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Conocephalus strictus (Scudder). 



Xiphidium strictum of authors. 



Three adult females taken at Raleigh, September 9-20, 190-1, and 

 two adult and three immature females secured at New Berne, August 

 24, 1908. belong to this species. At the former locality the species 

 occurred in pasture, in broomstraw field and in grass along edge of 

 marsh, while at New Berne it was taken in a piece of open meadow 

 land. 



The only previous record of the occurrence of the species in the 

 southeastern States is Brimley's Raleigh note. 



Conocephalus ensiferus (Scudder). 



Xiphidium ensiferum of authors. 



This species is represented by a series of eight males and eight 

 females taken at Sulphur Springs, September 2-29, 1905, and five 

 males and five females secured at Raleigh, August 16 to September 

 9, 1904. At Raleigh it was secured at electric lights, at grassy edge 

 of marsh, in grassy places in pine woods and in broomstraw field. 



A pair from Raleigh and one female from Sulphur Springs are long- 

 winged. The individuals before us vary but little in size. The 

 localities cited above are, with the addition of Fort Reed. Fla.. the 

 only ones in the southeastern States from which the species is known. 

 The Fort Reed record was based on immature material and, as inti- 

 mated at the time, may belong to another species. 



Conocephalus fasciatus (DeGeer). 



Xiphidium fasciatum of authors. 



This widely distributed species is represented in the present series 

 by two males and one female from Sulphur Springs, September 18-28, 

 1904; three males and two females from Raleigh, August 15 to Sep- 

 tember. 1904; a pair from New Berne, August 24, 1908, and a single 

 female from Edenton, August 20, 1908. These localities are the only 

 ones in North Carolina at which the species has been captured. 



Conocephalus brevipennis (Scudder). 



Xiphidium brevipenne of authors. 



A single female from Edenton, August 20, 1908, and another speci- 

 men of the same sex from New Berne, August 24, 1908, represent this 

 well-known species. With the addition of Brimley's Raleigh record 

 one has all the known data on the occurrence of the species in North 

 Carolina. At Edenton it was taken in a wet drain and at New Berne 

 it occurred in open meadow land. 



Five males from Bayville. Va.. August 19, and one male from 



