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humid areas in the Piedmont and Appalacliian sections, though still 

 quite common, but in the latter surpassed by C. Irevii^enms. Occurs 

 in open grassy fields and pastures, frequenting more especially the 

 tenderer vegetation of farm lands (e. g., timothy, red-top, goose grass, 

 Bermuda grass, clover) and moist or wet places generally, including 

 tidal marshes {Scirpus americanus, DisHclilis spicata), but not true 

 salt marsh. Largely avoids wooded locations. May be two-brooded 

 in Virginia. 



CONOCEPHALUS BREVIPENMS (Scudder). 



Norfolk, September 17; Portsmouth, October 3; Churchland, 

 September 15-16, November 4; Deanes, September 26; Gilmerton, 

 October 1; Deep Creek, October 1; Virginia Beach, September 20; 

 Franklin, September 18, November, 5; Tappahannock, August 18 

 to September 22; Naylors, September 17. 



Charlottesville, August 11, 1914 (1 male, 1 female). 



Monterey, August 16-31; Meadowdale, August 19; Trimble, Au- 

 gust 15, September 3; Bolar, August 15; Hot Springs, September 

 5-6. 



Abundant throughout in the Appalachian localities, frequenting 

 the pastures and meadows of the intermontane valleys and spreading 

 into the open deciduous woods of the moimtain summits, where it 

 was not infrequent in the relatively dry grassy or shrubby under- 

 growth; its preference, however, is for moist or somewhat humid 

 locations. In the Piedmont section and Coastal Plain this species 

 appears to be scarce or at most only locally frequent, being confined 

 largely to low humid areas (marshes, "branches," ditches, drains, 

 springheads, etc.) or the denser undergrowth of woods. It evidently 

 never occurs in tidal marshes. In the Rappahannock River section 

 it appeared to be quite exceptional, but was of more regular and fre- 

 quent occurrence in the region around Norfolk. 



CONOCEPHALUS NEMORALIS (Scudder). 



Charlottesville, October 10, 1914 (1 female), October 31, 1915 (2 

 males, Carter Mountain) . 



The exact distribution of this species in the region east of the Cen- 

 tral States is still uncertain. All the available records are from locali- 

 ties along the front of the Appalachians. Besides the locahty here 

 given, the species is also known in Virginia from Luray, but I do not 

 know of any records from the mountain section, despite the rather 

 careful search I made for it while in that section. 



CONOCEPHALUS STRICTUS (Scudder). 



Norfolk, September 17; Portsmouth, October 3; Churchland, 

 August 8 (juv.), September 15; Deanes, September 26; Gilmerton, 

 October 1; Deep Creek, October 1; Cape Henry, September 20; 

 Franklin, September 18; Tappahannock, August 13-October 2; 

 Wares Wharf, October 3. 



