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Between Washington Park and Red Bank in a small "hummock" 

 (Carex strida ?) swamp (Fox) . 



Pine Barrens. — ''Ocean Co." on cranberry bog (N. J. St. Mus. 

 Rep.) ; Lakehiirst {idem.) ; between Winslow and Folsom, 1 individual 

 taken in Woodwardia virginica patch in peat bog (Fox); Folsom 

 (Rehn and Hebard) ; Hammonton (N. J. St. Mus. Rep.) ; Belleplain 

 (Fox), 1 taken in bog. 



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



ARPHIA Stal. 

 A. sulphurea Fabr. 



General Range." — Southern New England and Ontario to northern 

 Florida, west to eastern Nebraska and Texas. 



Local Distribution. — Frequent, though more or less local, 

 throughout the Piedmont Plateau and Coastal Plain; absent on the 

 beaches. 



Ecological Distribution. — A xerophilous species frequenting 

 especially bare soil surfaces usually in the vicinity of woodlands; 

 not infrequent in dry grasslands. 

 Locality Records. — 



Appalachian District. — Rockville (Pa. St. Dept. ZooL). 

 Piedmont Plateau. — Rock Hill (Fox); Cliffs of the Delaware 

 below Kintnersville (Fox) ; Trappe (Fox) ; Valley Forge (Hebard, 

 Fox); Mt. Airy (Fox); Fern Hill (Rehn and Hebard); Pink Hill 

 (Rehn and Hebard, Fox); Castle Rock (Daecke); Williamsoii 

 School (Long). 



Middle District. — Tullytown, on sandy eminence in open woods 

 (Fox); Philadelphia (A. N. S.). 



DaCosta (Daecke); Westville (Rehn); Barnesboro (Fox); 

 Almonesson (Fox). 



Pine Barrens. — West Plains (Rehn); Clementon (Rehn, Fox); 

 Penbryn (Fox); Winslow (Fox); Parkdale (Rehn and Hebard); 

 ]\Ianumuskin (Daecke); Belleplain (Fox); Formosa Bog (Fox). 

 Coastal District. — Petersburg (Fox); Ocean View (Fox). 

 Cape May Interior. — Sea Lsle Junction (Fox) ; Ocean View Ceme- 

 tery (Fox); S. Seaville (Fox) ; Dennisville (Fox). 

 A. xanthoptera Burm. 



General Range. — Southern New England and Wisconsin, south 

 to Florida and Texas, west to Nebraska. 



Local Distribution. — Essentially the same distribution as the 

 preceding, but rather more frequent; somewhat local in the Piedmont 



