Juiic-Sept. 1894.] 



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and red hlibter beetle were found on 

 ground in a very restricted area at Pes- 

 cado, on the Zuni Indian reservation, 

 N. Mex., July 31, 1S92. They seem 

 like a lubber-grasshopper edition of a 

 blister beetle. The abdomens of the 

 females were especiall_v swollen and 

 filled with eggs, as was seen by o[)ening 

 one. They are black with transverse 

 red stripes or bands. A number ot 

 pairs were observed in coitu. Their 

 numbers, and peculiar form and mark- 

 ings, make the occurrence an interesting 

 one. Det. by Liebeck. A single spec- 

 imen was found in the Organ Mountains, 

 Dona Ana County. X. Mex.. Nov 26. 

 1S92, at the north end of the range near 

 base, back of and east of San Augustine. 

 One specimen was also found in the 

 collection made by Mr. W. J. Howard 

 in Grant County, N. Mex., in 1SS2. 

 Meloe stiblaevis Lee. — A single 

 specimen from Grant County, N. Mex. 

 (\V. J. H.). This has much the 

 appearance of Megetra. It is wholly 

 black, with sliort elvtra, covering little 

 more than two-fifths of the abdomen. 

 Det. by Riley. 



Nemog)iatha iniinaciilata Sa\-. — One 

 from Grant County, X. Mex. (\V. J. 

 H.). It is very pale dilute yellowish in 

 color, with tarsi and antennae darker. 

 Det. by Riley. 



Macrobasis longicoUis Lee. — Tiiis 

 is a large gi'av blister-beetle. Collected 

 in Las Cruces. Djt. by Riley. 



Macrobasis ochrea Lee. — One spec- 

 imen from Grant County, N. Mex. ( \\ . 

 J. H.). This is an elongate species, of 

 a straw yellowish color. Det. by Rilev. 



Macrobasis gisslcri Horn. — Fomid 

 in the blooms of I'ltcca baccata. May 

 15, 1S92. Region of the Organ Moun- 

 tains, near Las Cruces, X. Mc\. 

 Several specimens. This is the species 

 mentioned in Zoe, vol. iii, p. 114. as 

 Epicaiita ciiictipeiinis with a queiv. 

 .Specimens were afterward determined 

 by Dr Riley as M. gisslcri. 



Epicauta pardalis Lee. — Found 

 great numbers of this species bunched 

 on low weeds and grass in a restiicted 

 area, along roadside just west of the 

 continental divide, between Patterson 

 and Gallo Spring, Socorro Countv, X. 

 Mex.. June 21, 1S92. Det by Liebeck. 



Epicauta mactilata Sa}'. — Several 

 specimens found on plateau a few miles 

 to the noith of .San Francisco Mountain, 

 Arizona, July 5, 1S92. Det. b}- Lie- 

 beck. 



Epicauta fitiiebris Horn. — Several 

 specimens, Las Cruces, Oct. 24. On 

 \arious weeds. Det. b\' Riley. 



Epicauta corvina Lee. — Two spec- 

 imens of this black species from Grant 

 County, X. Mex. (W. J. H.). Det. 

 by Riiey. 



Pvrota to-Diinata Lee. — One funu 

 Sabinal. X. Mex., August 7, 1S92. It 

 is pale straw yellow, with three large 

 black markings on each elytron, the 

 anterior one split into two. HeatI and 

 thorax with more of an orange tinge. 

 Two also from Grant County, X. Mex. 

 (\V. J. H.). Det. by Riley. 



Pvrota postica Lee. — This is a large 

 black and yellow meloid — see Insect 

 life, vol. V, p. 40. It is light orange 

 \ellow, with foul- black dots on pro- 



