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tibia and tarsus pale fulvous, the tibia with a subbasal band that is 

 darker fulvous; middle tibia pale fulvous with a narrow subbasal band 

 and broad apical band weakly infuscate; basal three segments of 

 middle tarsus stramineous, their apex brown; apical two segments 

 of middle tarsus brown, paler at base; hind tibia whitish with a nar- 

 row subbasal band, broad apical band, and stripe below extending 

 from the apical band to near base of tibia, brownish fuscous; basal 

 three segments of hind tarsus pale stramineous, their apex dark brown; 

 apical two segments of hind tarsus dark brown, a little paler at base. 



Female: Black. Apical half of clypeus dark brown ; mandible brown, 

 its base aud apex darker; palpi, tegula, and hind corner of pronotum 

 white; flagellum dark brown; hind coxa and hind first trochanter 

 fulvous; hind second trochanter whitish; hind femur fulvous, with a 

 conspicuous subapical fuscous band, its extreme apex stramineous; 

 hind tibia whitish, with a narrow subbasal band, broad apical band, 

 and stripe beneath extending from apical band nearly to base of tibia, 

 fuscous; basal three segments of hind tarsus whitish, their apex fus- 

 cous; apical two segments of hind tarsus fuscous; front and middle 

 legs fulvous, their trochanters whitish, knees stramineous, and the 

 middle tibia and tarsus weakly repeating the color pattern of the 

 hind tibia and tarsus. 



Specimens (8d\ 689): From British Columbia (Carbonate on the 

 Columbia River) ; Colorado (Morley) ; Connecticut (Kent and Volun- 

 town); Idaho (Chatcolet Lake); Maine (Casco, Kennebunkport, 

 Liberty, Lincoln Co., Salsbury Cove, and Squirrel Island) ; Massa- 

 chusetts (Holliston); Michigan (Ann Arbor, Antrim Co., Bay Co., 

 East Lansing, Genesee Co., Manistee Co., and Midland Co.); New 

 Hampshire (Mount Washington); New York (Ithaca, Lake George, 

 and McLean) ; North Carolina (Mount Pisgah at 5,000 to 5,749 ft.) ; 

 Ontario (Ottawa and Smoky Falls on the Mattagami River) ; Oregon 

 (Cannon Beach) ; Prince Edward Island (Portage) ; Quebec (Fort 

 Coulonge, Hull, Knowlton, Lake Nominingue in Labelle Co., Rigaud, 

 Sutton, and Sweetsburg) ; Rhode Island (Westerly) ; Vermont (Laurel 

 Lake near Jacksonville) ; Washington (Port Angeles and Seattle) ; 

 West Virginia (Terra Alta); and Yukon (Kluane). 



Most collection dates are in July and August. Those outside of 

 these two months are: June 19, in Genesee Co. Mich.; June 29 at 

 Terra Alta, W. Va.; June 30 at Knowlton, Que.; September 2 at Ann 

 Arbor, Mich.; September 5 at Ottawa, Ont., and on Mount Pisgah, 

 N. C. at 5,000 to 5,749 ft.; and September 13 at Liberty, Maine. 



This species is transcontinental in the Transition zone. Adults 

 occur mostly in July and August. 



