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hj^popygiiiin large and conspicuous, the inner dististyle ap[)earin<:- as 

 a slender, twisted, serpentine rod. S . L. 14 nun.; w. 15 nmi. 



(July) \'a., N. C, n. Fla. (Austral). 



N. eucera (Lw.) 



186:3. Pachiiif/iiiKi eucera Loew : IJerlin. Eut. Zeitschr., 7:296. 



General coldrntion yellow. ()cci})ut unmarked, entirely polislied. 

 Antennae ( <? ) elongate, 19-.segniented; of ? shorter. 15-segniented; 

 flagellar segments strongly excised beneath. Wings yellow; stigma 

 more broAvnish yellow. $. L. about 14-15 nnn.; w. 14-15 nun. ?. 

 L. l(S-20 nnn.; w. 17-lS mm. 



(May-Aug. ) Que, Mass., R. L. N. Y., Pa., westw. to Wise, la., Mo. and Kan., 

 southw. to Va., s. 111. and Tenn. (Transition). 



Connecticut.— Danhury. June IS, 1909 (C.W.J.) . 



N. euceroides Alex. 



1919. Xep/n'ofonui evcerohlex Alexander: Can. Ent., 51:172. 



Generally .similar to eucera. Antennae ( 6 ) shorter, 17-seg- 

 mented; terminal segment very reduced, Praescutal stripes reddish 

 brown, distinct. Wings grayisli yellow: stigma ]iale. $. L. 14-14.5 

 mm.: w. 13.5-15 mm. 



(June) Que., N. B.. Me., N. II., Mass., N. Y., westw. to ]\lich. (Canadian). 



Connecticut— Guilford, June 6. 1905 (W. E. B.); Norfolk, June 9, 1929 (C. P. A.); 

 Southing-ton, May 28, 1930 (R. B.F.); Storrs, 1931, 1932 (C.S.C.) ; Tvler Lake, 

 June 13, 1931 (C. P. A.). 



N. evasa (Dtz.) 



191.S. PacJii/rhiiKi. evasa Dietz: Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 44:124-125. 



Fig.— Dietz. Ibid., pi. 4, fig. 10 (wing^. 



Characters as in cal'mota. Antennae ( 2 ) entirely yellowish. Oc- 

 ciput with triangular brand. Scutum Avitliout median black line. 

 Abdondnal segments yellow with ])ale brown .subterminal triangles, 

 the caudal boi'dc^-s ferrugiuoiis. 9. L. IS nnn.; w. 13.5 mm. 



(July) Mich. 



Prof. Kogers believes this may ])rove to have been based on a 

 teneral individual of calinota. 



N. ferruginea (Eabr.) (P'ig. 24, G). 



1805. T'ipula ferruginea Eal)ricius; S}'st. Antl., p. 28. 



Figs.— Snodgrass, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 30, pi. 11, figs. 55, 56 (hyp.); 1904. 

 Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 44, fig. 198 (wing) ; 1919. Young, Cornell Univ., Agr. 

 Expt. Sta., Mem. 44 : 283, pi. 9, fig. 3 (thorax) : 1921. Dickinson, Cfls. Wise, p. 220, 

 fig. 129 (wing) ; 1932. 



Readily told by the rusty-red stripes, in conjunction with the 

 blackened ends of the transverse suture. Outer end of cell Rr, nsually 

 with a small group of macrotrichia. i . L. 10-12 nnn.; av. 10-11 mm. 

 5. L. 15-16 nun.; w. 11-12 mm. 



