4 BULLETIN 834, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



From this it will be seen that the species occurs in all three Old 

 World continents, being present throughout most of the middle and 

 southern European countries, southeastern Asia, and northern Africa. 

 It is probable that it will eventually be found to be present through- 

 out most of the remaining regions where wheat is grown in Europe 

 and eastern Asia, as well as northern Africa. 



DISTRIBUTION IN AMERICA. 



The present distribution in America, gleaned from the writer's in- 

 vestigations, the records of Messrs, McConnell and Myers, which 

 were kindly placed at his disposal, specimens in the United States 

 National Museum, and a note furnished by Dr. J. Chester Bradley, 

 includes localities in six States, viz : New Jersey, Virginia, Delaware, 

 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. 



The localities where the insect is at present known to occur, to- 

 gether with the date of collection and the name of collector, are as 

 follows : 



Riverton, N. J., adults collected by C. W. Johnson, May 29 (year not given 

 but prior to 1899) ; East Falls Church, Ta., hibernating larva? in wheat and 

 rye stubble, A. B. Gahan and S. A. Rohwer, collectors, August 6, 1918 ; War- 

 renton, Va., larvae collected in August, 1918, by W. J. Phillips; Harrington, 

 Del., larvse collected in wheat stubble by W. R. McConnell ; Wolfsville, Md., 

 adults swept in clover field by J. A. Hyslop, June 6, 1914; Hagerstown, Md., 

 adults swept from wheat by P. R. Myers and W. R.' McConnell, May 15, May 25, 

 June 4, 1915, and May 24 and June 8, 1916; Hagerstown, Md., adults reared 

 from wheat stubble by P. R. Myers, May 10, 1916, and by W. R. McConnell, 

 May 3, 1917; Taylors Island, Md., adult reared from wheat stubble by W. R. 

 McConnell, March 21, 1917; Great Falls, Md., adult swept by Frederick Knab, 

 May 24, 1914; Germantown, Md., larvse injuring wheat received from a cor- 

 respondent by the Maryland State College of Agriculture, and recorded under 

 the name of Cephus pygmaeus in Report of Maryland State Horticultural 

 Society, 1914 ; Gaithersburg and Laytonsville, Md., hibernating larvse collected 

 by A. B. Gahan in wheat stubble, July 22, 1918 ; College Park, Md., hibernating 

 larvse in wheat by A. B. Gahan, July 24, 1918; Berwyn, Md., hibernating 

 larvse in rye stubble collected by A. B. Gahan, July 30, 1918; Laurel, Md., 

 hibernating larvse in wheat stubble, by A. B. Gahan, July 26, 191S ; Towson, 

 Md., hibernating larvse in wheat stubble, by A. B. Gahan, August 2, 191S ; 

 Warfordsburg, Pa., adult reared from wheat stubble by P. R. Myers, June 5, 

 1916; Hunters Run, Pa., adult reared from wheat stubble, W. R. McConnell, 

 May 7, 1918; West Chester, Pa., adult collected by H. L. Parker, June, 1915; 

 Linglestown, Pa., adults collected by H. B. Kirk and A. B. Champlain, May 26, 

 1908 ; Herndon, Pa., adults, collector unknown, June 6, 1907 ; State College, Pa., 

 adult swept in clover by W. R. McConnell, May 30, 1911; Carlisle, Pa., larvse 

 collected July 23, 1918, by C. C. Hill, and July 31, 1918, by W. R. McConnell ; 

 Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., larvse collected in wheat stubble, June 25, 1918, by 

 McConnell and Myers. 



In addition to these records Dr. J. C. Bradley states that he has 

 seen one adult specimen in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum 

 from Long Island, N. Y. 



