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LOCAL ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Members of the New York Kntomolojfical Society and all otlieis, are soliciteil 

 to contribute to this column, their raie captuies, local lists and other items of 

 interest relating to the insect fauna of New York city and vicinity. 



LIST OF THE COLEOPTERA OF NORTH 

 EASTERN AMERICA, 



WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FAUNA OF NEW 

 YORK CITY AND VICINITY. 



1)V Cii \ Ri.Ks W. I, km; ami WM. lii-.f ri-.N.Mn.i.KR. 



(I'O.MIM ID IkoM I'Ai;!-. 1 46). 



I lAi.ii' 1,11 ).]•:. 



11 Ai.ii'i.rs I.atr. 



H. fasciatus . ////'c-.^Konnd near N. Y. C'itv ami all Middle ami Western 

 States. 



H. punctatus Aiil<,\ — lound near N. \'. (iiy and all Mitidle and Western 

 States. 



H. triopsis Say. — Taken near N. ^■. City and all Midilleaml Western Stales, 

 Canatla. 



H. ruficollis Df G. — Found near N. Y. City antl all Midiile aiul Western 

 States, Canada ami westward (also Kiuopel. 



H. longulus I.ec. — Taken in this vicinitw Mass., Lake Superior (also 

 Wyoming). 



H. cribrarius Z<v. — Not found neai N. Y. City. Occurs in \erniont, I, .ike 

 Superior ami Can. (also Dakota). 



H. borealis I.ec. — Michij^an (Hubbard & Schwarz). 



CXKMIDOTIS /'-'/•. 



C. 12 punctatus Say. — Near N. Y. City and all Middle and Western States, 

 Canada. 



C. edentulus Lei. — Near N. Y. City ami all Mieldle and Western States. ' 

 C. iiiuticus Lii . — Middle and \Yestern States. 



I )\' I IM'ID.K. 



All the Dytiscidiv are water beetles, swimming freely and occur in poniis large 

 and small. The also fly well and thus are taken at electric lights anil on glass 

 roofs, stunned by falling upon theni in mistake for water. 



Can" 1 iiVDKi s Sluirp. 



C. bicolor .S'fM'. — Rare near N. \. (iiy. Occurs abundantly further south. 

 Conn., N. j.. I'a.. (also \'a., (la., I'la.). 



