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160 PSYCHE. [October 1891..
in length, and began to spin cocoons.
They spun first a slight net, and cov-
ered it with their long hairs laid on
lengthwise and lying smooth and
flat. Through this net they pushed
their short hairs at right angles, or
nearly so, with the surface, so that
these hairs stood up as if growing on
the cocoons, and gave them a rough
s~irface-like that of a head whose hair
has been cut very short, but not shaved. The cocoons varied in length from 3
inch to I+ inches. They were of a
regular ovoid shape, and of a gray
color from the black and
white hairs of
the larvae. Some were spun on the
side of the tin, some on the cloth over
the top of the tin, and more on the
under side of the leaves, though with
no attempt to draw the leaf over the
cocoon.
The hickory trees were so defoliated
by these larvae this year, that I de-
stroyed all but twenty of my brood, as
soon I was sure what they were. Of
the twenty none died.
Aug. 20.
The pupa cast the larva-
skin.
Pea. 8 inch long, smooth, stout, larger
around the abdomen than around the thorax; with eyes and antennae well marked. Its
color was bright tan. There was no anal hook. A LIST OF SOME OF THE CATALOGUES AND LOCAL LISTS OF NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.-I (A,-G.).
BY JOHN HAMILTON AND SAMUEL HENSHAW.
In studying the distribution of certain
of our species of Coleoptera it has been necessary to go over a considerable part of the American literature ; when so do- ing a memorandum of all lists and cata-
logues was made and is now published
as an aid to others engaged in similar
studies.
Some of the lists contain so few
We make no comments on the cor-
rectness of the identifications- in the
various lists. The student can form his
own estimate of them.
All lists here quoted have been per-
sonally examined
unless noted to the
contrary.
Notice of any omission will be very
welcome.
species as at first sight to appear un-
worthy of
note, but frequently they
I Anon. List of Coleoptera [of Canada].
n.p., 1867, 12 p.
include some of the most interesting and up species are listed. valuable records ; in fact the value of a 2 Austin, E. P. Catalogue of the Coleop- local catalogue is often to be estimated tera of Mt- Washington, N, H.
(Proc. Bast.
soc. nat. hist., 1874, v. 16, p. 265-276.) not SO much by the number of species
221 determined and 13 undetermined species are contained as by the geographical position listed; new species are described by Leconte. 3 Austin, E. P. Supplement to the check
the locality
and the accuracy of
list of the Coleoptera of America, north of the determinations. Mexico. Boston, 1880, 4 + 67 p.



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October 1891.1 PSYCHE, 161
1520 species are added to the list raising the number to 8 70; many corrections in synonymy are made; in- c l u all species described till July 1880. 4 Beadle, D. W. List of coleopterous in- sects.
Collected in the county of Lincoln,
C. W. (Can. nat. and geol., 1861, v. 6 p. 383-387.)
172 species are listed; some few are not fully identi- fied; the collector was indebted to Dr. Leconte for the names of the species.
5 Belfrage, G. W. Price list of Texan
Coleoptera. (Psyche advertiser, 1876, v. I, 6 P.)
467 species and varieties are listed.
6 Bell, James T. Collection notes for 1880. (Can. ent., 1881, v. 13, p. 58-60.)
29 determined species of Coleoptera, 17 of which are new to the list ofthe Ent. soc. Ontario, areenumerated; undetermined species are noted; all were taken at eleville, Ont., in moss from March I to May 24. 7 Bell, J. T. List of Staphylinidae taken at Belleville, Ont.
(Can. ent., 1885, v. 17, p.
49-50.)
66 determined species are listed; about 25 others are indicated.
8 Bell, Robert, Jr. Catalogue of animals and plants collected and observed on the south-east side of the St. Lawrence from Quebec to Gasp6 and in the counties of
Rimouski, Gasp4 and Bonaventure. (Rep.
progr. Can. geol. surv., 1858, 1859, p. 243- 349.)
69 determined and 4 undetermined species of Cole- optera are listed on p. 247-249, The species were iden- tified by Dr. Leconie.
g Blanchard, Frederick. A list of the
Buprestidae of New England. (Entom.
amer., 1889, v. 5, p. 29-32.)
,
62 species are listed with notes of capture and food habits.
10 Bland, James H. B. Catalogue of the
longicorn Coleoptei-a taken in the vicinity of Philadelphia. (Pi-oc. ent. soc. Phil., 1861, V. I, p. 93-101.) .
A list of 128 species with notes on occurrence and abundance.
11 Brodie, W. List of Coleoptera col-
lected by Mr. Bruce Bailey in Kicking Horse Pass, Rocky Mountains, C. P. R., 1884. (Proc. Can. inst. Toronto, 1888, ser. 3, v.5, p. 213- 215.) Separate : 3 p.
So determined and 5 undetermined species are listed. 12 Brodie, W. and White, J. E. Check
list of insects of the Dominion of Canada. Toronto, 1883, 67 p.
2490 species of Coleoptera are enumerated on p. 23-49. 13 Carpenter, W. L. Report on the alpine insect fauna of Colorado, (Rep. U. S. geol, surv., [Hayden's 7th rep.], 1874, p. 539-542.) 16 species of Coleoptera are listed.
14 Carpenter, W. L. Report on the alpine insect fauna of Colorado and New Mexico, sea- son of 1875. (Annual rep. chief engineers for 1876, 1876, pt. 3, p. 521-525.) (Appendix JJ annual rep. chief engineers for 1876, 1876, p. 301-305.)
29 species of Coleoptera are listed.
15 Cockerell, T. D. A. Notes on the in-
sect fauna of high altitudes in Custer county, Colorado. (Can. ent., 1890, v. 22, p. 37-39; 55-60; 76.1
29 species of Coleoptera are listed; a few are not fully identified.
16 Couper, William. List of Coleoptera
and Diptera taken at Quebec and other parts of Lower Canada.
(Trans. lit. and hist. soc.
Quebec, 1864, n.s., pt. 2, p. 75-93.)
159 species of Coleoptera are listed, place and time of occurrence given; some are not fully identified. 17 Couper, William.
List of Coleoptera
taken at Quebec and other parts of Lower Canada. (Trans. lit. and hist. soc. Quebec, 1865, n.s., pt. 3, p. 27-36.)
114 species are listed; a few notes are added. 18 Couper, William. Anticosti Coleoptera collected on the island in 1873. (Can. ent., 1874, v. 6, p. 137-138.)
49 determined and 4 undetermined species are listed- 19 Couper, William. Coleoptera found in
the province of Quebec. (Can. sportsman
and nat. 1882, v. 2 :
; 1883, v. 3 :
.)
Not seen; 1012 species are listed.
20 Cresson, E. T. Catalogue of the Ci-
cindelidae of North America. (Proc. ent. soc. Phil., 1861, v. I, p. 7-20.)
I IS species are listed ; includes Mexico and the West Indies.
21 Crotch, G. R. Check list of the Co-
leoptera of America, north of Mexico. Salem, Mass., 1873, 136 p.
74-50 species are numbered, not including varieties : includes all species described till Sept. 30, 1873. 22 Doran, Edwin W.
Catalogue of the in-
sects of Tennessee.
Not seen.
23 D'Urban, W. S. M. Catalogue of Co-
leoptera collected by Mr. Robert Bell, 1858. (Can. nat. and geol., 1859, v. 4, p. 242-244.)



