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Can. Ent., 47, p. 341, 1915), and recently it has been taken 

 in southern Newfoundland. In Nova Scotia the species is 

 no doubt rather uncommon to common, according to localities. 

 It is probably local in distribution, as about Truro, Col. Co., 

 Mr. Gooderham reports it as common, while so far I have 

 onl}^ collected four specimens near Halifax, all the latter 

 being males. The first of these was taken in long grass in 

 a dry location on the summit of Blockhouse Hill, near Fair- 

 view, Halifax, on 1 Sept., 1895. The remaining three were 

 all captured in a damp, grassj^ spot on the roadside near 

 Cow Bay Brid-ge, Cow Bay, about seven miles southeast 

 of Dartmouth, Hx. Co., on 2 Oct., 1895. The determination 

 of one of these specimens was verified by Dr. S. H. Scudder. 



C. B. Gooderham has since collected the species at Truro, 

 Col. Co., and also noted it from Kings County and Yarmouth. 

 He took eight males at Truro, in Aug., 1913, and two males 

 at the same place on 16 Aug. 1915. Some males were also 

 sent to him from Kings County, where he has also seen it 

 alive, and E. Chesley Allen gave him a broken male from 

 Yarmouth. He has never captured a female, as the latter 

 is said to be very sluggish and seldom takes to wing, whereas 

 the male is an active flyer. The species, he says, does not 

 appear to be very common in the western part of the province, 

 and it is only found there among long grass and sedges in 

 swampy places. Generally it is to be expected to occur in 

 such habitats, although one of my Halifax specimens was 

 from a moderately high (175 feet) and quite dry situation. 

 The earliest and latest dates on which it has happened to 

 have been taken, are 9th- August (Truro) and 2nd October 

 (near Halifax); but no doubt these dates do not correctly 

 represent the full period of its occurrence with us as an adult. 

 They may, however, assist others in defining the period more 

 accurately. One would expect to find it from the latter part 

 of July to the latter part of October. 



