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Number 40, 2012

• Editor’s Note
• Obituary: Richard Lawrence Hoffman (1927-2012) - Steven M. Roble and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Scientific Publications of Richard L. Hoffman - Steven M. Roble
• Spot-Problem Solving: A New Approach to Virginia Herpetology for the Next Millennium - Richard L. Hoffman
• Drawing the Line on Sweetgum: Fine-tuned Phytogeography, Part I. Virginia North to the Roanoke River - Richard L. Hoffman
• Observations on the Distribution, Habitat, and Seasonality of the Centiped Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Say) in Virginia (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble
• New and Additional Records of Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles for Virginia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Rhysodidae) - Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman
• Six Click Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Elateridae) - Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman
• Three Wolf Spiders New to the Virginia Fauna (Araneae: Lycosidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble
• Velvety Shore Bugs in Virginia (Heteroptera: Ochteridae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• Relative Abundance, Habitat Preference, and Seasonal Occurrence of Two Species of Carrion Beetles in Central Virginia (Silphidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Joseph C. Mitchell, and Susan C. Kirby

Number 39, 2012

• A Comparison of Lowland and Upland Forests of Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia
  I. Vascular Plants - Todd S. Fredericksen and Mavrik Mann
  
• A Comparison of Lowland and Upland Forests of Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia
  II. Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Songbirds - Todd S. Fredericksen and Shane Boyd
• Amphibians and Reptiles of the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge and Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge - Joseph C. Mitchell
• Patterns of Frog and Toad Vocalization in Fairfax County, Virginia - Todd A. Tupper, Tatiana Galitzin, Christine Bozarth, and David M. Lawlor
• Survey and Assessment of Man-made Structures Used by Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) in Southeastern Virginia - Leeanna T. Pletcher and John D. Kleopfer
Freshwater Mussel Declines in the Upper South Fork Holston River, Virginia - Michael J. Pinder and Joseph J. Ferraro
Historical Records of Nicrophorus americanus (American Burying Beetle) from Virginia and Vicinity, and Confirmation of the Occurrence of N. carolinus in Virginia (Coleoptera: Silphidae) - Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman
The Cicada Parasite Beetles (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) of Virginia - Arthur V. Evans and Brent W. Steury
Annotated List of the Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Fairfax County, Virginia - Brent W. Steury, Ted C. MacRae, and Erik T. Oberg

Shorter Contributions

• Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Takes Wood Duck (Aix sponsa): Pathology and Process of an Exceptional Predation Event - Storrs L. Olson (Full Article)
• Stachyocnemus apicalis is Rediscovered in Virginia (Heteroptera: Alydidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

   

Number 38, 2011

• A Preliminary List of the Leaf-roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Virginia -Winnie H. Y. Lam, Jadranka Rota, and John W. Brown (View Abstract)
  
• Decline of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of the North Fork and South Fork Shenandoah Rivers, Virginia - Anne C. Chazal and Steven M. Roble (View Abstract)
• Range Extension for the Dismal Swamp Southern Bog Lemming, Synaptomys cooperi helaletes, in Eastern Virginia - Robert K. Rose (View Abstract)
• The Occurrence of Ramphogordius sanguineus (Nemertea, Heteronemertea) in the Intertidal Zone of the Atlantic Coast of Virginia and New Observations on its Feeding Behavior - Serena A. Caplins and James M. Turbeville
  
• The Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland - C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

• First Virginia Records for Two Boreal Species of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - Richard L. Hoffman
  
• An Ensign Wasp (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) New to Virginia - David R. Smith
• A New Early Hatching Record for Plestiodon fasciatus (Sauria, Scincidae) in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)

Miscellanea

• Alton McCaleb Harvill, Jr. (1916-2008): A Necrology and Tribute (Full Article)

Reports

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Number 37, 2011

• Additions to the Vascular Flora of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia - Brent W. Steury (View Abstract)
  
• Timber Harvesting Effects on Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Invertebrates on Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve, Franklin County, Virginia - Caleb S. Burruss, Todd S. Fredericksen, and Glen Stevens (View Abstract)
• Two Austral Dung Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) - Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Gnathobleda litigiosa, an Austral Assassin Bug New to the Virginia Fauna (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (View Abstract)
  
