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with the capture of a few specimens of this desirable insect. At rare 

 seasons they are quite abundant, but usually only a few can be taken each 

 night. Another desirable beetle I took by beating the willows on the 

 banks of the Smoky was Poecilonota thureura, Say. Calosoma obsoletuni, 

 Say, is found in alfalfa fields and along old roads the latter part of July 

 and during August. Beating thistles near Wallace resulted in the capture 

 of eight or ten specimens of the rare Clerics cordi/er, Lee. Under old 

 cow chips near the bluffs were taken a number of the curious and slug- 

 gish Ologlypttis anastomosis, Say ; also numbers of Trimytis prninosa, 

 Lee, and a few Ophyrastes viitattis, Say, were found under the same 

 shelter. 



Almost directly south of Wallace and distant about one hundred 

 miles is Coolidge in the Arkansas Valley. I collected in this locality one 

 day, July yth, 1897. The general insect fauna is very similar to that at 

 Wallace, although several species occur at Coolidge that are not taken 

 at the former place. In an alfalfa field adjoining the town, from which 

 the hay was being raked, I took a fine series of Calosoma triste, Lee. 

 This species is evidently a variable one, as the elytra of one specimen will 

 be almost smooth, while that of the next one taken would approach the 

 sculptured markings of obsoletum. 



From horse droppings I took a fine lot of Canthon depressipennis, 

 Lee, and thistle heads disgorged Euphoria Kernii, Hald., and inda, 

 Linn., in proportion of two of the latter to one of the former. But one 

 specimen of the black variety of Kernii was taken. Beating vegetation 

 alongside small rivulets and depressions in the prairie yielded numerous 

 specimens of Monoxia consputa, Lee, and a few Diabrotica tricincta, 

 Say. At Garden City, fifty miles east of Coolidge, a few minutes' beating 

 of plants along the roadside yielded numerous specimens of Copturics 

 adspersus, 'Ltc; Anthonomus sqiiamosus,\^QC., Siwd S?nicronyx vestitus,'Ltc. 



The Verdigris Valley in Wilson County yielded a number of desirable 

 things to the collector of Coleoptera. April 20th to 30th marks the 

 appearance of Lachnosterna calceata, Lee, the most common Scarabeid 

 in that region. In favored localities on still evenings they swarm over 

 the tender shoots of the young oaks. By jarring these, dozens of the 

 insects fall to the ground, and by the use of the lantern are easily picked 

 up and transferred to the cyanide jar. Other Lachnostertias occurring at 

 about this time are Hornii, 'Simxth ; gibbosa, Burm. ; crenitlata, Frch.; 

 vchemens, Horn, and crinita, Burm. At about the same time, upon a 



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