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Arizona and from southern California. It is widely distri- 

 buted southward over the American continent as far as the 

 Misiones, Argentina. In the West Indies it is known only 

 from Cuba. 



13. Doru aculeatum (Scudder). 



1862. Forficida aculeata Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 

 p. 262. (In part.) [Xew York; northern Illinois; southern Michi- 

 gan. ^i] 



igoo.. A pterygida luteipennis Bormans, (in part not Forficida lutei- 

 pennis Serville, 1839), Das Tierreich, II, p. 118. [New York.] 



1910. Doru linear e Burr, (in part not Forficida linearis Eschscholtz, 

 1827), Proc. U. S. Nat. AIus., XXXVIII, p. 464 (Name assignment 

 without material at hand.) 



1914. Doru aculeatum Rehn and Hebard, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 

 XXII, p. 93, figs. 5 and 7. (General diagnosis, measurements, records.) 



Alabama: Mobile, VIII, 27, 1915, (Rehn & Hebard; moderately 

 common in cane, high weeds and cat-tails in swamp on edge of 

 Mobile Bay), 2$ , 12$, 8 juv., [Hebard Cln. and A. N. S. P.]. 



Louisiana: Harahan, JefYerson Parish, VIII, 7, 1915, (Rehn & 

 Hebard; beaten from high grasses beside road), i?, [Hebard Cln.]; 

 Morgan City, La., VIII, 8, 1915, (Rehn and Hebard; beaten from 

 grasses and plants in swamp), 3$, (wings fully developed) [Hebard 

 Cln. and A. N. S. P.] 



The specimens from Morgan City are the first of a macropterous 

 condition to be found in the present species. 



This insect is usually found in high grasses. It is difficult 

 to locate. 



The distribution of this species covers the Mississippi Val- 

 ley, not extending west of the line of semi-aridity. It is 

 known northwestward to eastern Nebraska, northward to 

 southern Michigan, New York and Snake Hill, New Jersey. 

 Though apparently common in the southern Appalachians, it 

 apparently does not occur southeastward of that region. 

 We believe the species will be found on the Gulf coast from 

 western Florida to eastern Texas. 



14. Doru davisi Rehn and Hebard. 



1914. Doru davisi Rehn and Hebard. Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XXII, p. 

 95, figs. 6 and 8. [South Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Florida.] 



11 The specimen recorded from Cuba, with a query, represents Doru 

 lineare. 



