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Calandrid.e. Dryopthorus — Sch. Hylesbius — Fab. 

 RhodobcBHUs — Lee. corticalis — Saj. aculeatus — Say. 



tredecimpunctatus — 111. 



Splienofhorus — Sch. Scolytid.e. Axthribid.e. 



ochreus — Lee. Alonarthrum — Kirseh. Piezocorynus — Seh. 



eostipennis — Horn. - mali — Fitch. ^.Tnoestus — Lee. 



placidus — Say. Pityophthortis — Eich. Cratoparis — Sch. 



parvulus — Gyll. Xminutissimus — Zimm. lunatus — Fab. 



Calandra — Clairv. Xvleborus — Eich. Brachytarsus — Sch. 



/ granaria — Linn. ^eelsus — Eich. ^plumbeus — Lee. 



' ^.variegatus — Say. 



NOTES ON THE COLEOPTERA OF THE SOUTHWEST. 



By H. F. WICKHAM. 



Collecting at Light in New Mexico. — During the 

 seasons of 1887 and 1888 I have made considerable collec- 

 tions in the southwest, and, among other opportunities 

 for observation, have had occasion to collect at the electric 

 lights in Albuquerque. Situated as this place is, in the fertile 

 valley of the Rio Grande, it gives an opportunity for a wide 

 variety of species to exist, though the absence of all forest 

 trees from the neighborhood naturally reduces the number of 

 lignivorous species, especially Cermnbycidce, below what we 

 might expect to find. As some of the results of my work 

 at the lights are of interest it may be worth while to give an 

 account of them. The following captures were made be- 

 tween June 2pth and July 12th: 



Among the Cicinddidce taken were the following species of 

 Cicindela — C. ■pimctulata (var. micans'), C. sperata, and C. 

 lepida. Of these C. sfenita was by far the most common, 

 appearing in great numbers while the others were represented 

 only by an occasional specimen. C. lepida I found only at 

 lights, never observing it during the day. C. micans is 

 common during the day in fields around the city, while C. 

 s-pcrata is abundant on the banks of the Rio Grande, half a 

 mile or more distant from the lights. 



