15© ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'o2 



Phalacrus simplex L,ec. was taken by beating shrubbery. The 

 Coccinellidise were well represented. Coccinella g~notata Hbst. , 

 transversalis Melsh., sangidnea L,inn. and Brachycantha dentipes 

 Fab., were common. Of the Histers only one species was 

 found, Saprimis lubricus L,ec. Of Nitidulids , two specimens of 

 Cerais pennahis Murr. and numbers of Meligethcs mutatusl^zxx . 

 were found on thistle heads and other flowering plants. 



The common Elater, Dolopiiis lateralis Esch. , was taken, and 

 a single specimen of a Coryvibites very near hieroglyphicits. 

 Acmceodera variegata Lee. was the common Buprestid on thistle 

 heads and other flowers. Ellychnia californica Mots, and Podo- 

 brus tomeutosus Say were taken by beating. Collops insulahis 

 IvCC. and Trichochrous seriellus Csy. were found abundantly on 

 thistle heads. Trichodes ornatus SiSiy is not uncommon, feeding 

 on flowers. Aphodiics granarius I^inn. was fairly common, but 

 only a single specimen of Toxotus vestitus Hald. was taken on 

 flowers. Of the Chrysomelidce, Coscinoptcra axillaris Lee. Saxi- 

 nis saiicia L,ec. , Li7ia scripta Fab. , Disonycha collaris Fab. and 

 Luperodes morrisojii Csy. were easily taken by beating. Of 

 Cryptocephahis ^-rnacnlota Say, Diachus aiiratus, Fab., Srelo- 

 lypcriis lo7igiUus Lee. and Haltica tombacina Mann, but a single 

 specimen of each was found. Of the Tenebrios a single speci- 

 men of Coniontes robiista Horn, was picked up high on the side 

 of the canyon. Nearby were found Eleodes cxtricata Say, and 

 hispilabris Say. Of Anaspis rufa Say, three specimens were 

 taken, but only a single specimen of Mordella scntellaris Fab. 

 A single .specimen of Lappus cursor Qsy. and a species of Lappus 

 were al.so taken. Mylacus saccatus Lee. was rather common on 

 flowers, while only one Apion proclive Lee. and a Smicronix sp. 

 were found. High up on the side of the canyon and just above 

 the city several specimens of an Acanthoscclis were beaten from 

 flowers. 



The popular resort for Salt Lake City people is Saltair, an 

 immense i>avilion built on piles in the lake, near its southern 

 extremity, fourteen miles southwest of the city. iCxcursion 

 trains run out almost every hour during the day with thou.sands 

 of pleasure .seekers, who go to dance and dip in the .salt-charged 

 waters of the lake. Alxjut a (|uarter of a mile ea.st of the pa- 



