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and Lawrence); Kentucky (Crailhope); Maine (Bridgton, Bubble 

 Pond outlet on Mount Desert Island, and Kennebunkport) ; Massa- 

 chusetts (Holliston) ; Alichigan (Mackinac Island and Midland) ; 

 Minnesota (Anoka Co. and Camp Carlos near Alexandria); New 

 Hampshire (Franconia); New Jersey (Moorestown) ; New York 

 (Babylon, Derby, Greene Co., Ithaca, Lancaster, New Hope, Niagara 

 Falls, and Oswego) ; Nova Scotia (Aldershot) ; Ohio (Bono, Cleveland, 

 Jerusalem, Montgomery Co., and Perkins); Ontario (Gravenhurst in 

 Muskoka District, Normandale, and Ottawa) ; Pennsylvania (Alle- 

 gheny Co. and West Fairview); Quebec (Aylmer, Kingsmere, and 

 Laniel); Texas (Paris); Utah ("Rainbow Lodge"); and Virginia (Dif- 

 ficult Run and Vienna). 



Dates of collection are from late spring to late summer. The earli- 

 est and latest dates are: April 3 at Paris, Tex.; May 18 in Jefferson 

 Co., Iowa.; May 19 in Anoka Co., Minn.; September 14 at Difficult 

 Run, Va. ; and September 19 in Montgomery Co., Ohio and at Robson, 

 B.C. 



Reared specimens are as follows: cf, 39, from Pyrausta futilalis, 

 Jerusalem, Ohio, Aug. 1 and 10, 1932, L. G. Jones, cf , from Pyrausta 

 futilalis, Bono, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1924, C. R. Neiswander. cf, from 

 Pyrausta futilalis, Perkins, Ohio, June 13, 1931, L. G. Jones. 2cf, 

 19, from Pyrausta futilalis, Vienna, Va., May 2 and 4, 1912, R, A. 

 Cushman. 



This species occurs mostly in the Alleghanian and Carolinian faunas, 

 but has been collected also in British Columbia and Utah. 



7. Mesostenus sicarius, new species 



Front wing 4.5 to 8.0 mm. long; clypeus rather small, strongly 

 convex, its apical margin weakly arcuate; temple short, moderately 

 convex; prepectal carina sharp to near lower 0.3 of hind margin of 



Figure 249. — Localities for 

 Mesostenus sicarius. 



