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and Georgia. However, it was noted that a population of small 

 specimens from Snow Hill, Md., collected in July, showed a range 

 of from 3.7 to 4 mm. in length for the males and 4.2 to 4.4 mm. for 

 the females. Some specimens from Florida, the state of Osten Sacken's 

 type locality, showed a slight difference in the smaller size and the 

 extension of the r-m streak from^Sc to E, only, instead of almost to 



Figure 20. — Terminal abdominal segments of holotype, female, lateral view. A, Climacia 

 tsnebra, new species; B, C. nota, new species. 



Rs. Those from La Belle tended to show reduced spotting between 

 Sc and Rl at the point of their coalescence in the antepterostigmal 

 streak, whereas those from West Palm Beach and Punta Gorda had the 

 usual spotting. However, these featm'es did not appear to warrant 

 subspecific designation. 



This is the most common species of Climacia in the eastern half of 

 the United States, and the only one east of the Mississippi River. 

 It has been taken from Maine to Florida along the east coast, and 



