Dec, 1922.] Weiss & West: Insects of a Moist Woods. 169 



Washington: "Washington Territory," - (^ ; Spokane Falls, i (^; Pull- 

 man, 4 (^, I $. 

 Canada : 



Quebec : Lanoraie, i $. 



Manitoba : Onah, 8 (^ ; Aweme. i (^. 



British Columbia: i c?. 1$; Nelson, i ^ ; Golden, i ,^; Xanaimo, Van- 

 couver's Island, I c?, 1$; Peachland, 3^, 7$; Buccaneer Bay, 2c?, 



1$. 

 North West Territory : i (^. 



Ciirvata becomes larger and darker, and even develops a slight 

 iridescence in the specimens from more mountainous portions of its 

 range. These larger, darker specimens closely resemble serotina Le 

 Conte in appearance, and are usually so named in collections. The 

 smaller, pallid specimens coming from the foothills and plains regions 

 are not common in collections and have usually remained unnamed. 

 With only a Tew specimens at hand the student would not, without 

 the aid of. the genital characters, correctly connect up the extremes 

 of variation in size and color which occur in this species. The 

 northwest Nebraska specimens (which presumably come from near 

 the source of the type specimens) are quite typical. A dissected male 

 bearing the data " Monroe Canyon, Sioux County, Nebraska, June 

 23, 191 1 (R. \V, Dawson) " was carefully matched up with the 

 dissected holotype and used in preparing the drawings on the ac- 

 companying plate, and in taking the detailed measurements above 



given. 



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THE INSECTS AND PLANTS OF A MOIST WOODS 

 ON THE PIEDMONT PLAIN OF NEW JERSEY. 



By Harry B. Weiss and Erdman West, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. 



The present paper deals with the results of a survey of the insects 

 and plants found in a moist woods and adjoining thicket at Monmouth 

 Junction. N. J. Collecting extended over the greater parts of 1920 

 and 1921 and during 1921 it took place at regular weekly intervals 

 during the spring, summer and autumn. It is realized that collecting 

 over two years is not exhaustive in so far as the insects are concerned. 



