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after part of the day they may be ton IK! resting on the tips <f 

 reeds or sticks in the vicinity of water. When the collector 

 approaches they flit away, but in case no effort is made to 

 capture them they come to rest again on the same perch. I 

 have seen an individual duplicate this performance no less 

 than four times. 



I have before me at the present time four specimens from 

 Akron, Ohio, taken by myself on June 23 and July 20, 1898 ; 

 and two specimens from Indiana, taken by E. B. Williamson. 

 Chas. Diiry has taken the species at Cincinnati, Ohio. 



The accompanying drawings will explain themselves. The\ 

 represent the right wings of six different specimens. I made 

 them to show the variation in the outline of the da rk mark- 

 ings. [ have never seen two specimens exactly alike in this 



respect. 



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THE BEES OF KANSAS. 



My T. I). A. COCKKRKI.L. X. M. Agr. Exp. Sta. 



The bee fauna 1 of Xew Mexico and Illinois are fairly well 

 known, and have very few species in common. It is interest- 

 ing to ask. where do the eastern types find their extreme 

 western limit, and at what points do they give way to those 

 of the West and South .' With these questions in mind, any 

 informal ion about the bee-fauna of K a n*as is particularly wel- 

 come ; and I have been very glad to learn from Mr. ,!. C. 

 Bridwell, of Baldwin, that he is about to make a study of the 

 bees of his region. 



Baldwin is in Douglas count \, at the eastern end of tin- 

 State. A box of bees collected at that place has just been re- 

 ceived from Mr. Bridwell. and the species, so far as I have de 

 termined them, are the following: 



Honilmx riri/lninix. Oliv.. /'. xfi>nrtttnx, Cres*.. /,'. />ni iixt/lru 

 , Deg.. Ant/i(>j>li<n'<t ti/>ni/>tti. Say, Synhcdonia f rater, Cress., 

 hhiHiriilttfa, Lep.. ^^. <>h/H/n<i, Say, .17. / r/i/t'.ca, Cres^.. 

 EpeoJuN hifdxcidhix. Cress.. Colliopsis andrenifornis, Smith, Pro 

 /(iiiiIiTini cod,-' IT//!. Dunning. I'rnxiijtix />/></ ,n<t <i. Cress., Sjtlirm 

 tlrx i<ni<lihnl<n-is. Cress., Aini<x-hl<>rii lunnmi/ix. Patton. .1. riri 

 <lula, Smith, A. Kiniilis. Kob., .1. mufuxn, K'ob., Hal iff us in- 

 <ill<'lnx, Say. 77. /it/alii*. Sax . II . fiixcititux. N\l.. A n<lrrn<i ni<iri<r . 

 Rob., A. <"////// ro//"*/' 1 ". . \shin. ..I. rirhia. Smith, . I . xH<'hn'll<i. 



