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common, the remainder rare or less abundant. Patrobus loiif/i- 

 r(n-ni$ was taken under stones in the same locality and with it 

 a lot of Platyiu^ errant and ciiprippiin-i*. Pterostichus protrac- 

 tu$, P. luczotii, and (Wat hit* <lnbiux were to be seen under logs 

 near the creek. Pliilophur/a amrna was found about the roots 

 of yuccas. Cymlndis planipennis and Cratacanthus dubius were 

 rather plentiful beneath stones on dry sandy spots. One pair 

 of Chlwnim inter ruptm was taken in a very grassy little marsh. 

 They seemed to me hardly referable to that species but Dr. 

 Horn so decided. It was previously known from the Pacific 

 coast only, so its occurrence here is of much interest. Harpa- 

 lus ochr opus, f alia x, clandestine, ohlitim and amputate were tol- 

 erably abundant on open spots under rubbish and stones. 



A number of Cocci n ell idee were beaten from herbage, among 

 which may be mentioned Hippodamia 5-nignata, lecontei, con- 

 nTt/enx, spur ia Bind, parenthesis, Cjccinella transversoguttdta and 

 monticola, and Harmonia picta. Ejcochomus marf/inipcunis and 

 variety oefhiops occurred occasionally but not in any abun- 

 dance. Of Braehyacantha we found a form of i<rnina closely ap- 

 proachiug albifrons. Hyperaspis ^-r/Y/ffY^ occurred about roots 

 of plants. We also met with the Hyperaspidim mentioned in 

 my last paper, where T unfortunately, by a slip of the pen, 

 wrote of it as occurring with aphides on cacti. I should have 

 written with Coccidje. 



Elm IK corpulentu? was seen in small numbers in Cottonwood 

 Creek, clinging to submerged logs. Tripopifys punctatus was 

 met with'once, under a tie near the railroad track. Of Corym- 

 bites planuluK a few were taken from isolated stalks of rather 

 high grass, where they were resting in the fashion often ex- 

 hibited in|the East by Limoniux f/risens. C<<(r<l!ophorun ctl Iranian 

 was beaten|from dwarf pines but was quite rare. It is a western 

 beetle, previously known from Nevada and California. 



A great stack of telegraph poles, some of which were quite 

 recently cut,|wasjpiled up just on the edge of the town. On 

 this pile, by careful search, we got quite a number of timber- 

 beetles of different families. lu the Buprestidre we took Bup- 

 restis snborttata and B. coHNitlaris, Melanophila (lrutnnion</i, 

 Chrysobothris dmtiprx and Chrt/sobothriN trhicrria. A couple of 

 C. ignicottis\\vere taken at large. PodabntN latent fix was beaten 

 from herbage along the road leading to the base of Mt. Prince- 



