44 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February, 



tains, by a stream which runs into Buzzard Creek, Vanessa an- 

 tiopa was common; of Hymenoptera, Augochlora pura Say was 

 taken on September 15th, and Apathtis insularis Sm. on Sep- 

 tember 17th; of Coleoptera, Tachyporus jocosus Say was found 

 on September 14th, and Nebria trifaria Lee. (at the foot of the 

 Mam Mountain) on September i6th. Species of Geophilus and 

 Lithobius were also noticed. 



On September i8th we camped on Buzzard Creek itself I 

 wrote at the time: •" Buzzard Creek is a pretty stream, bordered 

 with Willows, — and the surrounding country consists of low 

 rounded hills, covered with gray Artemisia-\)X\y^, Oak-brush 

 (now brilliantly red), and here and there patches of .Quaking 

 Aspen turning yellow." At this locality Vayiessa antiopa was 

 again met with; also Culex sp. and Pcederus sp., and in the creek 

 plenty of the cases of Helicopsyche on stones. Two ducks shot 

 were found to have eaten numbers of the latter. 



Calathus higratus Dej. was taken near Buzzard Creek. 



(2) Plateau Creek District. — It is a good indication of the 

 sub-alpine region when the creek bottoms begin to be filled with 

 the narrow-leafed cottonwood, Populus angustifolia. This was 

 the case near Eagalite (is this a corruption of 6agalit^?), where 

 we camped, and other indications of a warmer climate were not 

 wanting. The sand by the creek was alive with lizards of two 

 species ( Uta ornata Baird and Girard, and Cremidophorus sex- 

 lineatus L.), while tiger beetles {Cicindela 12-guttata Dej.) were 

 nnumerable, taking flight at the slightest alarm. At night, there 

 was a constant chirping of crickets. The other insects noted 

 were Vanessa antiopa, Catocala sp. , Eupithecia sp., Trechus 

 mt'cans hec. {chalybeus Mann.), Crabro odyneroides Qx., Chrysis 

 sp. ; and three Orthoptera, Trimerotropis vinculata Scudd., Dis- 

 soteira Carolina L. , and Acridium shoshone Thos. Rose leaves 

 were noticed to have been cut by some Megachile. The date of 

 these observations was Sept. 19 and 20, 1887. 



(3) Grand Mesa District.— On the north slope of the Grand 

 Mesa a specimen of Hemileuca jtino var, diana Pack. , was taken 

 on September 20th. We camped on the Mesa, near Clear Water 

 Creek, at two different places, altitude about 9,800 feet. This is, 

 of course, high mid-alpine. Some of the characteristic plants 

 are Achillea millefolium, Graphalium Sprengelii, Gentiana ser- 

 rata, Galium boreale, Castilleia miniaia (form with rose-pink 



