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are three specimens of S. curvicauda." That is, Walker's 

 Nova Scotian specimen cannot now be referred to, and 

 probably is lost. Of course the specimen may quite possibly 

 have been what has lately been named S. curvicauda horealis, 

 a form which occurs in the western part of the province; 

 but as the specimens which Walker examined were collected 

 most likelj^ about Halifax, doubtless bj' Lieut. Redman, 

 and I have not yet found that form here, whereas pistillata 

 is very common, it seems best to consider Walker's record 

 as referring to the latter species. 



I first collected S. -pistillata at Halifax on 26 Aug., 1895, 

 and the determination was verified by Dr. Scudder himself 

 who revised the genus in 1898 and placed it on its present 

 sound basis. It was reported from Nova Scotia in 1896, 

 that being the first Canadian record for Canada under 

 its proper name. Elsewhere in that region it has only been 

 recorded from Toronto, Winnipeg and Regina in the west. 

 Strange to say B. Long did not happen to meet with it, or 

 indeed any species of Scudder la, in Prince Edward Island, 

 where it should occur and may yet be found. 



This species is ver}^ common about Halifax, and no 

 doubt more or less so throughout all or the greater part of 

 the province, although in the western section S>. curvicauda 

 horealis is rather common and to some extent replaces it. 

 The latter I have not yet found near Halifax. C. B. Gooder- 

 ham speaks of »S. pistillata as rather common about Truro; 

 and he has in his collection several specimens taken at Truro, 

 Col. Co., Hantsport, Hants Co., Wilmot, Ann. Co., Wey- 

 mouth, Digby Co., and Deerfield, Yar. Co.; and there are also 

 six specimens in the collection of the Agricultural College, 

 Truro; while I have seen specimens taken at Tatamagouche, 

 Col. Co., at Middleton, Ann. Co. (Irene Cox), at Brooklyn, 

 Yar. Co. (Dorothy Marrell), and at Yarmouth, Yar. Co. 

 (E. C. Allen, who had also collected the Deerfield specimens 

 beforementioned). It therefore clearly occurs, fairly com- 



