62 BULLETIN 417, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1799 Geoffroy, E. L. Histoire Abregee des Insectes, t. 1, 556 p., 10 pi. Paris. 



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

 list it under Carabus. 



1801. Fabricius, J. C. Systema Eleutheratoram, 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. Latreille, P. A. Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Crustacea 

 et 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., and Spence, W. An Introduction to Entomology. 

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



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

 Ground-beetles Indigenous to the British Isles, xx-f 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 Metamorphosi Eleutheratorum Observationes, Bidrag til 

 Insekternes Udviklingshistoire. In Naturlh. Tidskr., ser. 3, v. 4, p. 415-552, 

 pi. 12-22. 



Pages 482-483. Includes full description of larva, and a note of its habitat. This is the first de- 

 scription of the larva so far as known. 



1905-1907. Houlbert, C, et Monnot, E. Coleopteres, Carabides. In Trav. 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, grooved transversely, punctures impressed, cop- 

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

 tibiae curved. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



This insect is represented in collections from Alabama, Arkansas, 

 Calif ornia, 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 known 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 living specimens of Calosoma sayi were 

 received : 



