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C. senilis Horn. "About San Diego in damp places away from 

 the coast" (Dunn). May to September. Mr Koebele found it in 

 Death Valley and Mr. Fuchs has it from Inyo and Tuolumne Coun- 

 ties, California, June and July. Mr. Soltau says that he has captured 

 great numbers in April near Salt Lake City on the low marshy grounds 

 eight miles out towards the lake where the soil is quite sandy and 

 covered with a thin coat of mud. It is probable that this note refers 

 to what Captain Casey named C. echo. 



C. hypetborea Lee. My only information regarding this insect 

 comes from Professor F. L. Washburn of Eugene, Oregon. He took 

 it commonly on the Oregon coast during the summer months. It 

 flies along the beach, running over both wet and dry sand and is said 

 to be very wary. The observations above recorded were made chiefly 

 in Lincoln County during July and August. Dr. LeConte's original 

 specimens came from Methy Portage in the Hudson's Bay Region. 

 The form limbata Say, seems to be confined to the sand hill country 

 of Nebraska. Professor Bruner found it in "blow-outs" where there 

 was little or no vegetation. It is less active than many other sand- 

 frequenting species not running nor flying so readily. 



C. ancocisconensis Harris. For the following careful account of the 

 habits of this species I am indebted to Mr. Ottomar Reinecke of Buf- 

 falo, New York: — " It is found only at one spot in the vicinity of 

 Buffalo, a strip on the banks of Cazenovia Creek, eight miles from the 

 city. The locality is about one mile in length and from an eighth to 

 a half mile in width, on both sides of the creek. It is protected on 

 the southwest by a bluff, sheltering it from the cold western winds. 

 The soil is bottom lands, the deposits from near-by shale, sand and 

 black mud. The Cicindela comes out of the ground during the first 

 bright days of May and can be found until the middle of June. A 

 second brood appears in August. On warm sunny days it is very wild, 

 on cloudy days is sluggish and may then be found concealed under 

 stones, twigs and boards. On such occasions I have dug it out of the 

 banks of the creek. They are easily recognized during flight by an 

 experienced collector on account of their large size and the bright 

 metallic green of the underside. Several other species — C. repanda, 

 purpurea, sexguttata and punctulata are more or less numerous in the 

 same locality." Mr. Roland Hay ward has taken it on rocky, wooded, 

 mountainous country, alone or scattered along roads. His localities 



