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and adjacent veins inclined to black; cnbitodiscoidal vein usually 

 smoothly arched and rarely appendicnlate: bulla of second re- 

 current nervure usually close to tip of cnbitodiscoidal 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 2S 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 G [Harrington] : Fort Lee X.J. taken May 

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

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

 Museum] besides variotis New York localities. This species has 

 been recorded from the following localities: Mt Washington 

 X. H., Xew Jei^sey. Xew York. Illinois. Iowa, Colorado and Texas. 

 The record of captures in trap lanterns at Ithaca in 1SS9 and 1S92 



is given below : 



Trap lantern records 







1SS9 















1S92 









MAY 



JUXE 





' 



MAY 

 31) 









JUXE 





rz 





24 26 



3 4 8 



21 



26 ^ 



1 



i 



3 



8 11 



16 



■2b 2S ^ 



Male 















I 





.... 1 



1 



! i 3 

















j...j o 



Female 



1 1 



1 1 1 



1 



1 7 



3 



2 



1 



2 



1 ■ 1 



1 



ll 1'13 



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1873 Trans. 4:169 (From Texas) 



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1879 11:117 (Table of species), p.118 (Description) 



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1896 111. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 44. p.272 (Same as preceding) 



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