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The species was found occasional in swampy spots (Albany). 



The above records include all the localities known for the species 

 over the territory at present considered. The species has been found 

 as far north as Staten Island, New York, and southward appears to 

 reach its greatest abundance in the United States in peninsular Florida. 



Nemobius palustris palustris Blatchley. 



Washington, District of Columbia, and Fayetteville, Lake Wacca- 

 maw and Wilmington, North Carolina. 



These, the southernmost-known records for this insect, include 

 all the localities known for it over the area now being studied. 



Nemobius carolinus carolinus Scudder. 



Cabin John Run and Plummer's Island, Maryland; Washington, 

 District of Columbia; Alexandria County, Dead Run, Rosslyn, 

 Fairfax County and Falls Church, Virginia; Raleigh, Blowing Rock, 

 Newton, Black Mountain, Balsam, Highlands, Fayetteville and Lake 

 Waccamaw, North Carolina; Florence, Swansea and north end of 

 Sullivan Island, South Carolina; Thompson's Mills, Brunswick, 

 Thomasville and Bainbridge, Georgia, and Daytona, Florida. 



Virginia. Charlotte, VII, 27, 1913, (R. & H.), 



Fredericksburg, VII, 20, 1913, (R. & n \j U J- ^\jU U o" K 9 - iniQ ,„ , „, 

 H , .> • _ % Goldsboro, VII, 25, 1913, (R. & H.), 



n.;,-]uv. a. 2 d% 3 9. 



»t is, 7- Georgia. 



North Carolina. -p.. i r> i wttt , m .m, /T n 



Pinnacle Peak, VIII, 20, 1913, (J. C. 



Jefferson, IX, 1912, (F. Sherman), Bradley), 2 9. 



1 d\ [N. C. State Dept. Agr. Cln.]. Jasper, VIII, 5, 1913, (R.), 1 juv. <?. 



Grandfather Mountain, 4,000-5,000 Billy's Island, IX, 1-5, 1913, (J. C. 



feet, IX, 1915, 1 <?, [Hebard Cln.]. Bradley), 1 c? • 



Blowing Rock, IX, 1915, (F. Sherman), Spring Creek, VII, 16 to VIII, 26, 1912 



1 d\ [N. C. State Dept. Agr. Cln.]. and 1913, (J. C. Bradley), 1 <?, 3 9 . 



Immature individuals of this species and of N. confusus are more 

 glabrous in general appearance than any others found in the area 

 here considered. The general color is dark brown, the four rows of 

 large pale spots on the dorsal abdominal segments first appearing 

 in the instars immediately preceding maturity. 



The present common insect is found everywhere over the region 

 now being studied. 



Nemobius confusus Blatchley. 



Cabin John Run and Plummer's Island, Maryland; Dead Run-, 

 Falls Church and Alexandria County, Virginia, and Raleigh, North 

 Carolina. 



Rabun County, Georgia, VII, 1910, Buckhead, Ga., VIII, 2, 1913, (H.; 

 (W. T. Davis), 2 juv. <f, 1 juv. 9 . undergrowth in mixed oak and pine 



forest), 1 juv. 9 . 



