I5O ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, *O2 



Phalacrus simplex L,ec. was taken by beating shrubbery. The 

 Coccinellidise were well represented. Cocdnclla g-notata Hbst. , 

 transversalis Melsh., sanguinca Linn, and Brachycantlia dentipes 

 Fab., were common. Of the Histers only one species was 

 found, Saprinus hibricus Lee. Of Nitidnlids, two specimens of 

 Cercus pennatus Murr. and numbers of Meligethcs /nntatits^^rr. 

 were found on thistle heads and other flowering plants. 



The common Elatcr, Dolopius lateralis Esch. , was taken, and 

 a single specimen of a Corymbitcs very near hieroglyphicus. 

 Aautcodera variegata Lee. was the common Bitprestid on thistle 

 heads and other flowers. Ellychnia californica Mots, and Podo- 

 brns tomcntosus Say were taken by beating. Collops insnlatus 

 Lee. and Trichochrous seriellus Csy. were found abundantly on 

 thistle heads. Trichodes ornatus Say is not uncommon, feeding 

 on flowers. Aphodius granarius Linn, was fairly common, but 

 only a single specimen of Toxotus vcstitus Hald. was taken on 

 flowers. Of the Chrysomelida>, Cosdnoptcra axillaris Lee. Sa\i- 

 nis sancia Lee., Lina scripta Fab., Disonvcha collaris Fab. and 

 Lupcrodes morrisoni Csy. were easily taken by beating. Of 

 Cryptoccphalus ^-macnJota Say, Diachus auratus, Fab., Scelo- 

 lypcrus longulns Lee. and Haltica tombacina Mann, but a single 

 specimen of each was found. Of the Tcncbrios a single speci- 

 . men of Coniontes robusta Horn, was picked up high on the side 

 of the canyon. Nearby were found Eleodes extricata Say, and 

 hispilabris Say. Of Anaspis rufa Say, three specimens were 

 taken, but only a single specimen of Mordella scuicllaris Fab. 

 A single specimen of Lappus cursor Csy. and a species of Lapp/is 

 were also taken. My/acus saccatus L,ec. was rather common on 

 flowers, while only one Apion proclive L,ec. and a Smicronix sp. 

 were found. High up on the side of the canyon and just above 

 the city several specimens of an Acant/ioscc/is were beaten from 

 flowers. 



The popular resort for Salt Lake City people is Saltair, an 

 immense pavilion built on piles in the lake, near its southern 

 extremity, fourteen miles southwest of the city. Excursion 

 trains run out almost every hour during the day with thousands 

 of pleasure seekers, who go to dance and dip in the salt-charged 

 waters of the lake. About a quarter of a mile east of the pa- 



