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segregation of the various color patterns exhibited by the species, 

 but variation in degree of development or standardization of the 

 patterns, and wide overlaps in their distribution make it impractical 

 to set up subspecies on color characters. 



Specunens (402 d^, 3069): From Alabama (Coleta in Clay Co., 

 Langdale, and Pyriton in Clay Co.) ; Connecticut (Green Falls, 

 Ledyard, New Haven, North Stonington, Stonington, and Voluntown); 

 District of Columbia (Georgetown and Washington); Florida (Oneco); 

 Georgia (Blood Mt., Claj^on at 2,000 ft., Macon, and Pine Moun- 

 tain in Rabun Co. at 1,400 ft.) ; southern Illinois; Indiana (Forest Nur- 

 sery in Daviess Co.); Iowa (Ames); Kansas (Lawrence and Mont- 

 gomery Co. at 798 ft.); Kentucky (Crailhope and 20 miles southwest 

 of Louisville); Maryland (Baltimore, Bowie, Cabin John, Chevy 

 Chase Lake, College Park, Glen Echo, Great Falls, Hyattsville, 

 Patuxent Reserve near Bowie, Plummers Island, and Takoma Park) ; 

 Massachusetts (Gloucester, Holliston, and Weston); Michigan (Ann 

 Arbor, George Reserve in Livingston Co., Gladwin Co., Gratiot Co., 

 Huron Co., Huron Mts., Iron Co., Isabella Co., Jackson Co., Lawton, 

 Midland Co., Missaukee Co., Montcalm Co., Muskegon Co., On- 

 tonagon Co., Osceola Co., Presque Isle Co., Roscommon Co., and 

 Wayne Co.); Minnesota (Hennepin Co. and Luverne); Missouri 

 (Overland); New Hampshire (Auto Road on Mount Washington 

 at 3,200 ft.); New Jersey (Moorestown, Riverton, and Westville); 

 New York (Bemus Point, Canajoharie, Farmingdale, Greene Co., 

 Ithaca, Juanita Island in Lake George, Lake Sebago in Bear Moun- 

 tain Park, Poughkeepsie, Shokan, SLx Mile Creek in Ithaca, Syra- 

 cuse, and Whitesville) ; North Carolina (Balsam Gap at Balsam 

 in Jackson Co., valley of Black Mts., Burnsville, Cedar Mountain, 

 Clingmans Dome at 6,600 ft., Clinton, Crabtree Meadows in Yancey 

 Co. at 3,600 ft., Craggy Gardens in Buncombe Co. at 5,300 ft., 

 Elizabethtown, Garland, Hamrick, Highlands at 3,800 ft., Marshall, 

 Mount Mitchell, Murfreesboro, North Fork of Swannanoa [River] 

 in Black Mts., Mount Pisgah at 5,300 ft., and Raleigh) ; Ohio (x\kron, 

 Bedford, Cleveland, Columbus, Hinckley, Hocldng Co., Miami Co., 

 Montgomery Co., Puritas Springs in Cuyahoga Co., Put-in-Bay, 

 and Ross Co.); Ontario (Dow's Swamp near Ottawa, Leamington, 

 Merivale, and Ottawa); Pennsylvania (Cresheim Valley near Phila- 

 delpliia. Crisp in Westmoreland Co., Enola, High Spire, Lehigh Gap, 

 Leopard in Chester Co., "Lewiston," North East, Ohiopyle, Phila- 

 delphia, Pittsburgh, Presque Isle in Erie Co., Spring Brook, and Valley 

 Forge); Quebec (Aylmer and St. Esprit); Rhode Island (Ashaway 

 and Westerly) ; South Carolina (Columbia, Greenville, McClellanville, 

 near Tigerville, and Wattacoo in Pickens Co.); Tennessee (Clarksville, 

 Gathnburg, and Lebanon); Texas (KerrviUe and Piano); Virginia 



