232 COXXECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY | Bull. 



Close to incurva, ditferino- chiefly in colorational details. 9 . L. 

 about 17 mm.: w. 14.5 mm. 



(July-Aug.) Wise, Man. (Canadian). 



Prof. Rogers believes this to be synon^^moiis with ?ie.:cllis, which 

 is considered as beiiiQ' a valid western race of ineurva. 



N. polymera (Lw.) 



18G:1 Pachj/rrhina polymera Loew ; Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr.. 7:297. 



Figs,— Snodgrass, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 30, pi. 11, figs. 50, 60 (hyp.) ; 1904. 

 Dickinson, Cfls. Wise, p. 219, fig. 127 (wing) ; 1932. 



Yellow; praesciital stripes rusty. Antennae of $ IG-segmented, 

 of 5 14-segmentecl ; bicoloroiis. Wings yellowish: stigma bi-ownish 

 black: wing-tip darkened. $. L. 11-13 mm.; w. 12-14 mm. ?. L. 

 15 - IG mm. ; w. 13 - 14 mm. 



(May-June; Sept.) Ont., N. H., Vt., Mass., N. Y., westw. to Wise, la., and Kan., 

 southw. to S. C. and Tenn. (Transition). 



Connecticut.— Kent Falls, June 12-13, 1931 (C. P. A.); New Haven, Julv 1, 1928 

 (W. E. B.): Portland, June 24, 1932 (N. T.). 



N. punctum (Lm.) 



1803. FachyrrldiKi punctum Loew; Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., 7:294. 



Occiput opaque, unmarked. Antennae with outer flagellar seg- 

 ments blackish. Pronotum yellow. Praescutal stripes brownish 

 black; a velvety-black spot op])osile anterior end of lateral stripe. 

 Wings with blacki.sh bi'own stignia. Intermediate abdominal seg- 

 ments with a blackish subtriangular area. 9. L. 15 mm.; w. 13 mm. 



(May-July) Me., N. H., Mass., R. I., N. J., Pa., 111., Mich. 



N. sodalis (Lw.) 



1804. PacJiyrrhina sodalis Loew; Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., S : G4. 



Head orange: antennal flagellum beyond second .segment l)lack. 

 Praescutum polished, the stripes brownish ochreous; lateral ends of 

 suture blackish; scutellum and postnotum ochreous, unmarked. Wings 

 grayish yellow; costal region and stigma light yellow. Abdominal 

 tergites with a median stripe and a series of lateral black dashes. 

 $ . L. 17 - 18 mm. ; w. 14 - 15 mm. 



(May-Sept.) Ont., Que., N. H., Alass., N. Y., N. J., westw. to Mich, and Wise, 

 southw. to N. C. 



Connecticut. — Loew's type taken in Connecticut, without closer data; East River, 

 Sept. 10, 2$ (Ely); Storrs. June 1928; Windsor, June 5, 1925 larvae, emerged 

 Sept. 9, 1925 (W. E. B.), June 5, 1925 (W. E.B.), June 10, 1925 (B. H.W.); 

 Yalesville, June 27, 1906 (P. L. B.). 



N, sphagnicola Alex. 



1920. Nephrotomn. sphagnicola Alexander; Can. Ent., 52:110-111. 



Close to ineurca. Occipital brand broadly subtriangular. Scu- 

 tnm with a nai-row black median stripe, in addition to the areas on 