• The False Longhorn Beetles (Stenotrachelidae) of Virginia (Coleoptera) - Arthur V. Evans (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

• Early Nest Record for Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) in Virginia - Kevin C. R. Kerr and Christopher M. Milensky
  
• What Kind of Fleas Does Your Dog Have? - Ralph P. Eckerlin (Full Article)

Historical Contributions

• T. A. Conrad's Calfpasture River Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
  
• Notices of Fresh Water Shells, &c, of Rockbridge County, Virginia - T. A. Conrad

Miscellanea

• Obituary: Franklin J. Tobey, Jr. (1919-2010)

Reports

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Number 36, 2010

• A Preliminary List of the Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Virginia - Paul Bedell (View Abstract)
• Ground Beetles from the Quantico Marine Corps Base: 2. Thirty Additional Species from Recent Collections (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Records of Butterflies and Skippers from Fort A. P. Hill and Vicinity, Caroline County, Virginia - Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, and Christopher S. Hobson (View Abstract)
• Purse-web Spiders, Genus Sphodros, in Virginia (Mygalomorphae: Atypidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

• Late Ground Nesting of Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) on Assateague Island, Virginia - Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
• Geocoris uliginosus, a Bigeyed Bug (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae) Associated with Phlox subulata in Mid-Appalachian Shale Barrens - A. G. Wheeler
• Ecitoxenidia brevicornis Seevers, a Rare Myrmecophilous Beetle, Occurs in Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini) - Richard L. Hoffman
• The Tailed Cellar Spider, Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall 1867), New to Virginia (Araneae: Pholcidae) - Travis Clark and William A. Shear

Historical Contributions

• Some Observations Concerning Insects made by Mr. John Banister in Virginia, A.D. 1680

Miscellanea

• Reviews (Book Reviews)
• Reports
• Announcements

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• John Abbot, the English Naturalist-Artist, in Virginia - John V. Calhoun and David W. Johnston (Full Article)
• Traditional Medicinal Plant Use Among Virginia’s Powhatan Indians - Erin E. Morgan and James E. Perry (View Abstract)
• A Review of the Status of the Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) in Virginia - Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, and Christopher S. Hobson (View Abstract)
• Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from the Virginia Barrier Islands - Tim J. Arquette, John F. Barimo, and Richard R. Mills (View Abstract)
• Activity Patterns of Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Relationship to Coarse Woody Debris - in Virginia Piedmont Forests
  Todd S. Fredericksen, J. D. Fiore, Hannah S. Shively, Mary Beth Webb, Jessica L. Scott, and Ryan L. Smith (View Abstract)
• First Record for Prosorhochmus americanus (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea) in Virginia - with Notes on its Natural History and Morphology - James M. Turbeville and Serena A. Caplins (View Abstract)
• Pistia stratiotes L. (Water Lettuce) Discovered in Southeastern Virginia - Kimberly A. Coffie and Robert B. Atkinson (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

• Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) Scavenges Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
  in Northern Virginia - Hillary P. Graves and Sonya E. Graves (Full Article)

Miscellanea

• A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman's 80th Birthday. Steven M. Roble & Joseph C. Mitchell (editors). 2009. Special Publication Number 16, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. Pp. i-xvi, 1-458. ISBN: 1-884549-31-4. $76.00, plus shipping. Available at: http://www.vmnh.net/store.cfm?itemID=97 (Full Review)

Number 34, 2009

Table of Contents

• An Annotated List of the Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Virginia: Part III. Emendations and Biogeography - Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Richard L. Hoffman, and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)
• Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) of a Riverside Outcrop Prairie in Fairfax County, Virginia - Brent W. Steury, Sam W. Droege, and Erik T. Oberg (View Abstract)
• An Annotated List of the False Click Beetles of Virginia (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, R. L. Otto, and Robert Vigneault (View Abstract)
• The Forest Caterpillar Hunter, Calosoma sycophanta, an Old World Species - Confirmed as Part of the Virginia Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Arthur V. Evans (Full Article)
• An Updated List of Macrolepidopteran Moths Collected near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia 1996-2003 - J. Christopher Ludwig

