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pine, Tex., which Leng called robusta. I look to its varietal desig- 

 nation by some one of your Western entomologists. I thank you 

 very much for the opportunity of possessing so interesting an insect." 



None of the lemniscata were seen around the shallow and muddy 

 "nigrocaerulea pond"; but on the steeper banks of another pond 

 near by, where only two or three nigrocserulea had been previously 

 taken, they were found in profusion. They are very inconspicuous 

 insects, very much like small mud-flies as they arise from the water's 

 edge, fly low for a few feet, and alight as abruptly as they arise. 

 They were very common throughout the week that we were at 

 Martinez and came quite frequently to the lamplight at night. A 

 few were taken by light in the middle of the broad Martinez wash, 

 indicating that they must have occurred on the dry sand as well. 



The month of August was spent collecting on the Bill Williams 

 Fork, fifty miles westward, at a point about eight miles south of the 

 Rio Santa Maria, elevation 1000 feet. Here cicindelids were un- 

 usually scarce. Two specimens of lemniscata only were taken. 

 Tetracha Carolina were found commonly under stones along the 

 stream, in company with Brachynus, Oodes, and other carabids. They 

 are exceedingly swift runners, gaining a yard or more before the stone 

 were fairly turned over. Several fruitless efforts were made to find 

 them hunting for food in the evening, as virginica is so often found 

 in the East. The remains of a green Cicindela, presumably maricopa, 

 were found buried in the sand ; but we left a little too early ( Septem- 

 ber 4 ) to greet its fall appearance. 



