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and apparently spends the day time in burrows aroimd the edges 

 of damp pools. They are commonly attracted to lights at night. 

 During the season of 191 3, the latter part of May, I had occasion 

 to pull some sedges from the margin of a pool just outside the 

 water line, as I wished to examine the roots. The plant, however, 

 broke off above the roots and I noticed that a hole had been 

 eaten through the stalk. On digging down I found that the adult 

 beetle had attacked the sedge and eaten a hole entirely through it. 

 Whether this was done for the juices would be hard to determine, 

 but I can think of no other reason. A larger species of this genus, 

 puncticollis Casey, occurs as far east as the Medora region, but in 

 lesser numbers than trachypygus, and is also fairly common in the 

 region around Dodge City and southwest. 



One of the best finds made in the Medora region was in the 

 latter part of May, 1913, when I uncovered two specimens a (^ and 

 5, of Strategus mormon, this being the first record of this species 

 in the state and I believe the first authentic record of the genus 

 occurring in Kansas. The holes made by this beetle are very 

 distinct from those made by Phaneus carnifex or difformis, as 

 they are fully twice the diameter. The two- specimens of Strategus 

 were found three or four hundred yards apart, their burrows 

 extending almost vertically into the sand, deflecting less than 15 

 degrees. Each had penetrated to a depth of about 12 inches into 

 the moist sand. None was taken last season, but during the 

 coming seasons the dunes will be thoroughly inspected for addi- 

 tional specimens of this species. 



In the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society dated 

 December 19th, 1879, pp. 400^401, Dr. Geo. H. Horn described 

 Euryomia (Euphoria) aestuosa from a unique $ presented to him 

 by Dr. S. V. Summers of the U. S. Army, the specimen having 

 been taken in Kansas. During my long years of collecting in 

 this state I have always kept a close lookout for this species but 

 without success until May, 1913, when a single specimen was 

 taken from the sand hill region near Medora. I recognized it at 

 once as the long sought species and find that the specimen, which 

 is evidently a J*, compares very closely with Dr. Horn's description 

 except in the color of the thorax. In my specimen this is entirely 



