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pale specimens is seal brown and in dark specimens black. Ventral 

 surface of body, caudal femora and sometimes other limbs wood 

 brown, more or less suffused with russet in the males, and all but the 

 median portion obscured with dark brown in one female. Cephalic 

 and median limbs and caudal tibiae clove brown maculate with a 

 paler shade. 



Distribution. — This insect is known from the type localities in the 

 central portion of eastern Ontario and from southwestern Indiana. 



Biological Notes. — The insect has been found only on sandy soil 

 among scant vegetation. Dr. Walker tells us that its pale colors 

 render it very inconspicuous against the sand. Thirty specimens of 

 the present species have now been recorded, of which but one is 

 macropterous. 



Synonymy. — No synonyms of the present species exist. Blatchley, 

 however, was led to record specimens of this insect as iV. cubensis 

 in 1900 and 1903, owing to Scudder's incorrect determination. 



Specimens Examined. — 13: 7 males, 6 females. 



De Grassi Point, Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Sept. 1.5, 1901, (E. M.Walker) 1 9. 

 Paratype; Aug. 14, 1904, (E. M. Walker) 2 c?, 1 9 [University of Toronto and 

 U. S. N. M.]. 



High Park, Toronto, Ont., Aug. 16, Sept. S, 1902, (E. M. Walker) 3 d', 3 9 . 

 Type, Allotype, Paratypes. [University of Toronto and A. N. S. P.]. 



Terre Haute, Indiana, Oct. 9, 1893, (Blatchley) 2 cf [Blatchley Collection]. 



Crawford County, Ind., Sept. 4, 1902, (Blatchley) 1 & [Blatchley Collection]. 



Nemobius griseus funeralis Hart. 



1900. Ncmohius funeralis Hart, Ent. News, XVII, p. 159. (Description.) 

 [College Station, Tex.] 



The present interesting insect is very different from any of the 

 other species found in Texas, but, although known from the unique 

 type only, comparisons with the type and other specimens of Walker's 

 N. griseus show without question that it is a geographic race of that 

 species differing only in the darker coloration, more obscure color 

 pattern and much shorter ovipositor. Material from the country 

 which intervenes between the type locality and the range of typical 

 griseus will doubtless show intermediates much as those found between 

 N.fasciatus and its southern race N.fasciatus sociiis, although in the 

 present race the differentiation appears to have reached a more 

 advanced degree. 



Type: 9 ; College Station, Brazos County, Texas. December 

 26, 1905. (Charles A. Hart) [lUinois State Laboratory of Natural 

 History Collection.] 



Description of Type. — Size and form similar to that of smaller 

 individuals of N. griseus. Head, maxillary palpi, eyes, pronotum, 



