pepsinae: tribe pepsesti 85 



Black. Wings lightly to stronglj^ infuscate; abdomen black. 

 Specimens from the Pacific States and British Columbia have the 

 wings averaging a little darker than in specimens from the East. 



This species is considerably more slender and with less long hair 

 than the other two Nearctic species of the subgenus, and in these 

 characters is more like a large group of Eurasian species. 



Specimens (126d', 3099): From Alabama (De Soto State Park); 

 Arkansas (Washington County) ; British Columbia (Creston and Pass 

 Creek); Connecticut (Colebrook, Hartford, Lyme, and Wallingford) ; 

 District of Columbia; Georgia (Burton and Yonah Mt.) ; Indiana 

 (Vincennes) ; Iowa (x^imes. Mount Pleasant, Sioux City, and Thomp- 

 son) ; Kansas (Baldwin and Manhattan) ; Kentucky (Mammoth Cave 

 National Park); Mame (Belgrade and Hancock); Maryland (Bowie, 

 Cabin John, Glen Echo, Plummers Island, and Takoma Park) ; 

 Massachusetts (Blue HUls, Cohasset, Dorchester, Lexington, Maiden, 

 Medford, Milton, Minot County, Nantucket, Provincetown, Sherborn, 

 Wellesley, and Wollaston); Michigan (Ann Arbor, Jackson County, 

 Midland County, Osceola County, and Portage Lake); Minnesota 

 (Anoka County, Carver County, Fillmore County, Frontenac, Good- 

 hue County, Hennepin County, Houston County, Itasca Park, Lake 

 County, Lake Minnetonka, Manterville, MiUe Lac, and St. Anthony 

 Park); Missouri (St. Louis); New Hampshire (Durham, Hampton, 

 Hanover, Jaffrey, Mount Monadnock, Ossipee, and Webster) ; New 

 Jersey (Camden County, Lahaway in Ocean County, Malaga, Middle- 

 sex County, Pemberton, Princeton, and Trenton); New York (Butter- 

 milk State Park, Cayuta Lake, Chafee, Connecticut Hill in Tompkins 

 County, Heart Lake in Essex County, Honeoye Lake, Ithaca, Lan- 

 caster, McLean, Mahopac Falls, Oswego, Owego, Patterson, Plateau 

 Mt. in the Catskills, Putnam, Sea Cliff, Slaterville, Smithtown, 

 Syracuse, Taughanic Falls, and Yonkers); North Carolina (Ashe- 

 ville, Elizabethtown, Glenville, Marion, and Raleigh); Nova Scotia 

 (MillsviUe) ; Ohio (Akron, Columbus, Delaware County, Lick County, 

 Put in Bay, and Sugar Grove); Ontario (Bells Corners, Constance 

 Bay, Fisher Glen, Grimsby, Jordan, Leam.ington, Merrivale, Ottawa, 

 and Spencerville) ; Oregon (Corvallis, Forest Grove, and Portland); 

 Pennsylvania (Castle Rock, Glenside, Lawndale, Pittsburgh, Spring 

 Brook, and State College); Quebec (Abbotsford, Ajdmer, Gracefield, 

 Granby, Ironsides, Kazubazua, Montreal, and Quebec); Tennessee 

 (Knoxville); Texas (College Station); Vermont (Manchester); Vir- 

 ginia (Arlington, Barcroft, Chain Bridge, Chapahamswick Park, 

 Dunn Loring, East Falls Church, Falls Church, Glencarlyn, Great 

 Falls, Mount Vernon, and Vienna); and Wisconsin (St. Croix Falls). 



Most collection dates are in April, May, and early June. Especially 

 early and late dates are Mar. 24 at Washington, D. C; Mar. 30 at 

 Plummers Island, Md.; Mar. 31 at Cabin John, Md.; Apr. 1 at Glen 



