2l6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '13 



gers. This habit in a Cicindela was new to me. In the vicin- 

 ity of the pond I got Dolichopus afflictus, which is unusual 

 so far east, although it has been reported from Wyoming. 



About Salt Lake City there is of course much to interest 

 the entomologist. The electric line up Emigrant Canyon gives 

 a ride up to about 7000 feet altitude for 80 cents, and should 

 never be overlooked by collectors who visit the city in sum- 

 mer. Near the end of the line, high up in the mountains, I 

 captured Dolichopus n. sp., Tachytrechus n. sp. and Hydro- 

 phones philombrius. The shores of Great Salt Lake are eas- 

 ily accessible by going to Saltair or by taking the local trains 

 which run out to Garfield and Smelter station next beyond. 

 The local train turns round on a Y just beyond Smelter, and 

 from this it is only a short distance to the shore of the lake. 

 There is some brackish water in spots between, around which 

 I collected, but the shore of the lake is a particularly rich 

 field. Ephydra gracilis occurs by millions, the larva living in 

 the water; Ephydra hians is also numerous in places on the 

 shores, and likewise lives in the water in the larval stage. 

 Caenia bisetosa occurs abundantly along the edge of the water, 

 but its larva has not been found. The brackish water back 

 from the lake has along its edges a beautiful new species of 

 Tachytrechus. 



I stopped off from morning until 5 P. M. at Promontory 

 Point, almost in the middle of the lake, where I found essen- 

 tially the same beach fauna as near Salt Lake City, adding 

 Rhicnoessa coronata. The wife of the station agent kindly 

 provided me with dinner, as there is no hotel. The same 

 afternoon I continued across the lake to Lakeside on the west 

 shore, where again the beach fauna is about the same. It 

 is a sidetrack with a few railroad employees, the surrounding 

 country an absolute desert. The main divide between the an- 

 cient lake basin of Utah and that of Nevada is a little east of 

 Wells, Nevada, which was the point I selected for my next 

 stop, having been informed that it was on the bank of a river. 

 I had to inquire in the town, after a vain search, whether 

 there was any water near, and was informed that there was 

 a little seepage about a mile below town. It was 2 P. M. 



