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C. Black above and beneath variety texana 



Euphoria fulgida Fabricius. 



1775. Cetonia fulgida Fabricius, Systema Entomologiae, p. 48. 

 Specimens examined : 5 6 , from Omaha and South 

 Bend, collected during June and early July, on oak leaves. 

 Fulgida is a common and widely distributed species. In life 

 it possesses an astonishingly brilliant and beautiful opalescent 

 quality of coloration, a large part of which is lost in the dried 

 specimens. 



Euphoria inda Linnaeus. 



1758. Scarabaeus indus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. x, p. 352. 



Specimens examined : 52 ,J , 26 9 , from Louisville, South 

 Bend, Ashland, Omaha, Fremont, Lincoln, West Point, Hold- 

 rege, Halsey, Haigler, Sidney, Mitchell and Monroe Canyon 

 in Sioux Co., collected from March 30 to October. Inda is an 

 abundant and widely distributed species, ranging from New 

 York to California. A considerable amount of variation 

 occurs, apparently correlated with the geographical distribu- 

 tion of the species. With a sufficient quantity of material 

 at hand one could doubtless define a number of valid races, 

 just as the ornithologists have done with the horned larks, 

 song sparrows and others. In Nebraska two types of inda 

 are recognizable, one with the upper surface distinctly shin- 

 ing as in the specimens received from New York, and the 

 other very opaque and lusterless. The former occurs clear 

 across the state, while the latter seems to be much less com- 

 mon eastwardly. 



Euphoria kerni kerni Haldeman. 



1852. Euphoria kerni Haldeman, Insects of Stansbury's Expl. and 

 Surv. Great Salt Lake Valley, p. 374, pi. 9, fig. 10. 



Specimens examined : 8 <? , 23 9 , from McCook, Curtis 

 and Hitchcock Co., collected during June and early July, 

 mostly on cactus blossoms. 



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