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from May 1 to May 20, crawling sluggishly over the sand, and have found occa- 
sionally dead perfect specimens. Warm evenings during the latter part of April 
will probably furnish the best collecting results for this species. Another hand- 
some and desirable insect taken in May and June in this locality is Crema- 
stochilus nitens Lec. During the cooler parts of the day it can be picked up 
from the bare sand, but during the hottest part of the day it must be handled 
quickly, as it becomes active and is a quick flier. 
One of the best finds, Ammodonus fossor, was made in this locality May 16, 
1897. After collecting over the hills for about three hours, I went up the side of 
a sand-hill, about twenty feet from the bottom of a blow-out, and sat down to eat 
alunch. I soon saw a small round tenebrionid running over the sand, and cap- 
tured it. It was difficult to see, as it was almost the exact color of the sand, and 
only the closest observation would distinguish it from its surroundings. By dig- 
ging out depressions left by cattle in passing over the sand, and examining the 
few plants growing around, I soon took twenty-two specimens from an area of 
ten feet square. Specimens were sent to Dr. George H. Horn, of Philadelphia, 
and through his kindness, and that of Mr. Chas. Liebeck, were identified as 
above. The species occurs in sandy locations in Maryland and New York, and 
in California and Arizona; although the specimens from the extreme west are of 
larger size. 
In this locality, in 1891, I took Chalcodermus collaris Horn quite abun- 
dantly; but have not since seen a single specimen. 
The valley of the Smoky Hill river at Wallace, Kan., within twenty miles of 
the Colorado line, is an attractive locality for the collector of insects. The clay 
bluffs south of the Smoky furnish a home and feeding-ground for the king of 
Cicindelide, Amblychila cylindriformis Say. Three short visits to this locality 
in as many years were rewarded with the capture of a few specimens of this de- 
sirable insect. At rare reasons they are quite abundant; but usually only a few 
can be taken each night. Another desirable beetle I took by beating the willows 
on the banks of the Smoky was Poecilonota thureura Say. Calosoma obsole- 
tum Say is found in alfalfa fields and along old roads in the latter part of July 
and during August. Beating thistles near Wallace resulted in the capture of 
eight or ten specimens of rare Clerus cordifer Lec. Under old cow chips, near 
the bluffs, were taken a number of the curious and sluggish Ologlyptus anas- 
‘omosis Say; also numbers of 7rimytis pruinosa Lec., and a few Ophyrastes 
vittatus Say were found under the same shelter. 
Almost directly south of Wallace and distant about 100 miles is Coolidge, in 
the Arkansas valley. I collected in this locality one day, July 7, 1897. The gen- 
eral insect fauna is very similar to that at Wallace, although several species occur 
at Coolidge that are not taken at the former place. In an alfalfa field adjoining 
the town, from which the hay was being raked, I took a fine series of Calosoma 
triste Lec. This species is evidently a variable one, as the elytra of one speci- 
men will be almost smooth, while that of the next one taken would approach the 
sculptured markings of obsoletum. F 
From horse droppings I took a fine lot of Canthon depressipennis Lec., and 
from thistle heads dislodged Huphoria kernii Hald. and inda Linn., in pro- 
portion of two of the latter to one of the former. But one specimen of the black 
variety of kernii was taken. Beating vegetation alongside small rivulets and 
depressions in the prairie yielded numerous specimens of Monoxia consputa 
Lec., and a few Diabrotica tricincta Say. At Garden City, fifty miles east of 
Coolidge, a few minutes’ beating of plants along the roadside yielded numerous 
specimens of Copturus adspersus Lec., Anthonomus squamosus Lec., and 
Smicrony2 vestitus Lec. 
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