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Number of spines, 2-3 2-4 3-3 3-4 3-5 4-4 4-5 



Number of specimens, 9 14 5 1 12 



Two examples have the ventro-internal margins of these femora 

 armed with 0-1 and one with 1-2 spines, this is a very unusual 

 condition found elsewhere in the North American species even 

 more rarely in C. fasciatus alone. 



On a special excursion to Cornwells, Pennsylvania, under- 

 taken to secure a series of this species, it was found very scarce 

 in high grasses, {Panicum virgatum), and plants along the shore of 

 the Delaware river, and in moderate numbers in a small marshy 

 area, particularly in a restricted growth of low marsh grass, 

 {Panicularia septentrionalis) . The males were usually found in 

 the grass or perched on nearby plant leaves, whence the}^ sprang 

 away with alacrity. The females were never as conspicuous and 

 sprang away with great swift leaps, then, hiding on the opposite 

 sides of grass stems and leaves in the deepest tangles of vegeta- 

 tion, the}' proved very difficult to locate. The species may be 

 said to be easily the most alert and active of the genus found 

 about Philadelphia. Over its wide distribution it is doubtless re- 

 stricted to damp spots and marsh areas. 



The present species is known from Ithaca, New York, and the 

 vicinity of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, westward to eastern 

 Nebraska and Kansas; it apparently enjoys the most general 

 distribution in the region south of the Great Lakes, and is prob- 

 ably very local and usually scarce everywhere east of the Appa- 

 lachians. The most northern records are extreme southwestern 

 Ontario (Rondeau and Point Pelee) and Minnesota. 



Specimens Examined: Previously recorded, 15. Here recorded, 65; 28 

 males, 34 females, 1 immature male and 2 immature females. 



The Cove, Ithaca, New York, X, 27, 1912, 2 cf , 3 9 , [CorneU Univ.]. 



Cornwells, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, IX, 7, 1914, (H.), 25 a", 14 9, 

 1 juv. d", 1 juv. 9 ; X, 11, 1906, (R. & H.), 1 9 • 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1897, (C. W. Johnson), 1 9, [Morse Cln.], 

 (macropterous). 



Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, VIII, 19, 1 juv. 9, [Pa. State Dept. Zool.]. 



Watertown, Illinois, VIII, 23, (McNeill), 1 9, [M. C. Z.]. 



West Point, Nebraska, IX, 1885, (Bruner), 11 9, [Hebard Chi.], (4 macrop- 

 terous). 



Lincoln, Nebraska, VIII, (1 9 macropterous collected at light), 1 cf , 3 9, 

 [Hebard Cln.], (1 cf , 1 9 macropterous). 



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