• First Record of the Exotic Invasive Vitex rotundifolia (Verbenaceae) in Virginia - Christian Hauser, Lee Rosenberg, and James E. Perry (Full Article)
• Photographic Documentation of Blue-Morph Ross’s Goose (Chen rossii) on Assateague Island, Virginia - Gary R. Graves
• Two Austral Water Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble

• The Ant Community of a Riparian Forest in the Dyke Marsh Preserve, Fairfax County, Virginia, and a Checklist of Mid-Atlantic Formicidae. Daniel Kjar (View Abstract)
• Virginia Ground Spiders: A First List (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Richard L. Hoffman (View Abstract)
• The Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydrochidae, Aquatic Hydrophilidae, and Noteridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland. C. L. Staines (View Abstract)
• Phyllophaga spreta (Horn), a Rare Species of June Beetle New to the Fauna of Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Arthur V. Evans (View Abstract)
• Hybosorus illigeri Reiche Confirmed as Part of the Virginia Beetle Fauna, with Notes on Germarostes (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae). Arthur V. Evans (View Abstract)
• Notes on Valgus seticollis (Palisot de Beauvois) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Virginia. Arthur V. Evans (View Abstract)
• First Records of Notapictinus aurivillii (Bergroth), a Little-known Flatbug, for Virginia and the Carolinas (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Richard L. Hoffman

• An Obscure Sawfly, Kerita fidala Ross (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), New to Virginia, A Leafminer of Virginia Bluebell, Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link (Boraginaceae). David R. Smith
• Potential Range Extension of the Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, in Virginia. Karen E. Francl and Dwight E. Meikle (Full Article)
• The Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae): Breeding in Richmond, Virginia. Allen Belden, Jr. (Full Article)
• The Mourning Scorpionfly, Panorpa lugubris (Swederus), in Virginia (Mecoptera: Panorpidae). Arthur V. Evans and Oliver S. Flint, Jr.
• Medically Significant Bite by a Nabid Bug (Heteroptera: Nabidae). Richard L. Hoffman, David N. Gaines, and Dedra McCreary

• Part 1. Cover material and Table of Contents .................................................. Part 1 (2.45MB)
• Part 2. Introduction, Study Area, and Methods ............................................... Part 2 (8.45MB)
• Part 3. Results (Algae, Fungi, Plants, Non-insect invertebrates) ....................... Part 3 (1.98MB)
• Part 4: Results (Insects) .................................................................................. Part 4 (3.37MB)
• Part 5: Results (Amphibians and Reptiles; Final Species Count),
  Discussion, Acknowledgements, Literature Cited, Miscellanea ......................... Part 5 (3.75MB)

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• An Annotated List of the Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Virginia: Part II. Families of Integripalpia. Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Richard L. Hoffman, and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)
• A Lichen Survey of Williamsburg, Virginia. Brendan P. Hodkinson and Martha A. Case (Full Article)
• Bird Communities on Recently-logged and Mature Non-Industrial Private Forestlands in Virginia. Todd S. Fredericksen (View Abstract)
• Land Snails of the Cheat River Canyon, West Virginia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Kenneth P. Hotopp, Timothy A. Pierce, and Daniel C. Dourson (Full Article)
• Firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Flight Periods, Sex Ratios, and Habitat Frequencies in a United States Mid-Atlantic Freshwater Tidal Marsh, Low Forest, and their Ecotone. Edward M. Barrows, Shawna B. Arsenault, and Nickolas P. Grenier (Full Article)

• Virginia Record for a Rare False Click Beetle (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Predation Stalemate: Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Versus Eastern Ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis). (Full Article) Joseph C. Mitchell and Gayle Fischer
• Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia), A Non-Native Butterfly New to the Virginia Fauna. Steven M. Roble and Michael W. Donahue (Full Article)

• Arctodiaptomus dorsalis (Marsh): A Case History of Copepod Dispersal - Janet W. Reid (Full Article)
• Exotic Plant Distributions Along Disturbance Corridors at the Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve, Franklin County, Virginia - Gregory Turner and Marianne Demkó (Full Article)
• Four May Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• The Distribution of Conoderus scissus (Schaeffer) with Notes on Some Taxonomic Characters (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypinae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

