548 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PEIBILOF ISLANDS. 



I. COLEOPTBRA.- 



Family CARABIDAE. 



CarabUB trtincatioollis Eschscholtz. 



Numerous specimens collected by Messrs, Elliott and Palmer on St. Paul in 1890 

 and also by Mr. Barrett-Hamilton on St. Paul in 1896. Mr. Elliott says of this beetle : 

 "The famous green and gold Carabus is exceedingly common, crawling everywhere," 

 but fails to record the food habits. The species is known from the Yukon River, 

 "Sierra Nevada," and Kamchatka and eastern Siberia. The specimens from St. Paul 

 show great variation in sculpture and cplor. 

 Nebiia bifaria Mannh. (earionaria Mannh.). 



Originally described from St. Paul. Two specimens were also found there by 

 P. W. True and D. W. Prentiss, jr., and by Mr, Barrett-Hamilton. It is known to 

 occur in Kamchatka and at St. Michael, Alaska, 



Pelophila eschscholtKii Mannh. , 



One specimen collected by True and Prentiss, Originally described from Una- 

 laska; the species is also known from Methy, H. B. T. 

 Patrobus fieptentrionis Deg. 



Six specimens from St. George Island collected by True and Prentiss and one 

 specimen from St. Paul collected by Barrett-Hamilton. A circumpolar species, 

 occurring also on the Alps of Europe and in the Eocky Mountains of North America. 

 Pterostiohus (Pseudocryobius) pinguediueus Eschscholtz. 



Originally described from St. Paul Island ; also known from the Aleutian Islands, 

 Kadiak, and Sitka, 



Pterostiohus (Pseudocryobius) hyperboreus Mannh. 



Hitherto recorded only from St, George Island. 

 Pterostiohus (Pseudocryobius) similis Mannh. 



Described from St. George Island; known also from St. Stephens, 

 Pterostiohus (Pseudocryobius) quadricollis Mannh. 



Described from St. George Island; occurs also in St. Lawrence Bay (Peninsula of 

 Tschutsk), 

 Pterostiohus (Pseudocryobius) empetricola Dej. 



Eight specimens from St. Paul Island, collected by Barrett- Hamilton, and one 

 specimen from St. George (True and Prentiss). Widely distributed in Alaska, Hud- 

 son Bay territory, Kamchatka, and Siberia. 



Pterostiohus (Pseudocryobius) veutricosus Eschscholtz. 



One specimen from St. Paul Island (Barrett-Hamilton) and two specimens from 

 St. George (True and Prentiss) ; also known from Unalaska and Sitka. 



Amara hyperborea Dej . 



Collected by Wosuessenski on St. Paul Island, Widely distributed in bqreal 

 America and boreal Asia, 



' Determined by Mr. M. L. Linell. 



