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N. ensiger Harr. White Plains, Sep, RFHussey ; Ramapo, Jl ; Callicoon, Jl 

 Oliverea, Sep; Oxford, SSHall (Rehn & Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1915) 

 Ithaca, Aug-Sep (CU) ; Clifton Sps. (CU) ; Rochester, Sep, Deveson. SI 

 Generally distributed, Jl-Oct. Brown individuals occasional. Sometimes sings 

 in broad day when the sun is shining, but not so frequently as the other 

 Neoconocephali. Lrl : Generally distributed ; Brooklyn ; Maspeth ; Flushing ; 

 -Aqueduct; Central Pk. ; Selden; Southold; Greenport ; Orient; Yaphank; 

 Amagansett ; Montauk ; Gardiners I., Aug-Sep. 



N. robustus Scud. Hoffman I., NY Harbor, Sep 2, 1920, FMGaige (Hubbell). 

 SI: Found in many localities, but especially on sandy ground near the 

 border of the salt meadows and along the up-beach at New Dorp, Oakwood, 

 etc., Jl-Sep. Brown individuals are numerous. This species will some- 

 times sing from ten to fifteen minutes without a stop. LI: Brooklyn; 

 Woodhaven ; Aqueduct; Coney I.; Rockaway ; Long Beach; Fire L; Maspeth; 

 Central Pk. ; Selden ; Coram ; Wading R. ; Southold ; Greenport ; Riverhead ; 

 Yaphank; Bellport; Calverton; Amagansett; Promised Land; Montauk; 

 Gardiners I., Aug-Sep. 



N. retusus Scud. Manhattan I., Nov; Van Cort. Pk. ; Bronx, Sep; Yonkers, Oct, 

 HAAllard (Rehn & Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1915) ; White Plains, 

 Sep, RFHussey. SI: Generally distributed, and sometimes attracted to light, 

 Aug-Nov. Heard singing as late as Nov 9. Will occasionally sing for more 

 than half an hour without intermission. LI: Woodhaven; Aqueduct; Rocka- 

 way Beach, Schott; Maspeth, Ols; Sands Pt., Sep, Burns; Orient, Schott; 

 Yaphank; Montauk, Aug-Oct. 



ORCHELIMUM Serville 



O. vulgare Harr. Inwood, Manhattan I., Sep; Van Cort. Pk. ; Bronx, Sep; White 

 Plains, Sep, Leon; Ramapo, Jl ; Sullivan Co; Wilmington, Jl; Berkshire (Rehn 

 & Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1915) ; Ithaca, Sep (CU) ; Elmira, Aug, 

 Divert; Silver Creek, Sep, Leon; Geneva, Aug, HBShernian; Batavia, Sep, 

 Kngt. SI: Generally distributed, Jl-Oct (Oct 25 is the latest date). Females 

 found laying eggs in pigweed (Chenopodium) Sep 28, and in an old fence 

 rail Sep 15. Several of the long-winged form collected. Sings both by day 

 and by night. LI: Generally distributed from Brooklyn to Montauk and 

 Orient Pt., Jl-Sep ; Shelter I., Aug ; Gardiners I., Aug. 



O. gladiator Bruner, Ithaca, Jl-Aug (CU) ; Batavia, Jl-Sep, Kngt. 



O. minor Bruner, LI: Yaphank, Oct 17, 1913, a female, Eng. A pine-tree species, 

 more common among the pine trees of NJ and southward. 



O. concinnum Scud. SI: Found in many places on the salt meadow and along its 

 margin, Jl-Sep. Song much like that of vulgare, only lower. LI: Brooklyn; 

 Aqueduct; Rockaway; Fire L; Sands Pt., Sep, Bs; Wading R. ; Orient, Lath; 

 Wading R.,_Aug; Montauk, Aug-Sep. On Gardiners I., in Aug, 1918, it was 

 found only in a single meadow bordering Bostwick Cr., where four males and 

 three females were collected. On Aug 19, 1919, two females of this species 

 were seen to dive into a pool of fresh water near the Peconic R., Riverhead, 

 and one of them remained beneath the surface for one and a half minutes, the 

 other not so long. 



O. fidicinium Rehn & Hebard. SI: On the salt meadow near Oakwood and Old 

 Place, Aug-Sep. Lives in colonies. LI: Rockaway, Woodr; Wading R., Aug 

 29, 1922, a female captured by the wasp Tachytes mandibularis — wasp and 

 grasshopper on the road, Bird & Ds. 



■ [O. nigripes Scud, has been found in southern Ontario and in Ohio, and therefore it 

 may occur in the western part of New York State.] 



