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ela vulgaris. : 
is species which is found throughout at least’the greater 
f the state occurs principally in early spring and in fall. 
one specimen was taken,—at Andrews, Cherokee County 
‘mountain road at about 2,500 feet elevation. This 
Jes - record from so many parts of the state that it was 
spe tially sought for or noticed on this trip. It was probably 
a at other places. 
a $ species has been recorded from our N. C. mountains 
but this was the first time I had ever taken it. Four 
ms were taken at Andrews, at elevations ranging from 
2,000 to 2,500 feet. In accordance with the observations of 
_ others we did not find it in hot, open, sunny places, but in shady 
_ corners, or where shade was close at hand. Possibly it does 
t usually become active until dusk. 
denshaw’s check-list gives this as a variety of 6-guttata, but 
ng, in his Revision, regards it as distinct. It averages larger 
at has the middle band complete, and in this state 
teed from the mountain region while 6-guttata has 
en in all sections. One specimen of patruela was taken 
antyre, Transylvania County, at the very top of a mountain 
3,000 feet elevation. I do not recall ever having taken 
hi pest es than 2,000 or 2,500 feet, and I have come to 
r it as a strictly mountain species in this state. 
splendida. 
Henshaw lists this as one of the many varieties of purpurea, 
at recognizes it as a distinct species, with which my 
observations agree, though the two may be connected by in- 
termediate forms in other sections. Splendida averages small- 
ef, is quite local in its distribution, is decidedly different in 
- color, (the dorsum of prothorax being bright green, and not 
_ cupreous as in purpurea) is found (in this State) at lower ele- 
vations, and is in my experience a quicker, more wary species 
and harder to capture. Several were observed along the road 
from Highlands to Franklin in Macon County. But it was 
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