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in a Solidago bordered road and taken upon the wing. It was seen 

 under the same circumstances in other instances, and when in flight, 

 and displaying the golden sericeous hairs clothing the tip of its abdo- 

 men, it resembled so closely a similarly tipped Asilus fly that it was 

 mistaken for it. Dicerca manca LeC. (apparently not tuberculata of L. 

 & G. — see Tram. Amer. Ent. Soc, ix, p. 235), a rare Buprestid, was 

 captured on the floor of the piazza of the Sagamore hotel. 



Neuroptera, which should abound in the lake region, were few in 

 number. The only species observed in abundance were the common 

 Polystcechotes punctatus (Fabr.), of which hundreds could be seen rest- 

 ing on the parlor walls, and an Ephemerid, Pentagonia vittigera Walsh, 

 on the slats of the window blinds and edge of the clapboards of the 

 hotel. 



About 1,000 insects were collected, mounted and labeled with 

 locality and date of capture. 



Fig. 45.— The Hessian-fly. 



