Anthonomus crategi Walsh........... 
32 molaculus Csy.......... 
bolterteDeitz..-<.. 5... 
consimilis Deitz 
albophilosus Deitz...... 
a ae. om eet 
Orchestes pallicornis Say............. 
Pseudanthonomus incipiens Deitz 
Piazorhinus scutellaris Say........... 
Tylopterus varius Lec 
Conotrachelus elegans Say........... 
8738 L erinaceus Lec......... 
Copturus nanulus Lec............... 
Cceliodes flavicaudis Boh............. 
Ceutorhynchus pusio Mann.......... 
8852 Z. septentrionalis Gyll... 
a affluentus Csy........ 
Rhynonchus longulus Lec............ 
ef occidentalis. .2.% sxiseiscn- 
Acanthocelis curtus,..........5..+.+: 
Ampeloglypter longipennis Csy....... 
Limnobaris deplanata Csy............ 
Onychobaris rugicollis Lec........... 
Barilepton famelicum Csy 
Balaninus uniformis Lec............. 
ey suleatulus Csy 
Sphenophorus, D. Spins. sk ses ewe vests 
Monarthrum fasciatum Say.......... 
Xyleborus pubescens Zimm 
Scolytus ventralis Lec................ 
Brachytarsus tomentosus Say....... a 
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KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
Onaga. 
Rago, August. 
Onaga, and Superior, Neb. 
Onaga. 
Belvidere and Phillips county, 
July, August. 
Onaga. 
Salina. 
Onaga. 
Onaga. 
Onaga and McPherson. 
Onaga and southeast Kansas. 
Rago, June. 
Onaga. 
Onaga and Salina. 
Salina and Onaga. 
Onaga. 
McPherson, June. Electric lights. 
Onaga. 
Coolidge, July. 
Benedict, April. 
Onaga. 
THE BLACK DUCK IN KANSAS. 
BY R. MATTHEWS, WICHITA. 
Read before the Academy, by Secretary Lantz, December 29, 1900. 
I have left with Mr. B. B. Smyth, curator of the Academy, a skin of the 
black duck, Anas obscura (Gmel.)* It was captured at Greenfield lake, in the 
extreme southwestern part of Reno county, in 1896, by Mr. C. H. Smyth. 
Another specimen, which I have sent to Professor Snow, was taken in Novem- 
ber, 1891, at the same place and by the same person. 
possession since their capture. 
They have been in my 
I wish to report the birds and send the skin in corroboration, as they have 
been in dispute since 1872, when Professor Snow reported them in his first cata- 
logue of the birds of Kansas. 
*I have examined the skin referred to, and find that, although not typical of the adult bird, 
it must unquestionably be referred to Anas obscura instead of Anas fulvigula maculosa, 
(Senn.), (the mottled duck ), as have the specimens heretofore known to have been taken in the 
state.—D. E. Lantz. 
