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and adjacent veins inclined to black; cubitodiscoidal vein usually 

 smoothly arched and rarely appendiculate; bulla of second re- 

 current nervure usually close to tip of cubitodiscoidal nervure 

 [pi. 2, fig. 2]. Legs uniformly ferruginous; claws pectinate. 

 Abdomen sometimes slightly darker at tip and not strongly 

 compressed but relatively thicker and shorter. Male clasps stout, 

 rather long, obliquely rounded and rather acute at tip. 

 Length about 15 mm. Wing spread about 28 mm. 



This species occurs abroad during the latter part of May and 



very early in June. Specimens are at hand from Ottawa, Canada 



taken May 30 and June 6 [Harrington] ; Fort Lee N.J. taken May 



29 [Joutel] ; Maiden Mass. taken May 4 [Fernald] ; Belfrage Tex., 



Washington D.C., taken in May [United States National 



Museum] besides various New York localities. This species has 



been recorded from the following localities : Mt Washington 



N. H., New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado and Texas. 



The record of captures in trap lanterns at Ithaca in 18S9 and 1892 



is given below : - 



Trap lantern records 





1889 



1892 





MAY 



JUNE 



"3 

 o 



MAY 



JUNE 







24 



26 



3 



4 



8 



21 



26 



30 



1 



2 



3 



o 



11 



1 



16 

 1 



25 



- 



Male 























1 





3 































Female 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



7 



3 



2 



1 



8 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



13 



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