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fifteen feet wide by one hundred feet long, and about six to 

 ten feet back from the waters' edge. I went over the ground 

 carefully along the lake for over a quarter of a mile, but found 

 only a single specimen. They would not stay on the red soil, 

 or on soil covered with grass or other vegetation. The move- 

 ments of this species are different from any that have come 

 under my observation. They run rather clumsily, are slow on 

 the wing, and rarely fly further than ten or twelve feet ; often 

 only six or eight feet. When the net is thrown over them they 

 seldom fly up into the net, but almost always remain on the 

 ground, often not moving until picked up. As they were not 

 copulating, I inferred that the middle of their season was about 

 June ioth, extending from say, May loth to July loth. No 

 other species was seen in this locality, which has an elevation 

 of about six thousand seven hundred and fifty feet. Willistoni 

 is assigned in Henshaw's list as a variety of f nig id a, but from 

 my observations on their habits and a comparison of the species 

 themselves, I have no hesitation in pronouncing it a distinct and 

 valid species. 



Other species taken at Lake Como were, Bembidium insulatum 

 Lee., and cphippigcr L/ec., a species of Pterostichus, a species of 

 Harpalus and four specimens of a handsome Elcodcs apparently 

 undescribed. 



At Medicine Bow, collecting by beating willows, wild roses, 

 and turning over old ties, yielded Harpalus ellipsis, Lee., a 

 Staphilinid, Lcptacinns sp., a Nitidulid, Meligethcs mutatns 

 Harr. in numbers; Agrilus politus Say, also in numbers; also a 

 Hydnocerasubfasciatusl^ec., numbers of Ap/iodins -rittatns Lee., 

 a species of Druchus, probably fiaupercutus Lee., a Tenebrionid, 

 Helops difficilis Horn, two fine specimens of Curculiouids, 

 Nochelus <zqualis Horn, and Li.vns rubcllis Rand. Anthonomus 

 confusus Dietz was also taken here. 



A day at Ogden, Utah, July 24th, allowed but a single hour's 

 collecting at the Hermitage, Ogden Canyon, six miles fron the 

 city. Here I found under stones at the water's edge Ncbria ob- 

 Kqita Lee. at an altitude of over five thousand feet. Under the 

 same conditions I took Bcmbidinm rcdicollis Lee., phiuatnin 

 Lee. and transvcrsak Dej . ; Platynus fossiger Dej., and P. dc- 



