Omaha, April 12, 1905.

My dear Wolcott :

Your letter of the 4th was awaiting me on my return April
6th, and interested me very much. I hope it will be my good
fortune to be in Omaha at the time Mr. Knaus makes his trip ; if
you can arrange for a Sunday on the Salt Basin - a nice dry
Sunday, please, such as we did not have once - I shall certainly
be with you. I am perfectly ravenous for tiger beetles, and
want half a thousand each of fulgida and togata, not to mention
a few hundreds of each of the other species to be found on that
wonderful Salt Basin.

While I was in San Francisco I was handed a copy of Mr.
Knaus's translation of Walther Horn's letters relating to his
recent trip in this country, dealing almost exclusively with
Cicindelidae, and found them very interesting. Have you read
them ? I intend to get a copy from Mr. Knaus if he has any
left for sale.

I had a most delightful evening with Dr. Van Dyke in
San Francisco, hovering over his collection until midnight.
You should know him, and I told him all the bad things about
you which came to mind. He reminds me of you in many ways -
his enthusiasm, his closely reasoned theories of relationship
of genera, geographical distribution, etc., and in other ways
which I will not cite for fear it might spoil you. He gave
me some excellent specimens - C. ^icindela oregona, haemorrhagica, senilis,
bellissima, and eureka, and O.^mus californicus, also a specimen
of var. rugipennis of O. sequoiarum which he dug up in Placer
County.

I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with O. californicus
on Twin Peaks. They were not numerous ; in fact, I collected but
three ; but I was pleased to see an Omus alive and get an idea of
its movements and action. I collected quite a number of various
beetles there and on Mt. Tamalpais.

Van Dyke placed my Yuma tiger beetle, and you will be disappointed
to learn that it is hirticollis. I am sorry to have
led you to believe that I had something out of the ordinary.

In Van Dyke's collection I found two specimens from Nebraska
concerning which you may or may not be pleased to have data ; it
occurred to me that they might be new locations for the species :
C. denverensis, Benkelman, Neb., May 18, 1903 ; C. limbata, Imperial,
Neb., no date.

So far I have found only C. splendida and C. repanda here
this spring.

All right ; we'll go after the Scarabs.

Can you conveniently give me a list of Eloides ^Eleodes in your col-
lection and that of the Uni., taken in Nebraska ? Any old time.

Don't know whether I care to dig out an ant hill or not.
Will see later.

Best wishes to all.

Your friend,

P.Z.-Who is Treas. of the N.O.U. ?

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Lincoln, Apr. 18, 1905.

My dear Shoemaker,

Tomorrow night at 7:30 Prof.
Bruner, Dr. Ward and I leave for the Forest Reserve at
Halsey, to be gone till the 28th; If it were only possible
for you to come up over Sunday—should love, beside
the hermits, all sorts of nests to photograph. Have some
new Sandhill pictures taken by Prof. Emerson and
duplicates for you. Shall be in Omaha with the medic,
Wed., May 3, and can stay over May 4—cannot
you fix it somehow to get a day off?
Come to Halsey—if possible!! address me here,
if you do. Anyhow arrange for May 4—

With best regards to all,
R. H. Wolcott.

Omaha, April 27, 1905.

Dear Wolcott:
Your special delivery letter just received, 4:45 p.m. I had intended
writing tonight to ascertain what you planned doing.

I am quite sure I can arrange for Saturday afternoon, and of course
Sunday is mine without condition; and of course you will have to say
over Sunday - no other way possible; and of course you are to stay with
me, by order of Miss V., which of course settles it. Stay over Sunday
by all means; we will have a record powwow. I am lining up my tigers
and want a lot of advice.

Call up or call on Miss V. or me, when you arrive or during the
day, and we will get together.

Have no more time now. Am anticipating a fine time with you.

Sincerely,

Frank H. Shoemaker

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Lincoln, Apr. 28. 1905

Dear Shoemaker,

Will arrive Omaha,
with medical excursion tomorrow morn-
ing at 7:30 (approximately). Will be busy
with the medics till 3:30 or 3:45 p.m.
Then free. Will come over to the office or
out to home as case may be - will telephone
during day. May be we can have a little
trip Sat. eve. And Sunday - well!!!

Very sincerely
Robt. H. Wolcott.