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very wary and when closely pursued, will often escape cap- 

 ture by hiding in the thick grass (Spartina} surrounding its 

 habitat. 



This species also occurs in fair numbers on the roads cross- 

 ing the marshes and on neighboring sand banks. On rare oc- 

 casions I have also caught it on the ocean front in associa- 

 tion with C. dorsalis. 



C. marginata appeared to persist in about equal numbers 

 through the entire summer though it was at no time very 

 abundant. It also appeared to be more or less locally distrib- 

 uted. Thus it was fairly common on the numerous mud flats 

 close to the old biological laboratory at Sea Isle and on some 

 newly-made sand banks at Peermont, while at Townsend's In- 

 let in situations apparently similar it was seen only once or 

 twice. 



G. punctulata. 



This is the common summer resident of the interior, where it 

 was exceedingly abundant in such locations as fields, gardens, 

 lawns, roadsides, sandy paths and woodland clearings. None 

 was found in the bogs or on the paths leading through them. 

 On the beaches it was moderately abundant where it usually 

 occurred on the less frequented streets and sidewalks. Some 

 were taken on the railroad embankments and sand banks facing 

 the salt marshes. 



This species I have found as late as early October but it is 

 much less common in the early fall than in mid-summer. 



In the 1899 edition of the insects of New Jersey Smith states 

 that this species' is "common almost everywhere, but seems 

 locally absent in the southern counties." My experience in 

 Cape May County is rather at variance with the latter part of 

 this statement, as I found C. piiiictnlata abundant at such lo- 

 calities as Ocean View, Sea Isle Junction, Dennisville, Cedar 

 Grove, Cape May Court House, Dias Creek, Green Creek and 

 Rio Grande, also in the dry districts north of the Great Cedar 

 Swamp. 



C. repanda. 



This species, although not rare is rather local, being most 

 frequently encountered in the vicinity of water. In Cape May 



