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season the males seem to be more abundant than the females, but during 

 the latter part of the season the reverse is the case. 



I have two females of the full-winged form, prima, Morse (Psyche, 

 VII., 1896, 420). In one specimen the tegmina project beyond the tip 

 of the hind femora by about one-fourth their length, and the wings are 

 quite ample ; in the other they just reach the tip. Both were taken at 

 Lake Simcoe. 



I have specimens from Nepigon, Lake Superior, Aug. 27, 1897 ; 

 Kingsville, Aug. 24, 1897 (C. T. Hills); Clear Lake, Peterborough Co., 

 July 7, 1897 ; Toronto, and DeGrassi Pt., Lake Simcoe. 



6. Orphula aequalis, Scudd. 



Ste?iobot/irus aequalis, Scudd.; Bost, Jour. Nat. Hist., 1862, Vol. 

 VIL, 459- 



Stenobothrus bilineaius, Scudd.; loc. cit. , 460. 



Orphula aequalis, Morse; Psyche, VIL, 1896, 409. 

 This is a very local species with us, though plentiful enough where 

 it occurs. I have taken it in dry, sandy pastures at Toronto, and De- 

 Grassi Pt., Lake Simcoe. The males are for the most part of the brown 

 form, the females of the green ; but the proportion seems to vary accord- 

 ing to the locality. For instance, at DeGrassi Pt. about one-third of 

 the males seen have more or less green in their coloration, while only 

 very few brown females are found; whereas at Toronto the proportion of 

 brown individuals in both sexes is much greater. 



It appears in the perfect state from the latter part of July until the 

 beginning of October. 



7. Mecostethus lineatus, Scudd.* 



This large, handsome insect is quite plentiful in Ontario in low, wet, 

 sedgy meadows bordering lakes and slow streams, but is very shy and 

 difficult to approach, and does not generally remain where it alights, but 

 moves quickly through the reeds and sedges to another spot some 

 distance away. 



It is quite common about Lake Simcoe, less so at Toronto. I found 

 it in great abundance on the borders of a small lake near Aurora, Ont. 



It appears in the perfect state from about the middle of July until 

 late in September. 



*For Synonymy see page 55, 



