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remaining 14 workers from the type nest series are very 
uniform in structure and color, and quantitative variation 
is slight. TL 3.18-3.51, hl 0.78-0.85, ml 0.43-0.48, WL 0.75- 
0.81 mm.; Cl 82-86, Ml 54-57. 
First Records of the European Mantis religiosa (L.) 
FROM Maine. — Aside from the persistent records from 
New York and Ontario, the last three years have produced 
numerous records of this insect in widely scattered locali- 
ties in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Although 
only one specimen was reported in Sept. 1951, from Saco, 
Maine (Mrs. G. B. Nutting), the following 1952 records 
from York County, Maine indicate that it may now have 
a hold in that state: three specimens from Biddeford, 15, 
18 Aug., and 6 Oct. (H. J. Edwards, A. Lowell, and J. 
Foran) ; one specimen from South Buxton, 10 Sept, (de- 
termined by Mr. A. E. Brower of the Entomological Labora- 
tory, Augusta). The Biddeford records, along with numer- 
ous other “sightings”, were largely from the business dis- 
trict, in yards, on window sills, parking meters, and the 
like. Although the males fly well, as do many females be- 
fore they become gravid, this relatively rapid spread is 
probably due largely to long-distance shipments of hay and 
nursery stock containing their egg masses. 
The average winter temperature of coastal and south- 
eastern Maine is close to that of southern Ontario, but is 
deflnitely warmer than northeastern Ontario near the con- 
fluence of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers. Since this 
mantid is already well established in both these regions of 
Ontario, it is possible that it may eventually become a per- 
manent resident over much of New England, including 
coastal Maine. — W. L. Nutting, Biological Laboratories, 
Harvard University. 
