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trachepigus, two or three Cotalpa lanigera on willow catkins; a few Lacou 

 rectangiilaris and a pretty Cardiophorus, Blapstinus dilatatiis, and moestus 

 not before taken in the state, a Tyloderma foveolatum, a Sphenophorus per- 

 tinax, several S. sculptiliis with another species of the same genus, were also 

 added to my collection that year. 



The season of 1894 was marked by an abundance of several handsome and 

 desirable species, and the total or almost total absence of others. I took only 

 two specimens of Stephanucha, and not a single specimen of Chalcodermus 

 collaris, so numerous the season before. Cicindela scutellaris, formosa and 

 venusta were unusually abundant, and I this year succeeded In taking a fine 

 series of the handsome, and not at all common, Cremastochilus nitens. 

 Many of these shining fellows had a splotch of dull red on the center of each 

 wing cover. They were sluggish and easily taken in the morning, but very 

 active during the hotter parts of the day. I also took numbers of Canthon 

 ebenus and Cotalpa lanigera, and two specimens of the rare Serlca curvata; 

 a few specimens of Strigoderma arboricola were also taken, and a number of 

 Lachnosterna crassissima, and a single specimen of a Lachnosterna sp. 



A species of Blapstinus and a few Luperus brunneus completed the col- 

 lecting in this locality the present season. I consider it one of the best col- 

 lecting grounds in the state, and shall endeavor to work it each year. 



