11(1 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



and macra, Lee, as being only varieties (races) of C. cuprascensr— 

 (Entomologische Nachrichten, Berlin, Jahrgang xxiii. (1897), No. -2, 

 Seite 17-20.) 



Kansas has two remarkable collecting localities for Cicindelidse : 

 the salt flat near Kackley, and the sand hills south-west of Medora, in 

 Reno County. At the former locality, from July ist to the 15th, can be 

 found TdracJia virginica, Cicindela fulgida. punctulata, sperata var., 

 circumpicta and togata. At the latter locality, from May ist to June ist, 

 occur Cicindela scidellaris, Lecontei, spIendida,formosa, venusta, vulgaris, 

 repanda, hirticollis and punctulata. 



To the thirty species and varieties herein enumerated as occurring 

 ni Kansas, other species will from time to time be added, as collectors 

 more thoroughly explore Western Kansas. 



CYANIRIS PSEUDARGIOLUS, BOISDUVAL AND LECONTE. 



BY H. J. ELWES, F. R. S., COLESBORNE, CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND. 



Mr. Butler's proposal to alter the well-known and universally 

 accepted name of this species to C. ladon is one against which I must 

 enter my strongest protest. Whatever species Cramer's figure may have 

 been intended to represent, it certainly, in my copy, is not in the least 

 \\V.t pseudargiolus, and even if it were like it, it is impossible now to say 

 what C. ladon was. I will go further and say that even if it were possible 

 now to prove that C. ladon was the same as pseudargiolus, the attempt to 

 enforce the strict rule of priority in such a case as this would be contrary 

 to good sense, and detrimental to the uniformity of nomenclature to 

 which we hope some day to attain. Entomologists as well as botanists 

 are now beginning to realize the impossibility of adapting the old rules of 

 nomenclature to cases like this ; and though I have little fear that any 

 one is likely to follow Mr. Butler, yet it is just as well to let x\merican 

 Entomologists know that his dictum carries no authority in Europe. 

 Pseiidargiolus is certainly a much more appropriate name than ladofi, 

 because it indicates the near affinity of the American species to C. 

 argioliis, Linn. 



We deeply regret to learn that the Rev. Dr. Fyles, South Quebec, 

 President of the Entomological Society of Ontario, met with a very pain- 

 ful accident a few weeks ago. He slipped upon a snow-covered board, 

 and falling dislocated his ankle and fractured the socket. He has been 

 confined to his bed ever since. His numerous friends unite in sympathy 

 for him and in the earnest hope that he may speedily recover his health 

 and strength. 