• First Specimen Record of Great White Heron (Ardea herodias occidentalis) in Virginia - Carla J. Dove, Roger B. Clapp, and Crissy Willis (Full Article)
• Observation of Eastern Red Bats (Lasiurus borealis) Mating in Coastal Virginia - Scott McConnell (Full Article)
• First Records of the Rarely Collected Bug Nannocoris arenarius, from Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Thomas J. Henry (Full Article)
• Appaleptoneta coma (Barrows), A Spider New to Virginia (Araneae, Leptonetidae) - William A. Shear (Full Article)
• Chinese Softshell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) in the Potomac River and Notes on Eastern Spiny Softshells (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell, Brent W. Steury, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and Peter Paul van Dijk (Full Article)

• Land Unvanquished: Parts IX-XVI - Roger H. de Rageot
• Reports
• Announcements

Table of Contents

• A Flora of Fisherman Island, Virginia - Allen Belden, Jr. and Dorothy P. Field (Full Article)
• A Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths of Turkey Run and Great Falls National Parks, Fairfax County, Virginia - Brent W. Steury, John Glaser, and Christopher S. Hobson (View Abstract)

• Macrolophus brevicornis on Triosteum perfoliatum in Virginia: State Record and New Host-Plant Record for Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) - Alfred G. Wheeler, Jr.  (Full Article)
• Observations on a Malformed American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) from Fairfax County, Virginia - Jason D. Gibson, Tony Bulmer, and John White (Full Article)
• Message from a Peat Bank: First Record for the Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) - from Cobb Island, Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)

• Obituary: Roger de Rageot - Joseph C. Mitchell and David Liebman (Obituary)
• My Favorite Story about Roger Rageot - Franklin J. Tobey, II
• Land Unvanquished: Parts I-VIII - Roger de Rageot

Number 28, 2006

Table of Contents

• List of the Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Virginia - David R. Smith (Full Article)
• Bird Records from the Southwestern Virginia Roanoke Sewage Treatment Plant - Michael W. Donahue (Full Article)
• Status of the Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) in North Carolina and Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Ecology of a Salamander Assemblage, Including Disjunct Populations of Eurycea lucifuga and
  E. l. longicauda, in an Abandoned Virginia Mine - Norman Reichenbach, Micah LeMon, and Jeremiah Hinson (Full Article)
• The Volvating Scarabaeid Beetles of Virginia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Ceratocanthinae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

• Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata), A New Coastal Dragonfly in Virginia - Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
• A Native Occurrence of Carolina Moonseed (Cocculus carolinus) in Virginia - John F. Townsend and Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
• Notes on Basking Behavior of the Stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus) and its Implications for Predation Risk - John D. Kleopfer and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Early Emergence and Unusual Coloration in Eastern Milk Snakes (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum) in the Northern Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Carrie Seltzer (Full Article)
• Opportunistic Scavenging by Eastern American Toad (Bufo americanus americanus) Tadpoles on a Dead Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) - Jason D. Gibson and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)

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 Number 27, 2006

Table of Contents

• Aeschynomene virginica (Fabaceae) Habitat in a Tidal Marsh, James City County, Virginia - David E. Bailey, James E. Perry, and Douglas A. DeBerry (Full Article)
• Local Recreational Parks as Hospitable Habitats for Small Aquatic Animals: Examples of Copepod Crustaceans in Virginia - Janet W. Reid (Full Article)
• Thirty Ground Beetles New to the Fauna of Virginia, and a Milestone (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Robert L. Davidson (Full Article)
• Effects of Timber Harvesting on the Abundance and Diversity of Small Mammals on Non-Industrial Private Forestlands in South-central Virginia - Hannah S. Shively, Jason D. Fiore, and Todd S. Fredericksen (Full Article)
• The Scarab Genus Polyphylla in Virginia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Patera panselenus (Hubricht) on the Lower Cheat River, West Virginia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae) - Kenneth P. Hotopp (View Abstract)

