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are Underbill, Vermont, Mansfield (two specimens, August), " Glen " 

 to Jackson, N. H., looo to 1500 feet, July 2. Dr. T. W. Harris, in 

 his published Entomological Correspondence, speaks of its being 

 found only near the water. In regard to this remark I have the fol- 

 lowing note from Mr. Edw. D. Harris: — " I remember well his dis- 

 covery of ancocisconensis and am puzzled by this allusion to the water, 

 for he took it first at North Conway in the White Mountains, and the 

 only waters there are the small running streams of the woods and hills." 



C. vulgaris Say. Seems to be most abundant along sandy strips, 

 rather near water, though not necessarily close to the brink. At Den- 

 ver, Colorado, I have often seen it in abundance along irrigating 

 ditches which had overflowed on to the surrounding flats. At Iowa 

 City [ find it only in company with lecontei, while at Bayfield, Wis- 

 consin, it was pretty generally distributed along the more open sandy 

 roads. The variety called obliquata Kirby, in which the markings 

 are very broad, I once met with in numbers during the month of June, 

 on a flat sandy area at Coolidge, New Mexico, where the ground was 

 partially overgrown with weeds. The Californian variety vibex Horn, 

 is said by Mr. Fall to occur on ocean beaches, rarely he thinks. Mr. 

 W. G. Wright has taken it in quantity near San Bernardino, California. 



C. repanda Dej. A fluviatile species, most abundant on the banks 

 and bars of rivers, streams and lakes. C. oregona Lee, the western 

 form, has the same habits as the type, and like it, seems to fly through- 

 out the warm months of the year. Mr. Fall writes: — " Oregona is 

 common inland (in California) wherever there is moisture. I have 

 taken it from March to October and it is probably at large throughout 

 the year. Usually occurs in small swarms and is quite wary." C. 

 \2-guttata Dej., another spotted form, has been said to be fond of very 

 wet spots in marshes and the like. Dr. Blaisdell writes, regarding 

 this variety, " Found alone or evenly scattered on dark sand and mud, 

 in moist roads or on the banks of ponds, lakes and streams in San 

 Diego and Calaveras Counties." The remaining {oxvs\, gnttifera Lee, 

 has been taken near Phoenix, Arizona, by Dr. H. G. Griffith, who 

 writes that it is to be seen in small numbers, unmixed with any other 

 species, on wet sandy places along banks of rivers (Rio Verde, April 

 4 to 12). It is very shy and hard to capture. A few have been 

 taken at electric lights in Phoenix during the month of June. Dr. 

 Blaisdell tells me that it occurs during March and April near the Col- 



