1899] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



hlttotaliis was once taken in some numbers in a small mmlUy 

 pool among the low hills near the town. 



Of the clavicorn beetles only a few seem to require mention. 

 Silphu ranwsa, truneata and lapponicawere met with on carrion. 

 Bairisus frontalis occurred under ties along the railroad track. 

 Exochonuis marginipennis and its variety (HhiopH was beaten 

 from sage-brush, Epilachna eornipta was swept from plants 

 on low ground. Htfperaspia 4^-vittata was not rare, lieing 

 scratched up from about the roots of plants. A very pretty 

 little insect which I have referred with some doubt to Hypev- 

 aapidius trimacidatuH was secured in abundance on cacti, where 

 they evidently feed on the Aphides which infest these plants^ 

 so badly. Erotylus hoisdin^alii was seen quite frequently in the 

 canons, usually resting on the under sides of pine logs. Some 

 few Lanffuria leeontei were found in low meadows. Carpophilu.«i 

 hrachypterus was very abundant on cactus blossoms. 



Buprestidfe were not verj* common as a rule. However, in 

 Cheyenne Canon we took Buprestis macufirentris and Chrym- 

 bothris trinervia on pine logs, AgrUus anxius on poplar, and 

 Anthaxia wneogaster on flowei"S. In Williams' Canon Acnuco- 

 dera pidchella was extremely abundant on flowers in July, while 

 with it occurred A. sparsa in much smaller numbers. Rhyncli- 

 eros sanguinipenniii tmiuented the same situations. CoUops 

 bipunctatus was plentiful on low plants in damp spots near the 

 town. Trichodes onmtus was partial to flowers on the higher 

 altitudes, while Clems ahntptua occurred mostly on plants in 

 the arid districts. 



In the Garden of the Gods Euphoria kernii was found in s<^>me 

 numbers on flowers of Argemone mexicana. A single E. fulgidu 

 was taken at the mouth of the Cheyenne Canon, while TrichiuK 

 affinis was abundant on flowei-s of shrubs above the Se\ en 

 Falls, a few occurring jjlso in Bear Creek and William's 

 Canons. 



The Cerambycidte were hardly as plentiful as one would ex- 

 pect. Batyle sidiiralis and ignicoJUs both occurred on thistle and 

 other blossoms rather commonly, chiefly in the hills about 

 town. Leptura chryaoeoma and L. mnguinea were found along-^ 

 the Pike's Peak road above Manitou. Aemceops Jongicornia 

 was occasionally seen on flowers near Bear Creek. Mouo- 

 hammus scideJlatus and Xylotreehtis nndtdatus were taken from 



