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No. 350). I have also seen specimens from Church Street, 

 Kings Co. In the collection of the Agricultural College, 

 Truro, are fifteen specimens taken in July and August at 

 Truro, Col, Co.; Kentville, Kings Co.; and Smith's Cove, 

 Digby Co. In C. B. Gooderham's collection are others 

 taken by himself at Truro and Berwick (Kings Co.), and by 

 E. C. Allen at Yarmouth. Gooderham has recorded it from 

 the following counties: Victoria, Inverness, Cumberland, 

 Colchester, Hants, Kings, Annapolis, Digby, Yarmouth, 

 and Queens.* 



It is probably somewhat local in distribution and its 

 abundance varies considerably in different years. While 

 uncommon in the vicinity of Halifax, it is common in suitable 

 localities in the western parts of the province, and is reported 

 as excessively common about Truro during some years and 

 somewhat less so in other seasons. During the summer of 

 1913 it was so numerous at Truro, that when flushed it arose 

 in clouds wherever there was vegetation, and in that season 

 specimens were sent in from several counties, with complaints 

 as to its abundance. In times of such abundance it is capable 

 of doing considerable damage and should be closely watched. 

 Since then, fortunately, the number has dwindled down to 

 a large extent. 



Gooderham has observed recently-hatched nymphs of 

 this species, with a few of CircotetUx verrumlatus, in warm 

 spots at Truro on 3 June, 1915. It has been taken in the 

 perfect state from 14 July (Truro) until at least 2 October 

 (Cow Bay, HaUfax Co.). It should be searched for in dry 

 situations, such as are frequented by others of the (Edipodince, 

 and such are its haunts in New England, where it is very 

 abundant in dry, grassy pastures and on unfilled ground, 

 preferably on high land; but in Indiana it occurs in low 

 marshy land with short grass. Mr. Gooderham of Truro 



* In Prince Edward lalani B. Long CDllected eleven speciinana in ssven looalitiea in 

 Au3. 1912 (Walker, Can. Ent., 17, p. 311, 1915). 



