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Robertson, C. 

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'77. Memoire surles Sarcoptides plumicoles. 

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209-24S, pi. xi-xii, p. 391-429, pi. xxii- 

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NOTES ON SOME MELOIDS, OR BLISTER BEETLES, OF NEW 

 MEXICO AND ARIZONA. 



BY C. H. TVI.ER TOWNSEND, KINGSTON, JAMAICA. 



The blister beetles form quite an 

 important and characteristic feature of 

 the coleopterous fauna of the soutli- 

 west. I remember that the onh' ento- 

 mological specimens that I could find 

 in the Museo nacional, in the City of 

 Mexico, were a case of the different 

 species of native blister beetles. The 

 Mexican highlands are quite rich in 

 these forms, and it would seem that the 

 descendants of the Spaniards in Mexico 

 take a natural public interest in the 

 relatives of the Spanish fly. At any 

 rate, this interest exists to the exclusion 

 of all other insects, so far as the Mexi- 

 can national museum is concerned. 



New Mexico and Arizona belong to 

 the same natural region as the highlands 

 of Mexico, and the following notes on 



nineteen species of meloids collected in 

 those territories will be of interest. 

 The specimens from Grant County, N. 

 Mex., were collected by Mr. W. J. 

 Howard, in 1S83, and formed a part of 

 a collection donated by Hon. W. G. 

 Ritch, ex-secretarv of the Territory, 

 to the Historical society, at Santa Fe, 

 N. Mex. 



Cyst code miis wislizeni Lee. — Found 

 singly crawling on sandy mesa to east- 

 ward of Las Cruces, toward Org:in 

 mountains, August 20, and other dates. 

 This is a very peculiar spherical shaped 

 species, of a brilliant blue or purple 

 color, with more or less of inetallic 

 reflections. Det. by Liebeck. 



JMcgetra vittata Lee. — A very large 

 number of this large, lubber-liUe, black 



