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The coloration is very rich and is more contrasted in the female 

 than in the opposite sex. The colors vary but little in intensity in 

 the five males, the green alone being slightly weaker in one individual 

 than in the others. The paired yellowish lines on the dorsum of the 

 abdomen are pronounced in most of the specimens, but distinct in alL 



The range of this arboreal species is now known to extend from 

 southern New Jersey south to north-central Georgia, Sulphur Springs 

 being at the highest elevation (2.500 feet) from which the species has 

 been recorded. 



Orchelimum spinulosum (Redtenbacher). 



Three males and one female from Raleigh, taken September 9, 1004 

 from grassy edge of marsh, belong to this species, described from 

 "North Carolina" and since unreported. Specimens from Chestnut 

 Hill, Philadelphia and Tinicum, Pa., taken by the authois, show the 

 range of the species to extend considerably to the northward. 



Orchelimum pulchellum Davis. 



A pair taken at Raleigh, August 22 and 30, 1904. in a cat-tail swamp 

 and at edge of marsh and a single male taken in a wet drain at Eden- 

 ton, August 20, represent this species. Originally described from 

 Dennisville, Helmetta and Trenton, N. J., this beautiful species is now 

 known to range from north-central New Jersey (Helmetta) to 

 eastern North Carolina. The original describer compared the species 

 with nigripes, but its relationship is not with that species, the cerci 

 being decidedly different. It is, in fact, much nearer to 0. spinulo- 

 sum and less closely to O. minor, the form of the cerci being of much 

 the same type in the three. The Raleigh individuals are somewhat 

 larger than the Eclenton specimen. 



