THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Ill 



Prof. Popenoe has taken it near Meade, Kansas, and Geo. F. Cooper 

 records it near Sargent (Coolidge). 



The green variety, C. prasina, Lee, is associated with obsoleta, both 

 occurring sparingly. 



C. scutellaris, Say, occurs on sandy ground and sand dunes from 

 Manhattan to the western part of the State. I have taken it sparingly at 

 Manhattan in June, but have found it most abundant in the range of sand 

 hills near Medora, Reno County. It can be found from May the ist to 

 the middle of June. It is a handsome little species, flies quickly and 

 affords good sport to effect its capture. It prefers scant vegetation to the 

 bare sand, and can be found from lo a. m. to 4 p. m. 



The variety Lecontei, Hald., I have found associated with scutellaris 

 on sand patches near Manhattan and in sand " blow-outs " on the 

 Republican River, south of Superior, Nebraska. I also took two or three 

 specimens among the sand hills near Medora. They are rather shy and 

 are not common. 



C. pulchra. Say, is reported by Prof. Williston as being exceedingly 

 abundant in South-west Kansas, and also along the line of the Union 

 Pacific Railway from Hayes to Wallace. I found one specimen near 

 Coolidge on July 27th. It is the only one I saw in a day's collecting. 

 Prof. Popenoe has taken it near Wallace in July, but in several seasons' 

 collecting there I have never seen one alive ; have, however, seen the re- 

 mains of two or three dead specimens under cattle chips. I am inclined 

 to think if it is abundant it is in the months of May or June, August or 

 September. 



C. sexguttata, Fab., is reported by Prof. Popenoe as being common 

 in Eastern Kansas, frequenting sunny roads and paths in woodlands. I 

 have never taken it in Eastern Kansas, and his reference is principally to 

 the variety violacea, Fab., which is without spots and is generally green, 

 although some specimens are a deep blue. It can hardly be said to be 

 common, and is rather difficult to capture owing to its occurrence along 

 wood roads and paths. I have taken it sparingly at Manhattan, and a 

 friend at Onaga, north-east of Manhattan, takes from ten to fifty each 

 season, from May to July. I have also taken a few specimens near 

 Benedict in South-eastern Kansas in June. The present season my 

 friend, J. R. Meade, of Wichita, sent me a beautiful specimen which he 

 took July 7th in a willow thicket just south of the city. This is probably 

 the south-western limit of this species in Kansas. A. W. Jones, of 



