16 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



for determination from Dr. W. E. Britton, collected at Salisbury 

 and Chapinville. The area is interesting as being the southern 

 limit of distribution of many boreal species. 



35. The Connecticut area. — This includes all of the State ex- 

 cept the area above described. Through the kindness of Dr. 

 W. E. Britton I have studied the collection of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, made by members of the staff 

 and others in various parts of the State. The writer has collected 

 at Darien and Rowayton, August 4-5, 1908; June 16-17, 1909; 

 June 10-11, 1912; May 27, 1913; and June 12, 1915; also at 

 Winnipauk, June 12 and August 4; Danbury, June 15, 1909; 

 Middletown, June 17, 1909; and New Haven and Mt. Carmel, 

 June 11, 1914. Dr. Geo. Dimmock has collected at Suffield, 

 Dr. W. Marchand at Farmington, and Mr. A. P. Morse at 

 Stamford. 



Acknowledgments. 



To those who have aided in furnishing material for study and 

 whose names are mentioned in the descriptions of areas, I here 

 wish to extend my sincere thanks. In the work of determining 

 species and solving the many problems in nomenclature I am 

 greatly indebted to the following co-workers: Dr. J. M. Aldrich, 

 Dr. C. P. Alexander, Dr. E. P. Felt, Dr. O. A. Johannsen, Dr. 

 A. L. Melander, Dr. J. D. Tothill, Dr. C. L. Metcalf. Dr. A. H. 

 Sturtevant, Prof. C. T. Brues, Prof. J. S. Hine, Mr. E. T. Cresson, 

 Jr., Mr. M. C. Van Duzee, Mr. J. R. Malloch, Mr. C. H. Curran, 

 Mr. F. R. Cole, Mr. N. Banks, Mr. A. Spulzer, Mr. R. C. Shannon, 

 Mr. H. W. Allen, Mr. S. W. Bromley and Mr. L. S. West. 



