62 BULLETIN 41*7, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1799 Geoffrot, E. L. Histotre Abregee des Insectes, t. 1, 556 p., 10 pi. Paris. 



Page 145, No. 6. The species is here described iinder the genus Buprestis. All previous references 

 list it under Carabus. 



1801. Fabeicixjs, J. C. Systema Eleutheratomm, t. 1, 506 p. Kiel. 



Page 212, No. 7. The species is here placed in the genus Calosoma for the first time after the estab- 

 lishment of the new genus by Weber. 



1802. Marsham. T. Entomologia Britannica, t. 1, 547 p. 



Page 448, No. 40. Described and listed as Buprestis sycophanta minor. " Habitat in forests, army 

 of insects running over green twigs by night." 



1804. Latreelle, P. A. Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Crustaces 

 6t des Insectes, t. 8. 411 p. 

 Page 299. This author again places the species in the genus Calosoma where it has remained since 

 that date. "It is found in the vicinity of Paris, but is less common than Calosoma sycophanta." . 



1810. Gyllenhal, Leonardo. Insecta Svecica, t. 1, pt. 2, 660 p. Scaris. 



Page 50, No. 2. Long description of species with references and notes as to habitat. "Habitat in 

 shady gardens, forests, under stones, and here and there under fallen leaves." 



1826. DeJean, le Comte. Species General des Coleopteres, t. 2. 501 p. 



Description, comparing this species with C. sycophanta; also some notes on a variety of C. inquisitor, 

 C. cupreum. 



1846. KiRBY, W., A^fD Spence, W. An Introduction to Entomolog>-. 

 Page 454. Recorded as a pursuer and enemy of Brachinus crepitans. 



1854. Dawson, J. F. Geodepliaga Britannica. A Monograph of the Carnivorous 

 Ground-beetles Indigenous to the British Isles. xx-|-224 p., 3 pi. London. 

 Page 42. Description with notes on its occurrence in localities of Britain. 



1865-1866. Harris, J. T. Calosoma inquisitor near Burton-on-Trent. In Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., V. 2, p. 64; same in Entomologist, v. 2, p. 321. 



1867. ScHiODTE, J. C. De iletamorphosi Eleutheratorum Observationes, Bidrag til 

 Insekternes Ud^dklingshistoire. In Naturlh. Tidskr., ser. 3, v. 4, p. 415-^52, 

 pi. 12-22. 

 Pages 4S2-4S.3. Includes full description of larva, and a note of its habitat. This is the first de- 

 scription of the larva so far as knowTi. 



1905-1907. HouLBERT. C, et Monnot, E. Coleopteres, Carabides. In TraA-. Sci. 

 Univ. Rennes, Fauna Ent. Americaine, t. 1, pt. 2, p. 289-379, fig. 68-145. 

 Page 291. Includes figure and description of the species, also many localities in France where it 

 has been reported. 



CALOSOMA SAYI Dej. 



(Syn.: Calosoma armatum Lap.) 



ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. 



[Translation.] 



Length 25 mm. Eastern and Southern States. Obscurely coppery above; elytra 

 crenately striate; interstices equal, gi'ooved transversely, punctm'es impressed, cop- 

 pery-gold and longer than wide, raised, somewhat smooth, in triple row; intermediate 

 tibiae cui'ved. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Tills insect is represented in collections from Alabama, Arkansas, 

 California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kan- 

 sas, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North 

 Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, 

 and Virginia. It is also kno^vn to occur in Mexico. 



COLLECTIONS AND SHIPMENTS. 



Through the efforts of Prof. C. E. Sanborn, Stillwater, Okla., Mr. 

 H. P. Loding, Mobile, Ala., and Mr. H. S. Barber of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, the following Hving specimens of Calosoma sayi were 

 received : 



