Ninth Annual Meeting. 



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A LIST OF KANSAS COLEOPTERA. 



BY EDWIN A. POPENOE. 



The following list of Kansas coleoptera is merely preliminary, and is given as a basis 

 for a more complete collection and more thorough study of our coleopterous fauna, which 

 it is hoped will be made in the course of a few years. It is based upon the species in 

 my own collection, but the list is largely increased by contributions from Prof. F. H. 

 Snow, of the State University at Lawrence, to whom the credit belongs where Lawrence 

 is given as a locality. Additional species were collected by Mr. George P. Cooper, at 

 Topeka and in western Kansas, and by Mr. T. B. Asliton, at Tonganoxie. 



Acknowledgments are due to Drs. LeConte and Horn, of Philadelphia, for the deter- 

 mination of many species, and to Mr. Henry Ulke, of Washington City, for similar favors. 

 I also owe thanks to Mr. A. S. Johnson, of the A. T. & S. F. R. R., for opportunities 

 to make collecting trips to the western part of the State, which I have several times 

 enjoyed. 



The number of species included at present is about 1,200, and double the number may 

 be reasonably expected after a few years longer work. 



I have given any notes on the diflerent species, as to distribution, habits, etc., that I 

 thought would be interesting or useful. 



The numbers preceding tlie names of species correspond to those in Crotch's Check 

 List, the order and nomenclature of which is generally followed, except in the Ehynco- 

 phora, where the late work of LeConte and Horn has been the guide. 



Topeka, Kansas, July 25, 1877. 



CICINDELID^. 

 Amblychila, Say. 

 1. eylindriformis, Say. Taken by Mr. George 

 Cooper in Gove county. That collector has fur- i 

 nished the following notes on the habits of this 

 interesting species: "They are chiefly nocturnal, j 

 and inhabit the sides and clayey banks of ravines, j 

 living in holes in the ground or side of the ravine. 

 I took, in one instance, seven specimens from one ! 

 hole, and have found two or three together since." 

 A single specimen of this beetle was found by 

 the writer in Webster Park, Col., June, 1876. 

 Teteacha, West. 



9. virginica, L. Eastern Kansas ; frequent. Cre- 

 puscular in habits. 



CiCINDELA, L. 



10. obsoleta. Say. " Sargent, Kas." (Cooper). 

 \Qb. prasiiia,\jec. "Sargent, Kas." (Cooper). 

 14. pulchra, Say. Syracuse, Hamilton county ; 



also along line of K. P. R. W. in extreme western 

 Kansas. 



156. rugifrons, Dej. Var. Lecontii, Hald. Law- 

 rence. 



15d. Var. sculellaris, Say. Topeka and Lawrence ; 

 is found along streams. 



18. sexgutiata, Fab. Eastern Kansas; .frequent; 

 prefers sunny roads and paths in woodlands. 



21. splendida, Hentz. Eastern Kansas ; common. 



22. purpurea, Oliv. Eastern Kansas ; abundant. 

 Var. Audubonii also found with the species. 



25. greneroio, Dej. Eastern Kansas; yax.formosa, 

 Say. From Dodge City west. 



27. fulgida, Say. Extreme western Kansas. 



28. tranquebarlca, Hb. Lawrence and Topeka. 

 30. duodeciinguttata, T>fi. Eastern Kansas; com- 

 mon on sunny banks in woodlands. 



32. repanda, Dej. Eastern Kansas; common. 



33. hirticollis, Say. Lawrence and Topeka. At 

 the latter locality on sand-bars in the Kansas river ; 

 common. 



43. cuprascens, Lee. Lawrence, Topeka, Hutch- 

 inson, and Rooks county. Is found on sand-bars 

 and banks of streams. 



45. macra, Lee. With the last species, and appar- 

 ently more common. 



46. spemta, Lee. (Var.) " Dodge City." (Cooper.) 

 51. punclulata, Fab. Abundant in Eastern Kan- 

 sas. Taken also in various localities throughout 

 the State. Specimens from western Kansas and 

 Colorado are frequently strongly tinged with blue 

 or gold-green. 



60. circumpicta, Laf. " Dodge City." (Cooper). 



65. cursUans, Lee. A few specimens of this 

 species were taken by me at Morgan City, Clay 

 county, in June, 1875. 



CARABIDjE. 

 Omophron, Latr. 



72. americanum, Dej. Eastern Kansas. 



73. tessellaium, Say. Bow creek, in Rooks county. 

 76. nUidum, Lee. Lawrence and Bow creek. 



