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pine logs iu Cheyenne Canon, while Monilema annulatum wag 

 obtained in small numbers on cacti. 



Chrysomelidie were very abundant. Euryscopa lecontei was 

 beaten from scrub oak, in company with Coscinoptera domin- 

 icana. C. axillaris was very plentiful on various Ioav plants, in 

 company with the much less abundant C. mttigera. The other 

 members of the family must mostly be passed over without 

 notice; but it seems worth while to record the capture, near 

 the town, of numbers of Microrhopala cyanea, varying from blue 

 to green, and well up in Williams's Canon we found a few 

 Odontota collaris on grass blades. The Tenebrionidse offer little 

 of interest, most of the species taken having been found under 

 ties along the railroads. Mention may be made of Asida opaca, 

 A. polita, Eleoden extricata, obsoleta, tricostatu, lonyicollis, lecon- 

 tei and nigrina, and Emhaphion muricatum. Meloe Huhlcevis was 

 taken in considerable numbers on a sandy flat inside the city 

 limits, crawling about during the morning hours. Zonitis 

 hilineata was found rather rarely on composites in July. 



Rhynchophora were abundant in individuals ; no sweeping 

 could be done in patches of weeds on low ground without 

 yielding some of the forms belonging near Smicronyx. On 

 various flowers RhynchUeH eximius occurred in great numbers, 

 being one of the very commonest insects during June, though 

 much rarer in July. I never met with this beautiful weevil 

 at any other point, and it seems quite uncommon in collections, 

 in spite of this wonderful local abundance. 



A NEW SPECIES OF NOMOTETTIX FROM KANSAS. 



By Dr. J. L. Hancock. 



Among some Tettigidse kindly sent to me by Prof. Hugo 

 Kahl, of the Kansas University, I find an example of a species 

 of Nomotettix which is not referable to any described species. 

 I append the following brief description, pending the appear- 

 ance of a more extensive paper on the whole group, which 

 Avill contain a figure of this species. 



Nomotettix aouminatus, sp. nov. 



Similar to N. parvus, differing as follows: Larger stature, iiiclud- 

 ing I'elative proportions of body, vertex trom above more acute- 

 angulate, the mammillae of occiput more distinct, the anterior mar- 

 gin of dorsum a little more produced over the head. Wings pos- 

 teriorly reach slightl}'^ beyond the apical process. From cristatus 

 it is distinguished by the more slender form of the body, besides 

 having the mediancarina of the prouotum lessarched longitudinally. 



Length of ?, 9 mm.; pronotum, 8 ; hind femora, 5: antenna. :-.5. 

 Locality, Lawrence, Kan. Pi-of. Hugo Kahl. 



