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PSYCH&
MANUSCRIPT NOTES BY THE LATE T. W. HARRIS ON SAY'S INSECTS AND
VOLUME I1 OF COMPLETE WRITINGS.
P. 24. Descriptions of" the Myria-
podae.
[An issue of this paper with
title page as follows : " Descriptions of the Myriapodae of the United States.
By Thomas Say. Read November 2 st,
1820. J. Harding, printer. 1821,'' 14
pp. without pagination, 8', does not
seem to have been seen by Dr. Le
Conte. It is in the library of the Bos-
ton society of natural history.]
P. 52. Berisfusdiarsis, line I ; after
black, add : or dark green.
P. 53. Pangonia incisuralis. P. incisa
Wied.
P. 103. &.$)restis 6-guttata, Preoc-
cupied ; sexsignata Say [Say's hand-
writing.]
P. I 04. Buprestis gib/;icoI/is. Also
preoccupied ; diserta Say [Say's hand-
writing.]
P. 104. Suprestis Ovraftz~/ata, line 3 ; add : and Indiana [Say's addition).
P. 1x6. Lycus terminalis. Indiana
[Say's addition].
P. 142. MeloZonfha hirsuta. Closely
resembles quercina, but distinguished
by punctures. Certainly hirticula of
Knoch, Neue Beytr., 79 [cf. reference
to P* 2971.
PAPERS. - 11.
P. 143. M~~Q~Q~&z pi/osIco?hs, line
20.
Tristis Vabr. is placed by SchOn-
herr in the subdivision of Melolontha
corresponding with Megerle's genera
Anomala and Anisoplia ; therefore it
must be nearly or quite generically
distinct from the pilosicollis of Knoch
and Say.
P. 159. Cisiela striceit. Serica [Say's
correction.] This is a different species from the sericea of Say in Long's
Expedition, which has priority; it is
possible that the present species may
be the sulphurea of F.
P. 162. DORTHESIA. This name
belongs to the family of Aphidae and is
so used by Latreille and Leach. I do
not know with what propriety Mr. Say
used it for a coleopterous insect; it is mentioned as coleopterous in Rfegne
animal, iii, 3 13.
P. 173. Curculio acutus. New genus.
Brachystilus Schonh, in litt. ; B. harrisii Schonh. in litt.
P. 190. Sa/erda fakarata, line 3 ;
add : and Massachusetts.
P. 1190. Sajerda- bivittufa. Bifasciata
Melsh.
P. 199. Rhagium frivittatum. Ran-
dall's Lepim vittige~a is hardly more
than a variety of this insect. It is a
Toxotus.




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412 PSYCHE. [October
P. 202. MOLORCHUS. [Corrected to
Malthinus by Say.]
P. 205. Hispa obsolefa, line I ; for
thorax, read elytra.
P. 2 13. Colasflis 10-notala. Maeula-
tus K. in Say's Cabinet.
P. 220. Galeruca coryli, last line ;
add : also on Ulmus.
P. 232. CoccinelZa maZi Allied in
size and markings to C. borealis F., but in that the common basal spot is want-
ing and the spots are arranged 3, 3, I,
the two sutural ones being common.
P. 238. GryZZns bivittatus. We have
one species [Melanoplus funoratus],
similar to the above with vittated elytra and thorax, but it has the posterior
tibiae sanguineous; the female is nearly twice as large as the male.
P. 239. Tridacfylns a//cal/s. [Apiei-
alis in Journ. Aead. Philad.']
P. 260. HISTER, line 3; for entire
or one abbreviated, read : entire or one entire and one abbreviated.
'P. 261. Hister memnonzzis, lines I and
5; "inner " probably error for "outer."
P. 267, line I ; for tarsi, read tibiae. P. 277. Canfharis jaciata. Toothed
nails.
P. 277. CantharisfaraZlela. Toothed
nails.
P. 2 78. Canthayis laticornis. Poste-
rior nails toothed.
P. 278. Cant/laris scitula. Toothed
nails; it varies in having a fuscous spot or line on the thorax, but not so long
a one as in parallels ete.
P. 28 I. Anobizm tenuestriktum. How
P. 285. Necrophorus orlicollis. The
thorax is much more accurately rounded
in the $ than in the J.
P. 297, last line but 6, M. hirticula.
Hirsuta ? [cf. reference to p. 142.1
P. 3 I 2. Anthribus notatus. A. lzgw
bris Oliv.
P. 3 I 5. AtteZab16spubescens. A. rhois ? SchOnh., i, 202.
P. 316. Apian rostrumd. sayi
SchOnh., i, 252.
P. 340. Dma melanocephala. 2. mer-
dzkera F. The specimen sent by T.
W. H. was undoubtedly identical with
the European species. It was given
with other insects by Mrs. Peck and
probably was brought from Europe by
the late Prof. Peck.
P. 343. Helodes trinittafa. It is pro-
portionally broader than the phellandrii of Europe and the vittata (Oliv.) of
Carolina.
P. 435, note. [The copy referred to
is now in the library of the Boston
society of natural history. It was not
received by Dr. Harris till Aug. I,
1826.1
P. 439. Brachinus fumans. B. cyani-
pennis Say, Journ. acad., iii, 143.
P. 45 6. Harftalus pennsy?va~;iciis.
Head proportionally more robust than
in bieolor; thorax not broadest at base, not square.
P.458. Lebiaornata. I,, analis Dej.
P. 459. Lebia hylacis. A misprint,
doubtless, for hylaeus.
P. 461. IIar$alus agricola. A. luc-
tuosus Dej.
does it differ from panicum ?
P. 469. Feronia stgilZata, line 2 of




