List of Coleoptera taken at Quebec and other parts of Lower Canada

 

By William Couper

 

[Originally published by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in Transactions, New Series, No. 3 (1865)]

 

[For former Lists, &c, see Transactions of Literary and Historical Society, Quebec, New Series, Part II, 1863-4.]

 

(Presented to the Society, January 18, 1865.)

 

CICINDELA Linn.

 

repanda Dej. ColLected by Mr. A. L. Russell, Quebec.

 

BLETHISA Bon.

 

julii Lec. Rare. Found under stones, &c, in marshy places near Quebec. Dr. Leconte lately described it from a specimen taken in Nova Scotia by Julius Ulke, Esq., of Washington, D. C.

 

NEBRIA Eabr.

 

moesta Lec. ColLected at Gaspé by Mr. Denis Gale. It also occurs at Lake Superior, Saskatchewan river and Russian America. Lec. Proceed. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., 1860, p. 318.

 

LEBIA Latr.

 

tricolor Say Collected at Portneuf en haut, by the Rev. Mr. Provancher. Mr. Krieghoff had a specimen taken at Lake St. Laurent,

 

PTEROSTICHUS Bon.

 

Iuotuosus Dej. ; abjectus Lec. Beauport. Uncommon. Placed by Mr. LeConte in § OMASEUS Ziegl.

 

AMARA Bon.

 

pygmea Couper, Canadian Naturalist, Vol. II, No. 2, New Series, subænea Lec. Quebec. obesa Say. Percosia ob. Hald. Quebec. indistincta. Mann. Quebec.interstitialis Dej., var. splendida Hald. Occurs at Quebec and Fort Simpson, Mackenzie river, maseulus Say Quebec. The above are now classed by Mr. LeConte under § CELIA Zimm.

 

CHLAENIUS Bon.

 

*litliophiIus Say. viridanus Dej. Banks of Montmorency river. Rare.

 

HAPLOCHILE Lec.

 

pygmea Lec. Quebec. Rare.

 

AGONODEKUS Dej.

 

pallipes Dej. Quebec. Rare.

 

BRADYCELLUS Er.

 

quadricollis Lec. Quebec. cognatus Schiödte. Aculpalpus longiusculus Mann, The Quebec

specimens are  identical with the Russian Americanform.

 

HARPALUS Latr.

 

laticcps Lec. Quebec.

 

PATROBUS Dej.

 

tenuis Lec. Very Rare.

 

BEMBIDIUM Latr.

 

*impressum Gyll. lucidum Lec. Banks of the Montmorency river, bimaculatum (Kirby) Portneuf en bas. rupestre (Fabr.) transversale Dej. § PERYPHUS Meg. patruele Dej. incrematum Lec. Quebec and Russian America. § NOTAPHUS Meg. simplex Lec.

dilatatum Lec. § EUDROMUS Kirby. versicolor Lec. § NOTAPHUS Meg.

 

AGABUS Leach.

 

tristis Aubé. Quebec, rare. Russian America, punctulatus Aubé. Quebec, uncommon.

 

COPTOTOMUS Say.

 

interrogatus Aubé.

 

HYDROBIUS Leach.

 

tumidus Lec. Quebec. Rare.

 

GYRINUS Linn.

 

fraternus Couper, Can. Nat., Vol. II, No. 2, New Series.

 

HELOPHORUS Fabr.

 

lacustris Lec. Quebec. Very common.

 

CATOPS Fabr.

 

opacus Say. Common.

 

BOLETOBIUS Leach

 

bimaculatus Couper, Can. Nat., Vol. II, No. 2, New Scries.

 

STAPHYLINUS Linn.

 

*cinnamopterus Grav. I described this insect on page 80 of the last series of the Lit. and Hist. Soc. Trans. It is the last on the page, *violaccus Grav, Also described as No. 2 on the above page. No. 1 is S. badipes, a new species lately described by Dr. LeConte.

 

NECROPHORUS Fabr.

 

lunatus Lec. Quebec. Rare. orbicollis Say. Hallii Kirby. Quebec. Rare. “This species occurs in the N. W. Territory." Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad. 5, p. 178. confossor Lec. Quebec. Very rare. This species also occurs at Lake Superior and Oregon. N. mortuorum Fabr,

given in my former list, is found in Russian America.

