112 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Salina, has taken one specimen of sexguttata a few miles south-east of 

 Salina, near the Smoky Hill River. 



C. purpurea, Oliv., is found over Eastern and Central Kansas, along 

 clay and red sandy roads. I have found it in South-east Kansas at Man- 

 hattan, Kansas, and near Salina ; at the latter place in August and 

 September along roadside cuts through a red sandstone soil. It is 

 usually associated with its variety, splendida, and an occasional 

 Audubonii di.n<l graminea. The black variety, Audubonii, Lee, is found 

 but sparingly with the true species. In all my years of collecting I have 

 found but a single specimen. That was taken in the latter part of August, 

 about five miles north of Salina. Prof. Popenoe has a few specimens 

 taken near Manhattan, and A. W. Jones has two or three taken south- 

 west of Salina a iew miles. The green variety, C. graminea, Schaupp, is 

 apparently as infrequent in this State as Audubonii. I have taken but a 

 single specimen that can be recognized as graminea. It is a male and 

 was taken near Salina. A. W. Jones has also taken a few graminea in 

 this locality. Persistent yearly collecting along the eastern outcrop of 

 the Dakota sandstone formation in Central Kansas may in the future de- 

 velop localities where these two varieties may be taken in comparative 

 abundance. 



The variety splendida, Hentz, I have found in Wilson, Saline 

 and Reno Counties, and Popenoe has collected it in Riley and 

 Shawnee Counties. I have taken it near Salina as early as February 

 and as late as October. Localities are the same as for purpurea, and 

 usually associated with tiie typical species, but more abundant. Have 

 found a single specimen only in Reno County, on a dry sand dune, asso- 

 ciated with scutellaris. 



C. formosa. Say, occurs from Central Kansas westward in Arkansas 

 Valley and northward in Republican River Valley. I have taken it 

 in May west of Brockville and in Saline County, south of Superior, 

 Nebraska, in the latter part of May and in the first of June, and in 

 Reno County in May and the first of June. Its favourite breeding 

 ground is in the scant grass and weeds near the edges of sand dunes 

 and "blow-outs." It has to be approached with care and handled 

 quickly, as it takes alarm easily and is a strong flier. In Saline 

 County it was associated with scutellaris ; near Superior with scutellaris 

 and Lecontei, and near Medora with scutellaris and venusta. In this 



