16 Entomobryidae — Sminthuridae 



SiRA Lubbock 



S. buski Lub. Nassau L., Sep 3, 1923, Wlf. Generally distributed : Europe ; Siberia ; 

 Canada; Mass, NY. 



Lepidocyrtus Bourlet 



L. albus Pck. Voorheesville, Aug 30, 1923, Leo7i & Bish. Generally distributed: 

 Europe; Mass, NY. 



L. cyaneus Tull. (metalHciis Pck.)- Wells, Je, Aug, Yg; Adirondack Lodge, Je, 

 Bish; Mt. Mclntyre, 4000-5000 ft, Jl, Leon; Spy L, Je, Yg; Macedon, Ap, 

 Hd; Ithaca, May, Dec (MacG) ; Ballston L., Aug, Wlf; Voorheesville, Aug, 

 Leon & Bish, Nov, Leon; LI: Sea Cliff, Jl, Bks. Generally distributed: 

 Europe; Siberia; Africa; Me, Mass, NY, Ohio, Tenn, Alaska. 



L. violentus Fols. Potsdam, May, Yg; Voorheesville, Nov, Leoji. Generally dis- 

 tributed: Mass, NY, Ind, 111. 



Orchesella Templeton 



O. cincta L. {fla-uopicta Pck.). Albany, JHEmerton (Pck), also (Lint) ; LI: Sea 

 Cliff, Bks. Generally distributed : Europe ; Siberia ; Mass, NY, Tenn. 



O. ainsliei Fols. Voorheesville, Nov 9, 1923, Leon. Generally distributed: NY, 

 Tenn, 111, la. 



Family SMINTHURIDAE 



SUBFAMILY SMINTHURIDINAE 



PrOSMINTHURUS Willem 



P. aquaticus Bourlet {amicus Fols.). Ithaca, spring and fall, RubyBHiighes; 

 Albany, Feb, CarylHaskins. Found on the surface of ponds and streams ; 

 structurally adapted for locomotion on the surface of the water. Generally dis- 

 tributed : Europe ; Canada ; Mass, NY, Ohio, 111. 



SminthurINUS Borner 



S. elegans Fitch, 1863 (quadrilineafus Tull., 1871). LI: Sea Cliff, Bks. Generally 

 distributed : Europe ; Mass, NY, W. Va, Ohio, Tenn. 



SUBFAMILY SMINTHURINAE 

 Bourletiella Banks 



B. hortensis Fitch, 1863 {auadrisianaUis Pck., pruinosiis Tull., 1872). Macedon, 

 Je, Hd; Oneonta (Felt); Albany (Fitch); LI: Sea Cliff, 5/^.?. Abundant in 

 gardens and fields, and occasionally of great economic importance locally ; 

 has caused considerable injury to young vegetable plants — cucumbers, onions, 

 etc. — in Mass, Conn, Va. In Mass, May, 1922, it occurred in onion fields in 

 astonishing numbers with serious injury, and fields had to be plowed up 

 (Amherst, Mass, Fern). In Nova Scotia it wrought havoc, throughout the 

 province, to turnips, mangels, etc., as these were emerging from the ground 

 (WHBritton). Generally distributed: Europe; Japan; Canada; Me, Mass, 

 Conn, NY, NJ, Va, Ohio, 111. 



B. arvalis Fitch {lutcus Lubb.). Rochester, Jl, hid; Macedon, Je, Hd; LI: Sea 

 Cliff, Bks. Common in fields and gardens, (Generally distributed: Europe; 

 Canada; Mass, NY, Ohio, Mont. 



