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*The minus sign denotes temperature below zero. 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE HYMENOPTERA OF KANSAS. 



BY PROF. F. H. SNOW, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 



The following species of Hymenoptera have been incidentally collected by 

 the writer and his students, during the summer vacations of the past ten 

 years, while chiefly engaged in making collections of Lepidoptera and Coleop- 

 t€ra. The list might have been considerably enlarged by including species, 

 known to have been taken in Kansas by Eastern collectors. But it has been 

 thought best to include only those species which are contained in the Uni- 

 versity cabinets, the locality of whose capture is exactly known. The ex- 

 treme eastern and western portions of the State have contributed the material 

 here designated. The species from Douglas county were taken in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the city of Lawrence, at an elevation of nearly 1,000 feet 

 above the level of the sea. The species from Wallace county were taken at 

 various camping-places on the so-called " Plains," at an elevation of about 

 3,500 feet. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. E. T. Cresson, of Philadelphia, for valuable 

 aid in the determination of the species. 



It is hoped that this neglected order of insects may in the future receive a 



larger share of attention from Kansas entomologists, not only with a view to 



enlarging the list of species, but especially for the purpose of increasing our 



knowledge of their habits. 



A^idm: Bees. 



Apis mellifica lAnn. Douglas county. 



Bombus Pennsylvanicus DeGeer. Douglas and Wallace counties. 



Bombus separatus Q-esson. Douglas county. 



Emplior bombiformis Cresson. Douglas county. 



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