 Shorter Contributions

• Hemipeplus microphthalmus (Schwarz): A Species and Genus of Elongated Beetles New to the Fauna of Virginia (Coleoptera; Mycteridae) - Richard L. Hoffman   (Full Article)
• A Note on the Occurrence of the Spider Arachosia cubana (Banks) in Virginia (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Anahita punctulata (Hentz): A Species, Genus, and Family of Spiders New to the Fauna of the Virginias and Ohio (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Wm. James Arnold, and Richard A. Bradley (Full Article)
• Collecting Insects on Fence Post Flood Refuges - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Observation of Intradermal Trombiculid Mite Larvae in Two Species of Salamanders in Virginia - Jason D. Gibson and Paul Sattler (Full Article)

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 Number 26, 2005

Table of Contents

• Some Observations on Growth Form in the Sand Post Oak (Quercus margarettiae) and Historic Reports of Boynton’s Oak (Quercus boyntonii) in Virginia - John F. Townsend (Full Article)
• Jadera haematoloma, Another Insect on its Way North (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article) 
• Behavior of Captive Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) in Virginia - Michael T. Mengak and Andrew K. Zadnik (Full Article)
• The Occurrence of Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer in Virginia: An Inexplicable Distribution Pattern (Heteroptera: Largidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

 Shorter Contributions

• The Phantom Darner, Triacanthagyna trifida, A Dragonfly New to Virginia - Robert C. Simpson and R. Ann Simpson (Full Article)  
• The Occurrence in Florida and Virginia of Corixidea major, An Exceptionally Rare North American Bug (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Thomas J. Henry (Full Article)
• Early Terrestrial Emergence of a Hatchling Northern Diamond-Backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) on the Eastern Shore of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Pamela Denmon (Full Article)
• Winter Activity by an Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Aberrant Color and Pattern in a Northern Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Invertebrate Predation on a Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) Larva in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel (Full Article)
• Arboreality in a Northern Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi dekayi) in Virginia -Jason Gibson, Paige Powell, and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Southern Ring-Necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus) Phenotype in the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and William D. Brown (Full Article)

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Number 25, 2005

Table of Contents

• Results of a Herpetofaunal Survey of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Southwestern Virginia - C. Shay Garriock and Rick Reynolds (View Abstract)
• Distribution of Lythrum salicaria L., Purple Loosestrife, in Western Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee - Thomas J. McAvoy, Warren T. Mays, and Loke T. Kok  (Full Article)
• The Virginia Species of Banasa, Three Decades Later (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Observations on Blainville’s Beaked Whales, Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817), at Poor Man’s Canyon, Virginia - Edward S. Brinkley and J. Brian Patteson (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

• Vocal Mimicry of Broad-winged Hawk by Blue Jay - Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
• Albinism in American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Tadpoles from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Liam McGranaghan (Full Article)
• Leucistic Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Tadpole from Northern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and John White
• Anophthalmia in an Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum feriarum) from Southeastern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel
• Bilateral Ectromelia in a Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans) Metamorph from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel
• Mortality of Larval Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in a Central Virginia Road Rut Puddle - Joseph C. Mitchell

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Number 24, 2004

Table of Contents

• The Earliest Illustrations and Descriptions of the Cardinal - David W. Johnston (View Abstract)
• Road Mortality of Snakes in Central Virginia - Jason D. Gibson and Donald A. Merkle (Full Article)
• Status of the Appalachian Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus centaureae wyandot) in Virginia - Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson, and Katharine L. Derge (View Abstract)
• An Annotated List of the Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Virginia: Part I.  Introduction and Families  of Annulipalpia and Spicipalpia - Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Richard L. Hoffman, and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

• Observation of an Externally Situated Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Nest Depredated by
• an Eastern Ratsnake (Elaphe alleganiensis) in Southwestern Virginia - James L. Sparks Jr., Lynne Hassel, and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
  
• An Unusually Colored Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum) from Virginia, with Notes
  on her Offspring - Joseph C. Mitchell and Liam McGranaghan (Full Article)
• A Malformed Fowler’'s Toad (Bufo fowleri) from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Belinda Burwell (Full Article)
• New Distribution Records for Eleates depressus (Randall) in the Southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae; Bolitophaginae) and Notes on These Occurrences - Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
• Distribution of Ctenotrachelus shermani Barber, an Assassin Bug New to the Fauna of Virginia (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Butterflies and Skippers Crossing the James River in Spring - Brian Taber (Full Article)

