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Paratypes (12 cf, 1659) : From Alberta (Banff); Arizona (Oak Creek 

 Canyon); British Columbia (Midday Valley at Merritt, Penticton, 

 Robson, and Trinity Valley); California (Camino, Carrville, Fish 

 Camp, and Oakland); Colorado (near Estes Park, Gothic at 9,000 ft., 

 Granite Peaks Camp at 9,000 ft. near Bayfield, Pingree Park in 

 Larimer Co., Steamboat Springs, and Waldo Canyon); Connecticut 

 (Branford, New Canaan, and New Haven); Idaho (Sagehen Res. in 

 Boise National Forest and Wallace); Maine (Jackman); Manitoba 

 (Aweme); Maryland (Plummers Island and Town Hill); Massa- 

 chusetts (Blue Hills, Brookline, Cambridge, Holliston, Natick, North 

 Saugus, and South Hadley); Michigan (Ann Arbor, Manistee Co., 

 Marquette Co., Midland Co., and Warren Woods in Berrien Co.); 

 Minnesota (Basswood Lake in Lake Co. and Duluth); New Brunswick 

 (St. John); New Hampshire (Franconia and Peterborough); New 

 Jersey ("Berwick," Englewood, Madison, and Trenton); New York 

 (Allegheny State Park, Belmont State Park on Long Island, Bemus 

 Point, Big Indian Valley in the Catskill Mts., Chafee, Derby, Free- 

 ville, Frontenac Point on Cayuga Lake, Greene Co., Heart Lake in 

 Essex Co., Ithaca, McLean Bogs Reserve in Tompkins Co., Millwood, 

 Mount Sinai on Long Island, Onteora Mt. in Greene Co., Orient, 

 Poughkeepsie, Rochester, and West Farms at New York City); 

 North Carolina (Crabtree Meadows in Yancey Co. at 3,600 ft.); 

 Nova Scotia (Camp Breton at Baddeck); Ohio (Cleveland); Ontario 

 (Beams ville, Frater, Mildmay, Muskoka, Niagara Glen, Orillia, 

 Ottawa, Port Hope, Spencerville, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay Beach); 

 Pennsylvania (Allegheny Co., Delaware Water Gap, Easton, High- 

 spire, and Hummelstown) ; Quebec (Abbotsford, Aylmer, Cascapedia, 

 Hemmingford, Lac Brule, Lac Trembiant Nord, Laniel, and Sweets- 

 burg); Rhode Island (Westerly); Saskatchewan (Leslie and Prince 

 Albert National Park); Utah (Abajo Mts. in San Juan Co. and Park 

 City); Washington (Lucerne, Signal Peak on Mount Adams, and 

 Spokane); West Virginia (Lost River State Park in Hardy Co.); and 

 Wisconsin (Iron Co.). 



Dates of capture are mostly in the summer months and early 

 September. Unusually early and late dates are May 24, 29, and 30 

 at Ithaca, N.Y.; May 27 at Carrville, Trinity Co., Calif.; May 30 at 

 Ottawa, Ont.; September 27 at Wallace, Idaho; October 4 and 20 at 

 Holliston, Mass.; October 8 at Peterborough, N.H.; October 21 at 

 New Canaan, Conn.; and November 1 at Highspire, Pa. Dates of 

 collection of the 13 males are May 24 and 29; June 2, 8, 13, 15, 19, 20, 

 and 25; July 1 and 23; and one reared on May 2. Males begin to 

 appear a little ahead of the females and disappear about the middle 

 of the season of flight, which indicates a single generation a year with a 

 life span of two to three months for the females. 



