1914.] natural sciences of philadelphia. 511 



Locality Records. — 



Piedmont Plateau. — Pink Hill (Rehn and He})ar(l). 

 Pine Barrens. — Staff ords Forge (Rehn); Belleplain (Fox). 

 Cape May Interior. — Sea Isle Junction (Fox). 



M. fasciatUS Walker. 



General Range. — Canadian Provinces to northern Illinois and 

 Indiana and southern New Jersey, south in the mountains to northern 

 Alabama, west to Colorado and British Columbia. 



Local Distribution. — Occurs in the Appalachian Region. No 

 records of its occurrence in the Piedmont Plateau. Locally frequent 

 throughout the Pine Barrens; occasional in the extreme upper part 

 of the Cape May Peninsula. 



Ecological Distribution. — Frequentss the low scrub and under- 

 growth of dry woods; at times also found about the margins of bogs. 



Locality Records. — 



Appalachian District. — Bellasylva (Stone); Lehigh Gap (Rehn). 



Pine Barrens. — Jamesburg (Beutenmiiller) ; Clementon (Fox); 

 Whitings (Rehn); Speedwell (Rehn); Whitehorse (Rehn); Cedar 

 Grove (Rehn); Staffords Forge (Rehn); Atsion (Rehn); between 

 Winslow and Folsom (Fox) ; Parkdale (Rehn and Hebard) ; Da Costa 

 (Daecke); Manumuskin (Daecke, Fox). 



Cape May Interior. — ^Sea Isle Junction (Fox). 



M. atlanis Riley. 



General Range. — Canadian Provinces to Florida, Texas, Utah 

 and Arizona. 



Local Distribution. — Recorded from the Appalachian District; 

 common, though somewhat local, in the Piedmont Plateau; plentiful 

 in the Coastal Plain, especially in the Middle and Coastal Districts; 

 more local in the Pine Barrens. Absent from the beaches. 



Ecological Distribution. — A xerophilous species of campestral 

 tendencies, preferring open, dry grasslands on sandy soils. 



Locality Records. — 



Appalachian District. — Lehigh Gap (Rehn). 



Piedmont Plateau. — Valley Forge (Fox) ; Germantown (Fox) ; 

 Pink Hill (Fox); Castle Rock (Rehn and Hebard). 



Middle District.— TuWy town (Fox); Philadelphia (A. N. S'.); 

 Elmwood (Fox). 



Riverton (Viereck); Atco (Rehn); Washington Park (Fox); 

 Woodbury (Viereck); Mantua (Fox); Almonesson (Fox); Laurel 

 Springs (Fox) ; Clementon (Fox). 



