Results of work on blister beetles in Kansas . een only recently introduced in thislocality, as it was but a few rods from thebank of a main irrigation ditch whichcomes directly from the Arkansas was not to be found elsewhere at GardenFlG 1_Eniargeder; MlUlt Cit^ Specimens were secured April 24, May 7, and May 19, 1914. On May 7 onepair was taken in copula, but no eggs were secured. The immaturestages were not observed, nor were the beetles seen feeding except onthe young Eussian thistle. Description or Meloe sp. Adult. Xear afer Bland, or barbaras Lee. (Chttn. No. 2507) : Length, 8 t
Results of work on blister beetles in Kansas . een only recently introduced in thislocality, as it was but a few rods from thebank of a main irrigation ditch whichcomes directly from the Arkansas was not to be found elsewhere at GardenFlG 1_Eniargeder; MlUlt Cit^ Specimens were secured April 24, May 7, and May 19, 1914. On May 7 onepair was taken in copula, but no eggs were secured. The immaturestages were not observed, nor were the beetles seen feeding except onthe young Eussian thistle. Description or Meloe sp. Adult. Xear afer Bland, or barbaras Lee. (Chttn. No. 2507) : Length, 8 to mm.;width. 3 to 4 mm.; elytra diverging, truncated, the body being widest across theabdomen near their tips; color black; rough and feebly shining. (Fig. 1.) Of the subfamily Cantharinae, two tribes, Nemognathini andCantharini, were represented. The specimens of Nemognathini were identified as belonging toone genus and three species, Xemognatha lurida Lee, N. bicolor A. piezata Fab. They were intermingling freely on blossoms of. BLISTER BEETLES IX
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