 

OXYPORUS Fabr.

 

stygicus Say. Quebec. Uncommon. vittatus Grav. var. cinctus Grav. Quebec. Rare.

 

SCAPHIDIUM Oliv.

 

quadripustulatum Say. Quebec; very rare, piceum Mels. Quebec; very rare.

 

MYCETOCHAEES Latr.

 

bicolor Couper, Can. Nat., Vol. II, No. 2, New Series.

 

CISTELA Fabr.

 

quadristriata Couper. Can. Nat., Vol. II, New Series.

 

IPS Fabr.

 

quadrisignatus Say. Quebec. Uncommon.

 

TRiPLAX Payk.

 

flavicollis Lac.

 

EPUEAEA Er.

 

convexiuscula Mann. Quebec and Russian America.

 

PSEPHENUS Hald,

 

LeContei Hald Quebec. Rare.

 

APHODIUS Ill.

 

inquinatua Fabr. Quebec. Introduced from Europe. vittatus Say.

 

DICHELONYCHA Kirby.

 

linearis Burm. Collected by Mr. A. L. Russell, Quebec.

 

DICERCA Esch.

lacustris Lec. Quebec, very rare, tuberculata Fitch. Quebec. Uncommon.

 

ANCYLOCHIRA Esch.

 

rusticorum Lec. Trans. Am. Philosophical Soc, Nov.1859, p. 208; Anoplis ruaticorum  Kirby, Fauna  Bor. Am. 151. Quebec, very rare. Collected by Mr. A. L. Russell. This species is also found in Oregon and California

 

PŒCILONOTA Esch.

 

cyanipes Say. Quebec. Rare.

 

ANTHRAXIA Esch.

 

subænea Lec. Quebec. Rare.

 

CHRYSOBOTHRIS Esch.

 

trinervia Kirby. Quebec. Uncommon, femorata Fabr. Quebec. Race ζ. Uncommon.

 

AGRILUS Sol.

 

gravis Lec. Taken at the Hermitage. Rare. fulgens ib. Taken at the Hermitage. Rare.

 

DRASTERIUS Esch.

 

dorsalis Say. Quebec.

 

CAMPYLUS Fischer.

 

denticornis Kirby.

 

ATHOUS Esch.

 

affinis Couper, Can. Nat. Vol. II, No. 2, New Series, rufifrons Lec.

 

PITYOBIUS Lec.

 

Billingsii Bland. Proceed. Ent. Soo. Philad. Vol. III, p. 69. Taken by the Rev. Mr. Hamel at Cap Tourmente. The differences pointed out by Mr. Bland are not sufficient to separate it from P. anguinus Lec. This can be verified when a number are placed side by side. I have examined several fine specimens in the cabinet of Dr. LeConte aDd Mr. Ulke, and compared a specimen taken at Cap Tourmente, but cannot see good grounds for separating them. Dr. LeConte will probably carry me out in this statement.

 

CORYM BITES Latr.

 

appressifrons Randall. Quebec. Rare. triundulatus ib.

 

TELEPHORUS Geoff.

 

armiger Couper, Can. Nat. Vol. II, No. 2, New Series, scitulus Say.

 

SILLS? Charpentier.

 

luteicollis Germ.

 

PODABRUS Fischer.

 

simplex Couper, Canadian Nat., Vol. II, No. 2, New Series, punctulatus Lec.

 

DICTYOPTERA Latr.

 

perfaceta Say.

 

HYLOBIUS Germ.

 

pinicola Couper, Transactions Lit. and Hist. Soc., Quebec. New Series, part II, p. 85.

 

I remarked when the above was published that another of the same size was found in Western Canada, but with marked difference of elytral characters. I had not the western insect to compare with my Quebec specimen. However, I sent the latter to Dr.LeConte, who informs me that "it is a good species allied to H. arctieus of the other continent." He says "he had it previously from Lake Superior, and it appears as H. heros (MS.) in my report on Coleoptera of Lake Superior, in Agassiz's Work."

