6 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Ortalidae 38 Chloripidae 76 



Tr jrpetidae 47 Drosophilidae 34 



Micropezidae 6 Asteidae 2 



Sepsidae 19 Geomyzidae 17 



Piophilidae 8 Milichiidae 13 



Psilidae 22 Ochthiphilidae 9 



Diopsidae 1 Agromyzidae 47 



Notophilidae 47 Hippoboscidae 9 



Ephydridae 28 



Total 3,304 



Of this number the Society's collection contains about 2,200 species 

 (including some 350 types and paratypes), represented by about 15,000 speci- 

 mens. 



Description of the Areas Designated on the Map. 

 MAINE. 



1. The Upper Aroostook County area. — This includes the most 

 northern portion of Maine, — the upper St. John River valley. 

 From August 17 to 19, 1910, the writer worked at Fort Kent, 

 collecting on the hills south of the village and west along the St. 

 John River. While botanizing, in 1907, Dr. J. A. Cushman 

 made a small but interesting collection at Little Black River 

 Rapids near the mouth of the Allegash River, September 10, and at 

 Limestone, September 18; Mr. Olof O. Nylander made a collection 

 of the species found on snow at Woodland, near Caribou, Decem- 

 ber, 1917, and January, 1918, 



2. The Lower Aroostook County area. — This area includes that 

 portion of the County south of a line drawn west from Mars Hill. 

 On August 16, 1910, 1 collected along the stream south of Ashland 

 Junction (Oakfield), and Dr. C. P. Alexander collected at Houlton, 

 August 24, 1913. 



3. The Mount Katahdin area. — This area embraces the moun- 

 tainous region of central Maine. In 1910 a botanical trip was 

 made to Traveler Mountain by Dr. Cushman and Rev. C. B. 

 Ames. A collection of insects was made on the mountain July 

 27 to 29; also at Bowlin Pond, July 31, Penobscot County (Sect. 

 2, Range 7, and Sec. 4, Range 7), August 1 and 2. On August 21, 

 1913, Dr. Alexander collected on Mt. Katahdin. From July 13 

 to August 31, 1923, Mr. Irving H. Shaw collected from Basin 

 Pond (2400 feet) to the summit of Mt. Katahdin. 



4. The Moosehead Lake area. — This area covers the lake region 

 of northern central Maine. From July 11 to 21, 1907, the writer 

 made a large and interesting collection at Capen's on Deer Island, 

 in Moosehead Lake; on July 17 a collection was made on the near- 

 by Sugar Island and on the 18th at the "Outlet," Moosehead. 

 On September 3, 1907, Dr. Cushman made a small collection at 

 Kineo, which was augmented by a collection made by Dr. Alex- 



