBSERVATIONS ON 

 SOxME ALREADY DESCRIBED. By Thomas Sav. Com- 

 municated Feb. 1835. 



In this number, we present to our readers a part of the 

 hitherto unpuhhshed entomological papers of the late 

 Thomas Say. This distinguished and lamented Ameri- 

 can naturalist was engaged in preparing them for pub- 

 rication in the Boston Journal of Natural History, when 

 his labors were prematurely arrested by the disease 

 which proved fatal to him, on the tenth of October 1834. 

 In justice to his memory, it becomes our duty, without 

 delay, to publish these posthumous papers, and thereby 

 to secure to his ^ames, as far as possible, the right of 



priority. 



These papers consist of descriptions of new American 



Coleopterous and Hymenopterous insects, and remarks 



upon some already described. The Hymenoptera will 



appear in our next number. (Pub. Com.) 



Brachinus, Weber. 



altemans 7 Dej. A specimen occurred near New 



compare 



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