 

This insect is therefore H. heros of Dr. LeConte's manuscript, and H. pinicola as cited above. However, I now leave it in the hands of the talented author of the Catalogue of N. A. Coleoptera.

 

CENTRINUS Sch.

 

scutellumalbum Say.

 

POLYDROSUS Sch.

 

elegans Couper, Can. Nat., Vol.II, New Series.

 

GRYPIDIUS.

 

vittatus Couper, Can. Nat. Vol. II, No. 2, New Series.

 

OTIORHYNCHUS Germ.

 

Sulcatus (Fabr) Germ. Introduced from Europe.

 

ASEMUM Serv.

 

moestum Haid.

SPONDYLUS Fabr.

 

upiformis Mann. Quebec. Rare.

 

CALLIDIUM Fabr.

 

sanguinicollis Horn. Quebec. Uncommon.

 

TETROPIUM Kirby.

 

cinnamopterum Kirby. Quebec. Rare.

 

CLYTUS Fabr.

 

erythrocephalus Oliv. Quebec. Very rare.

 

PSENOCERUS Lec.

 

supenotatus (Say.) Lec.

 

SAPBEDA Febr.

 

moesta Lec. Quebec. Rare.

 

GAUROTES Lec.

 

cyanipennis Say. Collected by Mr. A. L. Russell.

 

ACMÆOPS Lec.

 

proteus Kirby. Quebec.

 

TOXOTUS Senv.

 

vittiger Randall. Montmorency. June.

 

LEPTURA Linn.

 

mutabillis Newman. nigrella Say. biforis Newman.

 

DONACIA Fabr.

 

piscatrix Lac. Lake St. Joachim. Common.

 

SYNETA Esch.

 

tripla Say.

 

PHYLLOBROTICA Dej.

 

discoidea Fabr. decorata Say. Quebec. August, on the Maddog Scull-cap (Scuttelaria latiflora.)

 

HALTICA Fabr.

 

alternata Ill. 5-vittata Say. On Willows near the Hermitage.

 

CRYPTOCEPHALUS Geoffr.

 

fonnosus Mels. Hermitage, June; Gomin woods, July.

 

CHRYSOMELA (LINA) Fabr.

 

interrupta Fabr. var. 5. scalaris Lec. var.

 

MYSIA Muls.

 

subvittata Muls. St. Louis road. Rare.

 

HYPERASPIS Redt.

 

maculifera (Muls) Lec. Hermitage. Rare.

 

MORDELLISTENA Lec

 

fuscipennis Mels.

 

ENDOMYCHUS Payk.

 

biguttatus Say.

 

NACEHDES Steven.

 

melanura Linn.

 

ASCLECA Schm.

 

punoticollis Say.

 

SERROPALPUS Hellenius.

 

substriatus Hald.

 

PHLOEOTRYA? Lec

 

sericea Hald. Seminary Garden, Quebec. Rare.

 

DITYLUS Fisch.

 

coeruleus Randall, Collected by Mr. D. Gale.

 

SCHIZOTUS Newm.

 

cervicollis Newman.

 

STENOTRACHELUS Lec.

 

arctatus Say. St. Foy Road from 20th to 24th September. I found four specimens of this rare insect between the above dates. Its rarity may be attributed to the lateness of its occurrence. Few entomological excursions are made at this season, which may account for its being heretofore overlooked. Dr. LeConte, in a letter says: “I am glad to learn that you have found two more specimens of S. arctatus; it is a very interesting insect, and was known to me previous to receiving your specimen, only by fragments which I cut out of a dead tree at Lake Superior. The subsequent reception of a specimen from Russian America enabled me to establish the synonymy which is as follows: — Stenotrachelus arctatus Lec. Class. Col. North America, 252. Helops arctatus Say, Long's Expedition. St. Peters, 2, 283, Steno. obscurus Mann. Bull. Mose. 1852, 317."

 

DACNE Latr.

 

fasciatus Fabr. Quebec, under bark, rare. D. heros Say, occurs in Upper Canada.

 

MICRORHOPALA.

 

interrupta Couper. Can. Nat., Vol. II., No,. 2, New Series.