The Kansas University Science Bulletin (Vol. I, No. 1) — John Shaqi
The Kansas University Science Bulletin (Vol. I, No. 1)Various
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The Kansas University Science Bulletin (Vol. I, No. 1)
Various
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No. 18 was collected in a small stream.
=8. Cambaras rusticus= Girard.
Reported only from Osage river.
=9. Cambaras pilosus= Hay.
This somewhat questionable species has been reported from two
localities comparatively close together in the north-central portion of
the state.
Mr. Sutton informs me that his material (2) was collected in Kelos
Fork, a “wet weather” stream of fresh water which flows into Salt
creek, which empties into the Saline river about four or five miles
from where the specimens were taken. At the time the material was taken
there was no water flowing from the pools into the creek. During the
summer of 1901, Mr. Sutton took material from a well about five feet in
depth, near the above region. The water from the pools would overflow
into the well when the water was high.
=10. Cambaras neglectus= Faxon.
4. Wildcat creek, about two miles west of Manhattan, Riley county.
Collected with the specimens of _C. virilis_ mentioned above. Presented
by J. N. Westgate.
_C. neglectus_, so far as reported, is quite closely confined to the
Republican river valley. The Republican river drains Cheyenne (2) and
Decatur (3) counties. Mill creek (1), in Wabaunsee county, empties
into the Kansas river about fifty miles east of the Republican. Cat
creek (4) empties into the Kansas river about twelve miles from the
Republican. Tributaries of the Republican approach to within six miles
of the upper part of Cat creek, but I know nothing of the nature of the
country separating these streams.
With the exception of the Republican river, in Cheyenne county (2), _C.
virilis_ has also been taken from all the above localities.
The Republican river, in Cheyenne county, wherever I have seen it, is a
shallow stream, perhaps 50 to 100 feet wide, with a bed of loose sand.
It sometimes, though rarely, goes dry in places so far as the surface
is concerned, but it is said that water can always be found by digging
a few inches into the sand of the bed.
During the early part of June, 1901, while near Springfield, Greene
county, Missouri, I had the opportunity of making a few observations
on the habits of _C. neglectus_. In the James river, near Galloway,
about eight miles southeast of Springfield, this was the only species
observed, although probably not the only one occurring in the river.
At this place the James river is a rather swift-flowing stream, with a
rocky bed and with rather high wooded hills along the sides. The stream
is quite shallow in the swiftly running places. The crayfish were quite
abundant, being found under the loose stones and resting in the strands
of the rich vegetation, which stood almost horizontal in the swiftly
flowing water.
The specimens were very plentiful around Boiling Springs, a place where
one of the cold, underground rivulets of the region breaks through the
rocks in the bottom of the stream.
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