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Maplewood, Moorestovvn, Paterson, Princeton, Ramsey, Riverside, 

 Riverton, and Springfield); New Mexico (Albuquerque and Raton); 

 New York (Allegany State Park, Bemus Point, Bronxville, Dundee, 

 Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, Elinira, Farmingdale, Flushing, Fort 

 Montgomery, Hastings on Hudson, Ithaca, Maspeth, McLean Bogs 

 Reserve in Tompkins Co., top of Mount Marcy, New York City, 

 "North Beach" on Long Island, North Elba, Old Tappan, Portage- 

 ville, Port Chester, Rochester Junction, Sea Cliff, Schuyler Co., Staten 

 Island, Taughannock Falls, West Farms in New York City, Westport, 

 White Plains, Wilmington, Wyandanch, and Yonkers); North Caro- 

 lina (Bryson City at 3,000 to 5,000 ft., Durham, Gastonia, Lake 

 Waccamaw, and Nantahala Gorge at 2,000 ft.); Ohio (Cincinnati, 

 Columbus, Hinckley in Medina Co., Hocking Co., Logan Co., Mendon, 

 Montgomery Co., Put-in-Bay, and Sandusky); Ontario (Ancaster, 

 Britannia, Guelph, Harold, Leamington, Merivale, Niagara Glen, 

 Ottawa, Pelee Island, St. Catherines, and Trenton); Pennsylvania 

 (Angora in Philadelphia Co., Corry, Craigheads in Cumberland Co., 

 Eberly's Mill in Cumberland Co., Guyasuta Run in Pittsburgh, 

 Harrisburg, Jeannette, Linglestown, New Cumberland, North East, 

 Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portersville, Rockview in Centre 

 Co., Scranton, Shiremanstown, and Spring Brook) ; Quebec (Hemming- 

 ford, Hull, Joliette, Kirk's Ferry, Knowlton, Missisquoi River at 

 Bolton, Montreal, Rigaud, and Vaudreil) ; Rhode Island (Providence) ; 

 South Carolina (Greenville) ; South Dakota (Black Hills and Volga) ; 

 Tennessee (Oak Ridge and Fentress Co.); Texas (Alpine, Gillespie 

 Co., Hunt Co., and Kerrville); Vermont (Jacksonville, Laurel Lake 

 near Jacksonville, and Stowe); Virginia (Falls Church, Great Falls, 

 Manassas, and Nelson Co.); West Virginia (Bolivar, Kanawha Co. 

 and Preston Co.); and Wisconsin (Bailey's Harbor, Cedar Lake, 

 Jefferson, Madison, and Worden Township in Clark Co.). 



Most of the above specimens were collected between mid-spring and 

 early fall. The earliest and latest dates of capture are: April 2 in 

 Hunt Co., Tex.; April 16 at Waccamaw Lake, N. C; April 22 at 

 Kerrville, Tex.; April 30 at Scranton, Pa.; May 3 at Manhattan, 

 Kans. ; May 8 at Ithaca, N. Y. ; October 8 at New York City and at 

 Ann Arbor, Mich.; October 9 at Durham, N. C. and at Washington, 

 D. C.J October 18 at Danville, 111. and at Madison, Wis.; and No- 

 vember 16 at Austin, Tex. 



The subspecies has about the same habits as all the other Nearctic 

 Megarkyssa except nortoni. Adults fly about in deciduous woods or 

 often in parks and the edges of cities. They occur in numbers about 

 logs, stumps, or trees infested with Tremex columba, usually in com- 

 pany with M. greenei and M. atrata. The published accounts of its 



