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only in the extreme northern part of New Jersey and not extendmg 

 much south of the lower limits of the Appalachian Region of Penn- 

 ■sylvania. 



Ecological Distribution. — I know of no record of its habitats 

 in our region. According to Lugger, it prefers the borders of forests, 

 frequenting the low bushes in such locations. In Indiana I have 

 found it in similar situations. 



Locality Records. — 



Piedmont Plateau. — Highspire (Pa. St. Dept. Zool.) ; Middletown 

 (Pa. St. Dept. Zool.). 



Eastern slope of the Palisades (Beutenmiiller) . 



X, Strictum Scudder. 



General Range. — Largely Austral in range, extending from New 

 Jersey to Texas, north in the interior to Illinois, Minnesota and 

 Nebraska. 



Local Distribution. — Locally not infrequent in the Piedmont 

 Plateau; quite common in the lower half of the Middle District 

 and the Coastal Strip, rare or accidental on the beaches. Apparently 

 very local in cultivated sections of the Pine Barrens. 



Ecological Distribution.— A xerophilous species, characteristic 

 of dry, open grasslands. 



Locality Records. — 



Piedmont Plateau. — Harrisburg (Pa. St. Dept. Zool.) ; Valley 

 Forge (Fox) ; Mt. Airy (Daecke) ; Ashbourne (Long) ; Fern Hill 

 (Rehn and Hel)ard); Castle Rock (Rehn and Hebard); Pink Hill, 

 in grass on dry hillsides (Fox). 



Middle District. — Cornwalls (Rehn and Hebard) ; Elmwood, in 

 Tinicum meadows, frequenting dry, grassy areas (Fox) ; Paschalville 

 (Fox); Essington (Fox). 



Washington Park, sandy areas in bunch grasses, etc. (Fox); 

 Almonesson, in open, sandy field, frequenting grassy thickets (Fox) ; 

 Canton, dry, grassy uplands near salt marsh (Fox). 



Pine Barrens. — Taunton (Stone) ; Atsion (Hebard) ; head of 

 Tuckahoe River (Fox). 



Coastal District. — Staten Island (Davis); Petersburg (Fox); 

 Ocean View, common in upland situations in coarse grasses and 

 weeds (Fox) ; Avalon, 1 female, no others observed (Fox) ; Cape 

 May, scarce, noted only one individual (Fox); Cape May Point 

 (Fox); Goshen (Fox). 



Cape May Interior. — Sea Isle Junction, in grassy scrub (Fox); 

 Ocean View Cemetery (Fox) ; S. Seaville, mostly in old fields and in 



