72 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 



NOTES ON THE ENTOMOLOGY OF COLORADO.-III. 



By T. D. A. COCKERELL, Kingston, Jamaica. 



GARFIELD, S. 



The observations in this county date from September gth to 

 September I4th, and relate only to the extreme eastern portion, 

 from the neighborhood of Cattle Creek to Glenwood Springs and 

 Divide Creek. The country about Glenwood Springs is dry, 

 hot, and dusty; or wet and very muddy, according to the weather. 

 Near Cattle Creek, and also at Glenwood Springs, the Scrub Oak 

 {Quercus undulata} and Achillea miHefolium were observed; and 

 Malvastrum coccineum at Glenwood Springs and Divide Creek. 

 The snail, Patula cooperi, was several times noticed. Helico- 

 psyche cases were found in Divide Creek; and sand from there 

 yielded a trace of gold. Near Cattle Creek I took Brady cellus 

 cognatus Gyll. and two wasps, Vespa diabolica Sauss. and Polistes 

 aurifer Sauss. These latter illustrate that mingling of separate 

 faunae, which helps to make Colorado so rich in species. The 

 Vespa is truly boreal, while the Polistes extends to California, no 

 doubt (although actual records seem wanting) across Arizona and 

 southward. 



At Glenwood Springs Lyc&na exilis Bdw. and Agrotis (Feltia) 

 venerabilis Walk, were taken ; and at Divide Creek Agrotis 

 ( Carneades} riding siana Grote, and Priononyx thomes Fb. Here 

 again we see two faunae ; the first mentioned, Agrotis, being 

 boreal and eastern, while the other is southern and western, 

 " Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico" being its range according to 

 Prof. J. B. Smith. Near the head of North Mam Creek, on Sep- 

 tember 1 4th, Vane ssaantiopa was seen; and Dry ops striatus Lee. 

 was taken, the exact locality now uncertain. 



EAGLE, S. 



We traveled south of the Eagle R., along the road from Red 

 Cliff to Glenwood Springs. The Eagle is a pretty river, clear 

 and shallow, but the country, especially about Gypsum, is dry, 

 with little else than sage-brush. Red sandstone hills, scattered 

 with conifers, rise on either side of the plain in which the river 

 flows. By Squaw Creek I took Platynus jejunus Lee. , and it is 

 a curious coincidence that the only other time I ever met with 



