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closely related. Doctor Horn thinks it a variety of C. nevadica Lee, a 

 species not recently collected. I have taken bright green specimens 

 at Englewood, Kan., and at Las Animas and Pueblo, Colo. 



C lepida Dej. Found on bare, white sand along rivers and in 

 sand-hills. It is not common at any place in which I have collected 

 it. Most of my specimens were taken at electric lights in Manhattan 

 and Dodge City. 



C. togata var. apicalis W. Horn. This insect is common on the 

 salt marshes of Kansas from about May 20 to the last of August. It 

 is a swift runner and does not rise unless closely followed. It keeps 

 on the open, unobstructed parts of the marsh, where the surface is 

 white and hard. I have taken it at Belvidere, Englewood, James- 

 town, and Talmo. I have seen specimens that closely resemble the 

 typical togata. 



C. circumpicta Laf. Common on salt marshes and on alkali soil 

 in western Kansas and eastern Colorado from about June 10 to the 

 last of August, Green, blue and bronze forms occur, but the last is 

 more common and the blue quite rare. 



Of the above mentioned thirty-seven species and varieties of tiger- 

 beetles collected by me, all but five — laurentii, cimarrona, limbata, 

 oregona, and cinctipennis — were collected in Kansas. It is probable 

 that cinctipennis and oregona occur in the state, and there is a possi- 

 bility that limbata may also be found. Some other species and varie- 

 ties are to be looked for in the state. Limbalis Klug. and lecontei 

 Hald. have been reported as occurring, and may be not uncommon in 

 northeastern Kansas. Other possible finds might be tetracha, Carolina, 

 C. cursitans, C. ludoviciana, and C. sperata. 



C. pusilla and C. cyanella are quoted by Schaupp, Leng and others 

 as Kansas species. It is probable that this statement had its origin 

 in their capture at the time in which Kansas territory extended to the 

 summit of the Rocky Mountains, and that the specimens with locality 

 labels "Kansas" actually exist. 



My experience in handling Cicindelidse, whether of my own collect- 

 ino- or those collected by others, has taught me that they make the 

 best specimens when taken from the cyanide bottle as soon as con- 

 venient after they are dead and pinned promptly. They should not 

 be put in alcohol or formaline, as the legs and antenna become fixed, 

 and never again relax so as to be easily placed in proper position. In 

 '.he absence of facilities for pinning, paper rolls may be used, or gela- 

 tine capsules. If the latter are used not more than one specimen 

 hould be placed in a capsule, because the confined air is not suffi- 

 sient to let the insect dry, and decay sets in. 



