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valley on a July day. Abundant everywhere, and on a great 

 variety of plants. 



Mordella scutellaris, Fabr. 



HYMENOPTERA 



Apostemon splendens. Prom the "Hudsonian Zone" of 

 North Sandia Mt. where it was found nesting, to the valley of 

 the Rio Grande. Taken at Phacelia corruga, Biscutella wisliz- 

 eni, Fallugia, Malvastricum. Philadelp/ticus, Opuntia arborescens 

 at Wagon Mound and Silver City. From April 19 to Sep. 9. 



Polistes variatus, Cress. From Ells' Ranch in Spruce for- 

 est at 8,000 ft. on North Sandia Mt. to Valley of Rio Grande. 

 Nesting in all situations between. 



Tremex Columbia. Equally abundant in the Cottonwoods 

 of the valley and the Douglas Spruce of the Mts. 



HEM1PTERA 



Adelphocosis superbus. From the Yellow Pine Assn. to the 

 valley, Silver City, Taos, Jemez Mts. On Rudbeckia, Cleome, 

 Croton, Rayless Goldenrod, Chrsothamnus, Fallugia, alfalfa. 



Agalia gilletei, Osb & Ball. Mesa and Mts. to Spruce Assn. 

 Abundant under Yucca rosettes in winter. (A. sannuilenta, 

 Prov. We collected from the Estancia Valley.) 



Euchistus impictiventris. Yellow Pine Assn. to valley. 



Gerris remiges, Say. On all suitable ponds and streams in 

 both valley and mountains. 



Harmostes reflexulus var. virescens, Dall. From the oak 

 chaparral to the mesa. All in Sept. 



Largus succinctus. 



Lygus pratensis, L. Abundant everywhere and especially 

 so in the Valley, where in summer one can scarcely find a 

 plant without it. 



Nysius ericae (Schill) Horv. Nearly as common as the last 

 species. 



LEPIDOPTERA 



Basilarchia. 



Colias eury theme, Boisduval. Common in the mountains and 

 in the valley wherever there is damp soil, but entirely absent 

 from the mesa. Not as abundant anywhere as in the east- 

 ern states. 



Nathalis iole. The Dwarf Yellow extends from 9,000 ft. in 

 the Sandia Mts. to the valley at less than 5,000. 



