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it in similar situations at Luna, New Mexico, sometimes hiding under 

 tufts of grass. Dr. H. G. Griffith took it at Hght in Phoenix from 

 June to October, but never saw it by daylight. I also met with it in 

 quantities at the street lights of Tucson. Professor Townsend took it 

 September 25 on bare white sand on the lower Mesa, far from water, 

 in the vicinity of Las Cruces, New Mexico. 



C. circiwipicta Laf. Mr. Knaus finds this species on salt marsh, in 

 June, July and less commonly in August, in the vicinity of Fredonia, 

 Kansas. It is commonest near the water's edge, where the bare saline 

 ground is moist and warm, and in sheltered offshoots where the sun 

 shines hottest. Professor Popenoe has found it in abundance on salty 

 or alkaline clay lands on the prairies of Mitchell County, Kansas, in 

 July. My own experience with it is limited, but I got a few at Point 

 Isabel, Texas, near the mouth of the Rio Grande ; it occurred on the 

 open beach where the great salt marshes come down to the sea, and is 

 a strong, rapid flyer. The form prcetextata Lee, took once, at elec- 

 tric light in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 



C. iogata Laf. This is also a salt marsh species and is known from 

 the "basin" at Lincoln, Nebraska, as well as from the alkaline or 

 saline marshes of Kansas and Texas. In the last named state, I found 

 it at various points between Brownsville and Point Isabel, always on 

 saline flats, rarely close to the beach. It is a rather wary insect and a 

 very rapid runner. Professor Popenoe takes it in company with cir- 

 cumpicta, but more rarely. 



C. pajnphila Lee. I met this in great numbers along the beach at 

 Point Isabel, Texas, during June and the early part of July. It is not 

 so partial to clean, white sand as is saulcyi, apparently preferring more 

 dirty ground, where the great salt marshes open on to the sea. Not 

 difficult of capture, though by no means slow. 



G. severa Laf. Also found at Point Isabel in July, in company 

 yiiihpamphiia. But it is a most extremely wary species, of very strong, 

 swift flight, and was met with rarely. It presents a magnificent 

 appearance when alive and flies in the hottest sunshine. 



C. striga Lee. Unknown to me. Taken by Hubbard and Schwarz 

 at night, when it was attracted by camp-fires at Lake Harney and 

 Enterprise, Florida, in May. As this species is said to be extremely 

 closely allied to severa, it is strange if they are really so diverse in 

 habits as the note would seem to indicate. It is quite likely that the 



