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Sch. Subsequently Mr. A. C. Jensen Haarup, author of Dan- 

 mark's Fauna Taeger, gave me a copy of his work. It contains 

 an excellent figure and a note, to wit : " P. maerkeli H. Sch. Black ; 

 apical half of first antennal segment, sides of 

 hemelytra and connexivum whitish yellow ; by 

 each eye often a narrow, light, somewhat ob- 

 lique cross stripe ; legs reddish. In the full 

 winged examples the whitish on the hemelytra 

 predominates and the prothorax widens con- 

 siderably at its base. Long. 4^^-55^ mm. 

 Common all over in meadows, nearly always 

 short winged." The accompanying drawing is 

 copied from that in Jensen Haarup's work, 

 with the abdomen changed to agree with my 

 four specimens, in which it is slightly nar- 

 rower and longer. My specimens were taken 

 by sweeping a dry grassy hillside near Cat- 

 ing's Pond, Maspeth, L. I., N. Y., June 7-20, 

 the year probably 1909. They add, I believe, a new genus and 

 species to our fauna, and it may be worth noting that maerkeli 

 is the type of the genus. It is not improbable that this brachyp- 

 teron has escaped attention from its resemblance to a nymph 

 One good look at the dorsal side of the abdomen tells the mature 

 creature the seeming wing pads being mature brachelytra. 



COLLECTING NOTES ON KANSAS COLEOPTERA. 



By Warren Knaus, McPherson, Kansas 



Abo'Ut six miles north of the Arkansas River in Reno County 

 is a stretch of sand hills a mile or more in width, consisting of 

 immense sand dunes, bare of vegetation, and caused by strong 

 winds. The bottoms of these " blow-outs " contain pools of water 

 except in very dry seasons The sand hill flora is quite different 

 from that of the surrounding country, the margins of the pools 

 and draws being lined with tall grass and sedges. The timber 

 consists of scattered cottonwoods, willows and sand plums. The 



