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.
In a clear, rocky stream,[B] shallow in most places, flowing between high hills, about four miles northwest of Springfield, crayfish were found in abundance. The smaller and by far the more numerous species was C. neglectus. The animals were very active, darting from stone to stone when disturbed, but usually remaining under cover but a short time.
In a stream flowing from Galloway Cave, at Galloway, Greene county, C. neglectus and C. rusticus were taken. At the mouth of the cave, C. neglectus was by far the more abundant, if not the only species, being found in great abundance under loose stones at the very mouth. The water here has practically the same temperature as that on the inside. The temperature on the inside of the cave is said to remain at fifty-seven degrees F. winter and summer. The animals were very inactive, the cold water, apparently, numbing them to such an extent that it was not at all difficult to take them with the hand.[C] A little distance down the stream, where the water was much warmer, the animals were noticed to be as active as ever.