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of inter-mixed short and long spines; lateral hair stout, barbed, inserted on 

 distal margin of dorsal plate; dorsal brush consisting of a lower caudal tuft of 

 about 4 branches and an upper caudal tuft of about 8 branches on either side; 

 ventral brush well-developed, with individual hairs, feathered, confined to the 

 barred area; gills 4, short, bulbous. 



Fig. 44. Larva of Mcgarhinus seplentrionaiis Dyar and Knab. 

 A, Head. B, Terminal segments. 



distribution.— Eastern United States, north to New Jersey, west to 

 Kansas and Texas. Southern States: Alabama (96); Arkansas (30); Georgia 

 (52); Kentucky (140); Louisiana (96); Mississippi, Missouri and North 

 Carolina (52); South Carolina (64); Tennessee and Virginia (52). Other 

 States: District of Columbia (52); Kansas (79); Maryland (52); New Jer- 

 sey (164); Oklahoma (159); Texas (108); West Virginia (52). 



bionomics.— The adults fly by day and feed on nectar in flowers. The 

 larvae are found principally in rot cavities in trees and occasionally in water 



