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3. Ovipositor short, only as long as rostrum 4. 
Ovipositor distinctly longer than the rostum 5. 
4. Body either black or very dark brown brumalis Fitch. 
Body light brown or medium brown ....nivoriundus Fitch. 
5. Body covered with fine, white pubescence. ...unicolor Hine. 
Body covered with long, white or yellowish hairs .... 6 . 
6. Wing pads somewhat brownish proximally; body above 
dull or with a very slight shine gracilis Carp. 
Wing pads entirely jet black; body above very shiny 
nix Carp. 
7. Ovipositor scarcely longer than the rostrum 
intermedins Lloyd. 
Ovipositor one and one-half times as long as rostrum. ... 8 . 
8. Body light brown or reddish brown.... calif ornicus var. 
calif ornicus Packard. 
Body black or nearly so 9. 
9. Body black, but with a pronounced bronze hue, abdomen 
above exceedingly shiny borealis Banks. 
Body jet black; abdomen above with only a slight shine 
calif ornicus var. fnscus Carp. 
Borens brumalis Fitch 
Amer. Journ. Agric., 5:278, 1847. 
The first Ohio record of this species was secured in 1933. 
Since that time Mr. Robert Goslin, one of the first to find 
the insect in that state, has been on the alert for additional 
material, and as a result has collected an astonishingly large 
number of specimens from Hocking and Fairfield Counties. 
In December (1935) he secured about 225 specimens, in 
January about the same number, and in February over 326 
specimens, making a total of more than 775 individuals! 
In one day alone (Feb. 3) Mr. Goslin collected 159 speci- 
mens. The notes which Mr. Goslin made concerning his 
captures are particularly interesting in showing the activity 
of these insects in different temperatures. Many of the 
specimens were found actively walking about during early 
December before any snow had fallen; most of these were 
collected on moss. The majority of the specimens, how- 
ever, were taken on snow on days when the temperature was 
not far from 32° F. On December 31, following a tempera- 
