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sionally a little longer, moderately clavate, at base scarcely as wide as at 
apex, armed below in both sexes with a small tooth. Length: 5.5- 
9 mm. 
Male : First ventral segment not or more or less distinctly depressed 
at middle; last ventral segment distinctly depressed at middle of apex; 
last dorsal segment truncate at apex. 
Female: Last ventral segment sub-acute or rounded at apex; last 
dorsal segment broadly rounded at apex, occasionally emarginate. 
Canada: "Canada" (Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., one specimen). 
South Dakota: Sioux Falls, May (Soltau). 
Nebraska: Lincoln, May (Soltau). 
Iowa: Iowa City (Wickham). 
Minnesota: Ramsey Co. (Minn. Univ.). 
Michigan: Washtenaw Co., May (Hatch); Cavanagh Lake, May 
(Hubbell); North Shore, Barton, May (Hubbell); Oakland Co., 
May (Hatch). 
Illinois: "111." (coll. Leng). 
Wisconsin: "Wise." (coll. Leng) ; Cranmoor, June (Hooker, U. S. N. M.). 
Massachusetts: Northampton, June and Springfield, May (Knab) ; 
Framingham, May (Frost). 
Connecticut: New Haven, May (Walden). 
New York: Ithaca, May (Cornell Univ.); Peekskill, May (Sherman); 
Wallface Mts., July (Nicolay); White Plains, May (Pollard); Van 
Cortlandt Park, May (Nicolay) ; Rockaway Beach, Long Island, 
May (Engelhardt). 
New Jersey : Lahaway, May (Olsen) ; Ramsey, May (Notman) ; New- 
foundland, May (Schott); Great Notch (Nicolay). 
Pennsylvania: Delaware Co. and Lancaster Co. (Castle); Hummels- 
town. May (Knull). 
North Carolina: Raleigh, May (Brimley, Knab coll.). 
Virginia: Falls Church, April (Chapin); Fredericksburg, June (Hubbard 
and Schwarz); Fairfax Co., June (Shoemaker). 
Maryland: Lakeland, May (Knab). 
District of Columbia: Washington, May (Hubbard and Schwarz). 
Florida: "Fla." (coll. Leng). 
Taken on Carex stricta by Mr. Frost and Mr. Wenzel writes: "Found 
in numbers by sweeping various grasses. Bur Reeds (Sparganiaceae) and 
Sagittaria in swamp fed by tide water." 
This is our most variable and troublesome species, especially in the 
