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ant species here was C. repanda, but C. punctulata also occur- 

 red, especially where artificial alterations had introduced spe- 

 cial conditions. On the seaward sand ridges C. hirticollis also 

 occurred, but not so regularly as on the upper strand. Local- 

 ly, as at Peermont, where the dunes are very high and dry, 

 C. lepida may occur in considerable numbers. 



II The Maritime Marshes in northern Cape May form a 

 zone about three miles in width. The greater part of the 

 marshes is covered with the characteristic salt-marsh grass, 

 Spartina, but here and there, especially near the seaward edge 

 are numerous, more or less extensive patches of bare sandy 

 flats on which a thin crust of dried and decayed vegetation is 

 often present. On these flats C. niarginata is typically found. 

 Less abundant and usually limited to the banks of the various 

 creeks and thoroughfares are C. repanda and C. punctulata. 



Ill The Interior Uplands include the higher dry land be- 

 tween the landward edge of the maritime marsh and the 

 shores of Delaware Bay. The region as a whole is sandy and, 

 except in the more cultivated districts, is covered with scrubby 

 woodlands, composed largely of second-growth oaks and pines 

 with a sprinkling of hickories and sassafras. There is usually 

 a dense undergrowth formed partly of saplings of the above 

 trees and of various shrubs, such as huckleberries, blueberries, 

 azaleas and sweet fern. These woodlands are traversed by 

 numerous sandy roads or paths and along these, at the proper 

 time, such Cicindelas as C. punctulata, C. vulgaris, C. purpurca 

 and C. niodesta are common. On the more open paths, espe- 

 cially in the vicinity of swamps or stream. C. repanda also 

 occurs. 



South of the Great Cedar Swamp and especially along the 

 coastal and bay strips much of the interior is under cultivation. 

 Here the artificial conditions are very favorable to two species, 

 C. punctulata and C. repanda. The former is very abundant 

 everywhere on the roads and in the fields, while C. repanda is 

 mostly confined to the vicinity of streams, lakes or swamps. 



IV. The Cedar and Sphagnum Bogs are lowlands of the in- 

 terior, originally occupied mostly by the white cedar, but since 

 the almost complete extermination of the latter overgrown by 

 a thick jungle of low trees and shrubs. Xo Cicindelas have 

 been observed by me in these bogs. 



