148 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'o2 



fifteen feet wide by one hundred feet long, and about six to 

 ten feet back from the waters' edge. I went over the ground 

 carefully along the lake for over a quarter of a mile, but found 

 only a single specimen. They would not stay on the red soil, 

 or on soil covered with grass or other vegetation. The move- 

 ments of this species are different from any that have come 

 under my observation. They run rather clumsily, are slow on 

 the wing, and rarely fly further than ten or twelve feet ; often 

 only six or eight feet. When the net is thrown over them they 

 seldom fly up into the net, but almost always remain on the 

 ground, often not moving until picked up. As they were not 

 copulating, I inferred that the middle of their season was about 

 June loth, extending from say, May loth to July loth. No 

 other species was seen in this locality, which has an elevation 

 of about six thousand seven hundred and fifty feet. Willistoni 

 is assigned in Henshaw's list as a variety of fulgida, but from 

 my observations on their habits and a comparison of the species 

 themselves, I have no hesitation in pronouncing it a distinct and 

 valid .species. 



Other species taken at L,ake Como were, Bcnibidium msulatum 

 L,ec., and cphippiger Lee, a species of Ptcrostichns, a species of 

 Harpalus and four .specimens of a handsome Eleodes apparently 

 undescribed. 



At Medicine Bow, collecting by beating willows, wild roses, 

 and turning over old ties, yielded Harpalus ellipsis, Lee, a 

 Staphilinid, Lcptacinns sp., a Nitidulid, Mdigethcs nmtatus 

 Harr. in numbers; Agrilus poliitis Say, also in numbers; also a 

 Hydnocera subfasdatus Lee, numbers of Aphodius vittatus Lee, 

 a species of Bruchus, \irohixh\y paupcrrii his Lee, a Tcncbriojiid , 

 Helops dijfuilis Horn, two fine specimens of Curculionids, 

 Nodiclus cfqualis Horn, and Lixiis rubdlis Rand. Antho7iomus 

 con/usus Diet/ was also taken here. 



A day at Ogden, Utah, July 24th, allowed but a single hour's 

 collecting at the Hermitage, Ogden Canyon, six miles frori the 

 city. Here I found under stones at the water's edge Nebria ob- 

 liqua Lec at an altitude of over fivc>thou.sand feet. Under the 

 same conditions I took liemhidiitm rrdicollis Lee, plaiiatum 

 Lec. and transversalc Dej.; IHatynus fossigcr Dej., and P. dc- 



