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Washington (Mount Rainier at 4,700 ft.) ; West Virginia (Bolivar and 

 Lost River State Park) ; and Wisconsin (Door Co. and Madison). 



The species is adult from mid-spring to early fall. Adults are 

 particularly common in July and August. 



Seasonal records earlier than May 15 and later than September 15 

 are: April 26 at Bowie, Md.; April 28 in Virginia near Plummers 

 Island, Md.; April 29 at Meadows of Dan, Va., and at Big Walnut 

 Creek near Columbus, Ohio; May 2 and 10 at Swarthmore, Pa.; May 

 5 in Lake County, Mich.; May 6 at Cabin John, Md.; May 9, 10, and 

 12 at Ithaca, N. Y.; May 10 in Hocking County, Ohio; September 16 

 at Puritas Springs, Ohio; September 20 and 24 at Bolivar, W. Va.; 

 and September 24 and October 13 at Takoma Park, Md. 



Reared specimens are as follows: 9, from "Cacoecia," Ithaca, N. Y., 

 July 10, 1904. o\ from pupa of microlepidoptera on Ostrya, Bobcay- 

 geon, Ont., July 3, 1931, J. McDunnough. d\ from Archips rileyana, 

 C. V. Riley collection. d\ 9, from A. rileyana, Black Mts., N. C, 

 W. D. Kearfott. 2 c?, from A. cerasivorana, Wallingford, Conn., 

 1917, B. A. Porter. c?, 9, from A. cerasivorana, Amherst, Mass., 

 July 16, 1909. 9, from A. cerasivorana, New Haven, Conn., July 7, 

 1943, J. V. Schaffner. c?, from A. cerasivorana, Wallwest, Sask., 

 Aug. 9, 1945. 6 c?, from A. cerasivorana, Prince Albert, Sask., July 

 29, 1939 and Aug. 2, 1939. 2d 1 , from A. cerasivorana, Point Pelee, 

 Ont., July 9 and 16, 1940. c?, from A. cerasivorana, Widdifield Town- 

 ship, Ont., July 27, 1940. c?, from A. cerasivorana, St. Andrews, 

 N. B., Aug. 1. 69, from A. cerasivorana, Whitemouth, Man., Aug. 5, 

 9, and 11, 1938. 9, from A. cerasivorana, St. Davids, Ont., June 26, 

 1932, Wm. L. Putman. 6 c?, 19, from A. cerasivorana, Camlachie, 

 Ont., July 11, 1951. 59, from A. cerasivorana, Grimsby, Ont., July 

 14, 15, 16, and 18, 1938, W. L. Putman. 2c?, from A. fervidana, 

 Norway Bay, Que., July 12, 1938, E. G. Lester. d\ from A. fervidana, 

 Chalk River, Ont., July 24, 1939. 9, from A. fervidana, Hillsdale, 

 Ont., July 28, 1939. c?, from "Tortrix" on Alnus, possibly T. myri- 

 cana, Bobcaygeon, Ont., July 1932, J. McDunnough. cf, from 

 microlepidopteran on Carya, Bobcaygeon, Ont., July 7, 1931, J. 

 McDunnough. c?, from A. rosaceana, Miller Lake, Ont., July 11, 

 1951. d\ from A. rosaceana, "Overs Bay," Ont., July 10, 1951. 

 d% from leaf roller, Lansing, Mich., July 2, 1885, H. J. Cook. 9, 

 from "Tortrh" on Abies, Dennysville, Maine, June 28, 1946. c?, 

 from Argyrotaenia lutosana, Opasatika, Ont., 1939. c?, from A. luto- 

 sana, Rouyn, Que., 1939. 9, from A. lutosana, Clova, Que., 1938. 



In our own collecting we have found the species common around 

 bushes on the edges of woods. When captured it gives off a strong 

 odor like that of species of Coccygomimus. 



