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must therefore become synonyms of C. verruculatus, which 

 satisfactorily clears up a matter which otherwise would have 

 been in doubt. This is as might have been expected, for 

 the fact that he had not recorded the very common C. ver- 

 ruculatus from Nova Scotia, made it fairly certain that he 

 must have misnamed it. Unfortunately F. Walker's names 

 are apt to present considerable difficulties of this sort. C. 

 verruculatus was first reported from this province under 

 its proper name in 1896 (Trans. N. S. Inst. Sc, ix, 214). 

 It is remarkable that B. Long did not happen to meet either 

 this species or D. Carolina in Prince Edward Island in 1912, 

 where they undoubtedly must occur, although he collected 

 them in southeastern New Brunswick (E, W. Walker, Can. 

 Ent., 47, p. 341, 1915). The absence of C. verruculatus from 

 that island would indeed be most remarkable, as it ranges 

 north to southern Newfoundland. 



Circotettix verruculatus is very common in Nova Scotia, in 

 dry, warm, stony places, on bare ledges, hot and dusty road- 

 sides and other bare, barren or burnt ground and particularly 

 along railways. It is nearly always in company with the 

 larger but less abundant D. Carolina, which it much resembles 

 when on the ground, though very easily distinguished in 

 flight by the different colouring of the hind-wings. Its 

 preference for places which readily come under man's eye, 

 make it much in evidence. In this vicinity it shows no 

 particular fondness for elevated places, as long as its habi- 

 tat is very warm and dry. About Truro, Col. Co., Mr. 

 Gooderham says it is specially abundant on old burnt land, 

 and in that district also is more common than D. Carolina. 



In C. B. Gooderham's collection, Truro, are specimens 

 taken b}'' himself, E. C. Allen and others, in Colchester, 

 Hants, Kings, Annapolis, Digby, Yarmouth, and Queens 

 counties. I have also seen specimens from Bayfield, Antig. 

 Co., and of course from Halifax Co. Gooderham has observed 

 & few nymphs, just hatched, with more numerous nymphs 



