^ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January 



pine logs in Cheyenne < 'anon, while Monilantt >inii/<itinn was 

 obtained in small numbers on cacti. 



Chrysornelidae were very abundant. Euryscopa Ict-onfri was 

 beaten from scrub oak, in company with Coscinoptrrti ilomin- 

 IcfDHt. ('. ajciUaris was very plentiful on various low plants, in 

 company with the much less abundant ( 1 . ritt if/era. The other 

 members of the family must mostly be passed over without 

 notice; but it seems worth while to record the capture, near 

 the town, of numbers of Microrliopa/a ci/aura, varying from blue 

 to green, and well up in Williams's Canon we found a few 

 Odontoid cotltn-ix on grass blades. The Tenebriouidae offer little 

 of interest, most of the species taken having been found under 

 ties along the railroads. Mention may be made of Askla opaca, 

 A. polita, Eleodes extricata, obxolctn, tricoNtotu, loni/icoHix, Icron- 

 tfi and niyrina, and Entlxip liioii iniirimfinn . Melee- sublcevis was 

 taken in considerable numbers on a sandy Hat inside the city 

 limits, crawling about during the morning hours. Zoiiifi* 

 hilhicdtft was found rather rarely on composites in July. 



Ehyuchophora were abundant in individuals ; no sweeping- 

 could be done in patches of weeds on low ground without 

 yielding some of the forms belonging near Sniicrony.r. On 

 various flowers Ithi/itrliift'x ('.rhnius occurred in great numbers, 

 Ix-ing one of the very commonest insects during June, though 

 much rarer in July. I never met with this beautiful weevil 

 at any other point, and it seems quite uncommon in collections, 

 in spite of this wonderful local abundance. 



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A NEW SPECIES OF NOMOTETTIX FROM KANSAS. 



BY DR. J. L. HANCOCK. 



Among some Tettigidae kindly scnl to me by Prof. Hugo 

 Kalil, of the Kansas University, I find an example of a species 

 of Xontotettiji' which is not referable 1o any described species. 

 I append the following brief description, pending the appear 

 ance of a more extensive paper on the whole group, which 

 will contain a figure of this species. 



Nomotettix acuminatus, sp. nov. 



Similar to ^\. purritN. (littering a> follows: Larger stature, includ- 

 ing- relative proportions of body, vertex trom above more acute- 

 ungulate, the mammillae of occiput more distinct, the anterior mar- 

 gin <>f dorsiim a little more produced over the head. Wings pos- 

 teriorly reach slightly beyond the apical process. From cristiitu* 

 it is distinguished by the more slender form of the body, besides 

 having the median carimi of the pronotum less arched longitudinally. 



Length of ?,9 mm.; pronotum. 8 ; hind femora. 5; antenna.:.") 

 Loealitv, Lawrence, Kan. Prof. Hugo Kahl. 



