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Like i m i t a n s , this variety has been confused with t r i - 

 dentata, which it somewhat resembles. It can be easily sepa- 

 rated from that species and imitans by the punctures, the 

 brownish black pubescence above, the shape of the elytra and 

 the rounded head. This form occurs with the type and is more 

 common westward. 



Distribution. This insect has been recorded from the follow- 

 ing localities: Cliftondale Mass. [Henshaw], Buffalo N. Y. 

 [Zesch-Reinecke], Philadelphia Pa. [Tolman], Hull and Ottawa 

 Can. [Harrington], Montreal Can. [Caulfield], Providence R. I. 

 [Packard] ; is not rare in southwestern Pennsylvania [Hamil- 

 ton] ; Canada, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, 



Fig. 6 k, iS. lateralis var. connecta. a-g intermediate variations between S. la t e r- 

 a 1 i s and var. connecta 



New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, 

 Illinois, Iowa [Leng-Hamilton]. We have taken or bred it from 

 Fort Lee N. J., Bronx park New York city, and Brooklyn N. Y. ; 

 it is also found in Nebraska and Massachusetts, and is common 

 in Kansas. The variety connecta is occasionally found in 

 New York and Massachusetts and in numbers in Kansas, Nebraska, 

 Illinois and Wisconsin. 



Bibliography 



1781 Fabricius, J. C. Sp. Ins. etc. p. 233 (Description, habitat) 



1787 Mantissa Ins. 1:149 (Described) 



1792 Ent. Syst. Emendata et Aucta, torn. 1, pars 2, p. 312 (Descrip- 

 tion, habitat) 

 1795 Olivier, A. G. Entomologie, 4:17, pi. 4, fig. 41 



1852 LeConte, J. L. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Jour. ser. 2, 2:164 (Description, 



distribution) 



1853 Haldeman, S. S. Am. Phila. Soc. Trans, n. s. 10:55 (Listed as 



Compsidea lateralis) 



