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tive people and are credited with causing the death of many 

 a poor horse. Perfectly harmless of course. 



VALLEY 



The following are found generally distributed over the 

 valley. 



ORTHOPTERA 



Melanoplus bivitattus. This is strictly a valley type none 

 having been taken from either the Sandia mountains or the 

 mesa. It illustrates well the tendency of many eastern 

 species to creep down the larger valleys. Taken from 

 meadows below Acoma and from those on Mt. Taylor. 



M. differential (Uhler) Bruner. 



Microcentrum laurifolium. Very common on Ampelopsis 

 (Virginia Creeper) Orphuleila galina, Scudd. The most com- 

 mon locust along the Rio Jemez in Aug 1909. 



Schistocerca albolineata, Thomas. 



S. shoshone, Thomas. Common in 1907 especially. 



Spharagemon sp. 



COLEOPTERA 



Agabus disintegratus, Cr. 



Amara carinata, Lee. 



Calosoma scrutator, Fab. 



Cicindela f ulgida, Say. 



C. lepida Dej. 



C. micans, Fabr. Collected by V. E. Shelf ord. 



C. sperata. 



Cybister explanatus, Lee. 



Cyclocephala immaculata, Oliv. Not common. 



Coscinoptera dominicana. Fab. 



Diabrotica 12-punctata. Common everywhere but especi- 

 ally abundant on corn in the irrigated fields. 



Diplotaxis pacata, Lee. 



Epilachna corrupta, Nels. 



Exochomus hoegei. Gorham. 



Hypodamia parenthesis. 



Harpulus pennsyvanicus, Degeer. 



Microrhopala vittata. Very destructive to leaves on the 

 golden-rod. 



Polyphylla hammondi, Lee. Espanola. This beetle makes 