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Number 23, 2004

Table of Contents

• The Flora of Manassas National Battlefield Park, Prince William and Fairfax Counties, Virginia - Gary P. Fleming and Allen Belden, Jr. (Full Article)
• Arthropod Community Heterogeneity in a Mid-Atlantic Forest Highly Invaded by Alien Organisms - Daniel Kjar and Edward M. Barrows (Full Article)
• Records of Butterflies and Skippers from the Southeastern Piedmont of Virginia - Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson, and Amber K. Foster (Full Article)
• Notes on an Autumn Roost of an Eastern Small-footed Bat (Myotis leibii) - Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
• Early Fall Coyote Foods in Campbell and Bath Counties, Virginia - Daniel J. Gammons (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

• Calyptoproctus marmoratus, a Striking Planthopper, Arrives in Virginia from Parts South (Homoptera: Fulgoridae) -
  Richard L. Hoffman
• Occurrence of Intradermal Mite, Hannemania sp. (Acarina: Trombiculidae), Parasites in Two Species of Amphibians in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)

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 Number 22, 2003

Table of Contents

• A Review of Research Studies at Mountain Lake, Virginia - Bruce C. Parker
• The Flora and Fauna of Virginia Army National Guard OMS No. 1 and No. 2 near Sandston, Henrico County, Virginia - Allen Belden, Jr. and Katharine L. Derge
• Butterflies and Skippers Recorded from the Southern Tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, 1995-2003 - Brian Taber
• Beetles of the Genus Anthophylax in Virginia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• New Flea and Cimicid Records from Birds in Virginia - Ralph P. Eckerlin, Harry F. Painter, and Roger B. Clapp

Shorter Contributions

• Unusual Foraging Behavior of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Assateague Island, Virginia -William Moskoff (Full Article)
• Heilipus apiatus, a Striking Large Weevil New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Pelage Anomaly in a Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Blarina brevicauda, from West Virginia - Karen E. Francl, Steven B. Castleberry, and W. Mark Ford (Full Article)
  

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 Number 21, 2003

Table of Contents

• Mosses of the Virginia Piedmont - David A. Breil (Full Article - Part 1) (Full Article - Part 2)

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 Number 20, 2002

Table of Contents

• Summer Crane Flies (Tipulidae) of the Mountain Lake Vicinity, Virginia - George W. Byers
• An Overview of Amphibian and Reptile Assemblages on Virginia's Eastern Shore, with Comments on Conservation - Joseph C. Mitchell
• Archaeofaunal Remains from the Late Prehistoric Mount Joy Site in Botetourt County, Virginia - Thomas R. Whyte (Full Article)
• Thirteen Additions to the Known Beetle Fauna of Virginia (Coleoptera: Scirtidae, Bothrideridae, Cleridae, Tenebrionidae, Melyridae, Callirphidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
• Cylindroiulus truncorum (Silvestri): A New Milliped for Virginia (USA), with Natural History Observations - (Julida: Julidae) (Full Article)
• Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, Richard L. Hoffman, Joseph B. Lambert, and Yuyang Wu
• Leucistic Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Don R. Church (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

• Copperhead Preys on Star-nosed Mole in the Great Dismal Swamp - Gary R. Graves
• Observations on Breeding by Eastern Spadefoots (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in Augusta County, Virginia - Don R. Church, Henry M. Wilbur, Steven M. Roble, Fred C. Huber, and Michael W. Donahue  (Full Article)
• A Leucistic Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell

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Number 19, 2002

Table of Contents

• Home Range and Movement of the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Virginia - Michael T. Mengak
• Spiders of the Family Anyphaenidae in Virginia (Arachnida: Araneida) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• New Records for Stink Bugs in Virginia (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• Second Update to the Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia - J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
• Status of the Rare Skipper (Problema bulenta) in Virginia - Anne C. Chazal and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
• First Virginia Records for Three Species of Centipeds (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Luis A. Pereira

Shorter Contributions

• Spring Dragonfly (Odonata) and Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Fallout at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel - Brian Taber (Full Article)
• Records for Winter Scorpionflies in Virginia (Mecoptera: Boreidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

