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one specimen. It was extraordinarily abundant in a woods near 

 Gloversville, N. Y., on September 22, 1909. The following is 

 from my field notes : 



"I went to Simmon's Woods, southeast of Gloversville, \. 

 Y., this afternoon, and was very agreeably surprised at the 

 occurrence, in large numbers, of this usually uncommon in- 

 sect. Near the entrance of the woods, where Simmon's Brook 

 emerges, the insects were found in numbers. 



"At each step they flew out of the bushes to others farther 

 away. They are wary insects, and when sitting on the upper 

 side of a leaf, slip over the edge and hang inverted from the 

 lower side when alarmed by an observer. 



"They present a very characteristic attitude, sitting on the 

 leaf of a tree, with their wings folded flat over the abdomen, 

 and the six long legs stretched out over the leaf. A few were 

 taken in copulation ; these were all hanging on the under side 

 of a leaf. Their habit of clinging to the uncjer surface of a 

 leaf is quite remarkable and I found several by looking for 

 them there. 



"There were hundreds of specimens in the low bushes of 

 the woods, usually on the broad leaves of deciduous trees at a 

 height of two or three feet. Sometimes they would alight on 

 hemlock, and, occasionally, in ferns near the ground. It was 

 the only Tipulid observed here to-day." 



7. Rhypholophus monticola O. S. 



Woodworth's Lake (Bleecker township), August 24, 1909. 

 Several specimens flying about a small cliff along the outlet. 



8. Rhypholophus rubellus O. S. 



Along the Mountain Lake Railroad track, about two miles 

 north of Gloversville, N. Y. One specimen, July 3, 1909, swept 

 from ferns, in a damp woodland (Power House Woods), 

 ii. Erioptera (Mesocyphona) caloptera Say. 



Very common about Johnstown, N. Y. ; first taken on the 

 evening of June i, 1909, several specimens swept from tall 

 meadow grass. Very common throughout the summer, into 

 September, in similar habitats. Sacandaga Park (Xorthamp- 

 ton township), July 5, 1909, a few .specimens taken. 



