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found in abundance Cicindclids, fu/gida, Say. ; sperata, var. Lee. ; 

 circumpicta, Laf., and W. Horn's variety, apicalis of togata. In less 

 numbers were found macro, Lee. The black variety of Carpophilus 

 pallipennis, Say, was found in thistle heads at Belvidere. Three speci- 

 mens of the beautiful Chrysobothris purpnreovittata, Horn, were beaten 

 from small elm shrubs. It is a rare Texan species. PolypJiylla Ham- 

 mondi, Lee, was also taken in considerable numbers. They were 

 encountered flying just at nightfall, and continued their flight as late as 

 ten o'clock. For so large an insect, they are swift flyers, and have to be 

 taken quickly when they settle on a plant or on the grass. When taken, 

 they make a very pronounced squeaking noise. Out of some sixty speci- 

 mens captured, only one female was found. This preponderance of 

 males is observed in other species of the Scar abcei dee.. Graphops varians, 

 Lee, the largest species of the genus, is taken sparingly at Belvidere. The 

 colour varies from bronze to a greenish blue. A not uncommon Crysome- 

 lid taken here is Zygogramma heterothecce, Linell. It is a handsome 

 species. The Meloid, Pyrota discoidea, Lee, was common on the red 

 flowers of a running vine. Another conspicuous species of the Texan 

 fauna found here is Cantharis fulvipennis, Lee. It feeds on the Mexican 

 poppy, and is easily taken. The pretty, bright green coloured Otiorhynchid, 

 Mitostylus tenuis, Lee, was abundant June 24th, feeding on a small green 

 species of ragweed. The rather large Curculionid, Cleonopsis pulvereus, 

 Lee, is also taken at Belvidere. Desmoris pervisus, Deitz, and Anthonomus 

 alfopilosus, Deitz, both occur here, and are taken by beating. 



I have seen but two specimens of the rather odd-looking Curculionid, 

 Ampeloglypter /ougipennis, Casey ; one I took at Salina, Kansas, and the 

 other was from Onaga, Kansas, taken by F. F. Crevecceur. The small 

 Scolytus, Monarthrumfasciatum, Say, I took at Benedict, Wilson County, 

 Kansas, on freshly-sawn lumber. I was also so fortunate as to secure at 

 Benedict a single specimen of Canthon perplexus, Lee, a Texan species 

 that resembles very closely Cant/ion viridis, Beauv. By the use of the 

 beating net at Benedict, two specimens of Fornax calceatus, Say, were 

 taken. They usually occur in numbers, when found, but I was not so 

 fortunate as to discover a colony. 



Blapstinus sulcatus, Lee, taken at Coolidge in June, is a Southern 

 California species, south-west Kansas being its eastern limit. 



