14 , THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 
CRYPTOCEPHALUS, Geoffr. (Con.) COoccIDULA. 
mammifer, /Vezw77. *lepida, Lec. 
*quadruplex, Ver. Mvsra, Mis. 
auratus, Fabr. *pullata, Say. 
“catarius, Sz#r. 15-punctata, O/v. 
sap PSYLLOBORA, Muis. 
COCCIN DIE OIEDVade 20-maculata, Say. 
Hippopamia, Aus. CHILOCORUS, Leach. 
13-punctata, Zen. bivulnerus, A/w4s. 
convergens, Guer. BRACHYACANTHA, Muts. 
parenthesis, Say. — ursina, abr. 
maculata, Geer. Hyperaspis, Rede. 
COCCINELLA, Lin. elegans, Aus. 
ophthalmica, Aus. - SCYMNUS, Aug. 
bipunctata, Zi. *ornatus, Lec. 
picta, Land. var. *flavifrons, JZe/s. 
trifasciata, Linn. *punctatus, AZels. 
transversoguttata, Fald. *terminatus, Say. 
lacustris, Lec. collaris, Me/s. 
novemnotata, Herbst. lacustris, Lec. 
sanguinea, Lizz. SACIUM, Lee. 
“cardisce, Randall. x. fasciatus, Say. 
*similis, Randall. 2. *obscurus, Zec. 
1. Taken by Dr. Milward. 2. Taken by Dr. Milward. 
NOTES OF A COWCATCHER RIDE THROUGH NEBRASKA. | 
BY CHARLES R. DODGE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 
DuRING my recent trip through Colorado and adjacent territory, as a 
member of the New York agricultural editorial excursion party, I made it 
a point to collect whenever an opportunity was offered. ‘Through Kansas, 
the three-minute stops at the stations, many of which are out on the open 
plains, afforded me opportunity for turning over old railroad ties, &c.; for 
beating the herbage and rank vegetation at the sides of the track, or for 
searching in the dry grass and weeds for Orfhoptera. In the mountains it 
was an easy matter to jump from the ambulance or to follow behind it, 
