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of the salt marsh (Fox) ; Goshen, several males taken or observed 

 in Iva oraria and Scirpus americanus along the edge of the salt 

 marsh (Fox). 



MEBMIBIA Stal. 

 M. vigilans Scudd. 



General Range. — Southern New Jersey to Florida near the 

 coast. 



Local Distribution. — Not recorded outside of Cape May County^ 

 usually rare and local, most frequent at the extreme southern ex- 

 tremity of the peninsula, apparently very exceptional in the upper 

 part of the county, typically found in the immediate proximity of 

 the coast, but occasionally occurring a short distance inland. 



Ecological Distribution. — Typically a member of the Sub- 

 maritime association, frequenting the tall sedges and associated 

 thickets along the borders of the salt marshes, rarely occurring 

 inland in open bogs of Pine Barren aspect. 



Locality Records. — 



Pine Barrens (?). — Belle Plain, Cape May Co., in a bog containing 

 a mixture of Middle District (or Coastal) and Pine Barren plants 

 {Acer ruhnini, Betula populifolia, Lobelia canhyi, Sahatia lanceolaia, 

 Spirea tomentosa) (Fox). 



Coastal District.— Ocean City (N. J. St. Mus. Rep.); Anglesea 

 (N. J. St. Mus. Rep.); Cape May (N. J. St. Mus. Rep., Fox); Cape 

 May Point (Fox). 



SYRBULA Stal. 

 S. admirabilis Uhl. 



General Range. — New Jersey to Florida, west to northern 

 Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and Texas. 



Local Distribution. — Restricted to the Coastal Plain, most 

 frequent in the lower Middle District and Coastal Strip ; less frequent 

 and apparently more or less local in the Pine Barrens. Absent on 

 the beaches. 



Ecological Distribution. — Adapted to a rather wide range of 

 conditions, but occurring most abundantly in dry grasslands on 

 sandy soils, less frequent apparently in open woodland scrub. Typi- 

 cally a member of the Subcoastal association, being frequent in old 

 fields in the Coastal Strip and lower Delaware Valley and in similar 

 situations in the interior of the Cape May Peninsula. In the Pine 

 Barrens it appears to be more common in the vicinity of human 

 habitations than in the more remote and typical portions. 



Locality Records. — 



Middle District. — Newcastle, Del. (Fox). 