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octo~er 1899.1 PSYCHE. 413
page, "two . . . punctures." Is this
correct ?; in my specimen, named by
Say, there is only one puncture.
P. 469. Fero7zia pladda. From a
specimen wanting the head and thorax,
in Say's cabinet, it is certain that this is no other than Agonum morosum Dej.,
No. 1090 Harr. Coll.
P. 47 o. .Feronia muta. Omasem $0-
litus H.
P. 47 I; Fermia imfumtata. Jncor-
rectly referred to Awara familiaris by
Dejean. This cannot be an Amara
and certainly not the familiaris, which
has a differently shaped thorax and no
deep punctures on the third elytral
stria, and is much smaller with bronzed
elytra etc. Only one elytron of this
insect remained in Mr. Say's cabinet,
the shoulder formed as in F/eronin, &ens and the marginal punctures are as in
the allied species of Anchomenus, 1316
and 1302 Harr Cab. The marginal
and submarginal striae are not deeper
than the others and there is a regular
series of large punctures on the sub-
marginal stria, not serrated as in Argu- tor. Omaseus, etc. On the whole, I pre-
sume that the impunctata is an Ancho-
menus, if the F. deans and my Nos.
1316 and 1302 belong to the genus.
P. 473. Feronia (tutumna-Jis, line 2 ;
after edge, add: of the thorax. Is a
Harpalus; specimen in Say's Cab.,
and one from Melsheimer.
P. 476. Feronia nutans. Striato-
punctatum Dej. teste Say.
P. 477. Feronia dkora. An Ancho-
menus.
P. 477. Feronia dscens. An Ancho-
menus.
P. 488, 489. Dicaelus purfuratus, D.
violaceus.
These two differ only in size
and from the specimens in Say's cabi-
net are evidently identical, and are
both to be referred to the violaceus of
Dejean.
P. 5 I I. Colymbetes nitidis. From
Say's specimen it is evident that this is only a variety of his obtusatus in which the fenestrate spots are less distinct or obsolete.
P. 521. Descriptions etc. [The title
of the original pamphlet, referred to in Dr. LeConte's note reads: Descriptions
of new species of North American insects etc. A copy, from Dr. Harris' library,
in the Boston society of natural history, enables me to give the following details. It is composed of 84 pp., the first being the title page and the reverse blank.
The title bears date 1829-1833, but the
first sheet after the Correspondence
bears date in ink in Say's writing
"March 17, 1830," and the last pages,
beginning on p. 733 and received by
Dr. Harris from Mrs. Say (after Say's
death) in November, 1834, bear printed
date Aug. I, 1834. The third and
fourth pages are a leaf from the Dis-
seminator*, with, among other matter,
the Correspondence about the cotton
plant insect (see reference above to vol. i p. 369). After this comes the article
proper : ist, four unnumbered pages
Perhaps merely pasted into Dr. Harris's copy, as it is not found ir~ mine.




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414 PSYCHE. [October 1899.
in double columns, marked by Dr.
Harris as received Sept. 28, 1830.
2 4 fourteen pages, the last blank, in
single narrow newspaper columns, evi-
dently the colun~ns of the Disseminato,r, and unnun~bered. 3d, fifty-six ordinary
pages (numbered 18-65, 46-53 - cor-
rected in pencil to 66-73); of these
pp. 18-41, bearing date August 20,
1830, were received by Dr. Harris Aug.
11, 1834; pp. 42-49, Oct. 21, 1831 ;
pp. 50-57, Sept. 24, 1832-Dr. Harris
remarks : " probably no more printed
before Nov. 2, 1832, when the preced-
ing pages were read to the Philoso-
phical Society " ; pp. 58-65, July 2 I,
1833 ? ; pp. 66-73, July 2 I, 1834 - Dr. Harris adds at the end of this: "All
the foregoing seems, by the copies done
up by Mr. Say's orders, to have been
printed before 1834, the last sheet [of
8 pp.] probably in 1833, with the title." 4th, eight ordinary pages in smaller
type, numbered 73&, 74-80, dated in
print Aug. I, 1834 and received by
Harris from Mrs. Say in November.
These last eight pages are not mentioned by Dr. LeConte, and continue the de-
scriptions of species of Elater, species 16-48, found on pp. 603-614 of the
Compl. Writ. Dr. Harris however,
states on his copy that the title page
"was issued to include all that has been printed as far as end of page 65." My
copy contains eight pages more than
that.]
P. 5 28. Clivina quadrimacz~lata, line
5 ; for punctures, read spots.
P. 53 I. Chlaenius ci~cz~mcinctus.
Length over g of an inch - Dissemi-
nator.
P. 593. The footnote is wanting in
the New Harmony pamphlet.
P. 596. Agrihts bilkeatus. " A van-
ety occurs in Indiana, which instead of
having the vitia etc. fulvous, has them
silvery; another variety
has the vitta
obsolete " (omitted by printer).
P. 600. Slater viridipiZis. [viridi-
pennis in the New Harmony pamphlet,
to which Dr. Harris adds : viridipilis
in the oliginal manuscript and in the
Annals Lyceum N. Y., i, 2571.
P. 609. Elate? fenestratus. Cannot
find any description of fenestratus.
P. 61 I. Elater i?zguinatus. The
penultimate joint is not lobed; it is
only oblique and the last one slender,
which gives the semblance of a lobe.
P. 660. Oedema apicalis. [Apicialis
in the first Barabino pamphlet].
P. 67 I.
Scymnus fermi~;cz/us, line 2 ;
add. and Massachusetts.
P. 676. Allantus epinoius. Sam-
buci IIarr.
P. 782. Megachile poZlica~is. [Me-
gatchile policaris in the first Barabino pamphlet].




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