THE WHERRYMEN OR WATER STRIDERS. 



983 



Fig. 196. 



Male X 11 ; lower figure, abdomen from side. 

 (After Heidemann, Insect Life).. 



male fringed with short hooked hairs on inner side of basal half; hind 

 femora of male swollen, strongly curved and fringed within on basal 

 third with a tuft of long hairs, the apex also with two tufts of hairs ; hind 

 tibia? narrowed and slightly curved at base, fringed above on inner side 

 with short stiff hairs and with a tuft of long hairs glued together pro- 

 jecting backward from the inner side of basal fourth. Female with an- 

 tennae and legs unmodified, the former beset with a few long stiff bristles. 

 Length, 2.8—3 mm. (Fig. 196). 



Brooklyn, N. Y., and Cranford, N. J., August (Davis) . Ra- 

 leigh, N. C, Sept. 13 — Oct. 16 (Brimley). The known range 

 extends from New York west to Michigan and Minnesota and 

 southwest to North Carolina. Bueno (1905b, 41) states that 

 near Westfield, N. J., rilcyi "was extraordinarily abundant on 

 the still waters of Echo Lake. On the rivers it hugs the shores 

 and seeks the quiet waters of little coves. Only one winged 

 specimen was found out of hundreds taken." Hussey recorded 

 it as common on woodland pools in Berrien Co., Mich., the speci- 

 mens "being of the darker variety typical of more northern 

 latitudes." This is true of a male at hand from Rochester, 