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[October 1891,
A list of 73 species collected chiefly on the south- east side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between Quebec and Gasp&; the species were identified by Dr. J. L. Leconte.
24 D'Urban, W. S. M. A systematic list
of Coleoptera found in the vicinity of Mon- treal. (Can. nat. and geol., 1859, v. 4, p. 307- 320 : 494-4964
298 species are listed; some are not fully identified; nearly all were named bv Dr. J. L. Leconte; a list of g species taken at Sore1 but not yet met with near Mon- treal is appended.
25 D'Urban, W. S. M. Catalogue of ani-
mals and plants collected and observed in the valley of the river' Rouge and the neighbor- ing townships in the counties of Argenteuil and Ottawa. (Rep. progr. Can. geol. surv., 1858, 1859; p. 226-243.) (Can. nat. and geol., 1860, v. 5, p. 81-86.)
gg determined species of Coleoptera are listed on p. 233-337) several undetermined species are indicated and 34 species from L'Orignal and Grenville are enu- merated on p. 237.
26 D'Urban, W. S. M. Catalogue of Co-
leoptera collected by George Barnston, Esq., of the Hon. Hudson's Bay Company, in the Hudson's Bay Territories. (Can. nat. and geol., 1860, v. 5, p. 227-229.)
88 species are listed; a few are not fully identified; Dr. 1. L. Leconte furnished the list.
27 Dury, Charles. List of the Coleoptera observed in the vicinity of Cincinnati. (Journ. Cinc. soc. nat. hist., 1879, v. 2, p. 162-178.) Separate : 17 p.
1443 species and varieties are listed.
28 Dury, Charles. Coleoptera of the vicin- ity of Cincinnati. (Journ. Cinc. soc. nat. hist., 1882, v. 5, p. 218-220)
167 species are added to the list.
29 Dury, Charles. Notes on Coleoptera,
with additions to the list of the Coleoptera of Cincinnati. (Journ. Cinc. soc. nat. hist., 1884, v. 7, p. 91-92.)
12 species are added.
30 Fay, H. T. On winter collecting. (Proc. ent. soc. Phil., 1862, v, I, p. 194-198.) 12 species of Coleoptera are listed taken in the vicin- ity o?columbus, Ohio, during the winter months. 31 Fletcher, James.
List of diurnal Lepi-
doptera and Coleoptera. (Rep. progr. Can. geol. surv., 1887-88, 1889, p. 75 J.)
21 species of Coleoptera taken on the south coast and. islands of James Bay are listed.
32 Gardiner, F. Jr. Coleoptera of the
white Mountains.
(Psyche, 1879, v. 2, p.
211-213.) Separate : 3 p.
89 species are listed with localities and altitudes. ON THE SPECIFIC DISTINCTNESS OF HALISIDOTA HARRISII, WITH NOTES ON THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF THE SPECIES OF HALISIDOTA INHABITING NEW YORK.
BY HARRISON G* DYAR, YOSEMITE, CAL.
As is well known, two kinds of Hal-
isidota larvae inhabit the Atlantic states, differing only in color and in their food plants. Both were noticed by Harris,
and the form with black hair pencils
was figured by Smith and Abbot as H.
tesseZlaris. In 1863, Walsh separated
the forms as distinct species, indistin- guishable in the imago, and gave the
name H. harrisii* to the form with
*At first he gave the name antiphola to the form with black hair pencils, Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist., IX, 288, but subsequently corrected this. Proc. ent. soc. ~hil.; 111,413, 430-
orange hair pencils that is found on the sycamore. In Grote's list of 1882, har-
risii is given as a dimorphic larval
*
variety of H. tesseZZaris, and so it has been considered. However, it seems to
be a fact that harrisii occurs only on the sycamore and tessellaris neJer on that
tree, so that if the former is a variety of the latter, the variation must be due to the influence of the food-plant ; but I
have recently observed that the larvae
differ in their first stage, and it is hardly to be supposed that the food-plant would



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