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Number 18, 2001

Table of Contents

• Biology and Conservation Status of Neonympha mitchellii, a Globally Rare Butterfly New to the Virginia Fauna -Steven M. Roble, Clyde T. Kessler, Bruce Grimes, Christopher S. Hobson, and Anne C. Chazal
• Prehistoric Archaeological Fish Distribution Records from the Roanoke River, Virginia and North Carolina - Thomas R. Whyte (Full Article)
• Five Northern Lacewings New to the Virginia Fauna, Including Significant Southern Range Extensions for Eremochrysa canadensis and Hemerobius costalis (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae) - Steven M. Roble and Oliver S. Flint, Jr.
• Nemotaulius hostilis (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae), a Boreal Caddisfly New to the Virginia Fauna -Steven M. Roble and Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
• Observations of a Yearling Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach -Marshall J. Iliff and Edward S. Brinkley (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

• Recent Collections of Chologaster cornuta (Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae) in Virginia, with Comments on Sampling Methods for the Species - Mark A. Dugo and C. Michael Stinson (Full Article)
• New Records of Reptiles from the Virginia Barrier Islands - M. Patrick Brannon, Nancy D. Moncrief, and Raymond D. Dueser (Full Article)
• New Records of Esox niger and Lepisosteus osseus in the New River, Virginia - Travis O. Brenden and Joseph A. Williams (Full Article)

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Number 17, 2001

Table of Contents

• The Vascular Flora of Fire-Maintained Grasslands and Woodlands at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia - Gary P. Fleming, Kathleen M. McCoy, and Nancy E. Van Alstine
• A Status Survey of Freshwater Mussel Populations in the Upper Clinch River, Tazewell County, Virginia - Jess W. Jones, Richard J. Neves, Matthew A. Patterson, Chris R. Good, and Antoinette DiVittorio
• Natural History of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in a Degraded Environment in Southeastern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell, A. Scott Bellows, C. Todd Georgel, and Joseph S. Ferris
• An Update to the Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths Near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia - J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
• First Records for the Yellow Lamp Mussel (Lampsilis cariosa) in the Roanoke River System of Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman
• Loggerhead Sea Turtle Late Nesting Ecology in Virginia Beach, Virginia - Chad L. Cross, John B. Gallegos, and Florence G. James (Full Article)

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Number 16, 2000

Table of Contents

• Species Composition and Biotic Condition of the Fish Community of Indian Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia - Michael J. Pinder and Jess W. Jones
• A Floristic Survey of Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox County, Virginia - Anne C. Lund and Thomas J. Rawinski
• Notes on Amphibians and Reptiles in Riparian and Upland Habitats on Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell, A. Scott Bellows, and C. Todd Georgel
• Amphibian and Reptile Diversity of a Threatened Natural Area in Central Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell
• First Virginia Records of Four European Insect Herbivores of Phragmites australis - Bernd Blossey and Joseph T. Weber
• Fourteen Ground Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
• Three True Bugs New to the Virginia Fauna, Including the First Record of the Family Schizopteridae (Heteroptera) - Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman
• The Northernmost Population of the Scorpionfly Brachypanorpa jeffersoni Byers (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae) - Richard L. Hoffman

Shorter Contributions

• Previously Overlooked Records of the Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) from Virginia - Steven M. Roble and Christopher S. Hobson

Miscellanea

• Charles Overton Handley, Jr.: A Remembrance

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Number 15, 2000

Table of Contents

• Foods of Birds of Prey in Virginia. Part I. Stomach Analyses - David W. Johnston
• A Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths Near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia - J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
• Grass Spiders of the Genus Agelenopsis in Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman
• Records and Habitats of the “Rare Click Beetle,” Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman), in Virginia and Maryland (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) - Warren E. Steiner, Jr.
• Mass Mortality of Red-spotted Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens Rafinesque) on a Central Virginia Road - Joseph C. Mitchell
• Aggregations of Red-spotted Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens Rafinesque) in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell

Shorter Contributions

• The Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus): a New Face in Virginia - David A. Young
• Lytta polita (Say), a Blister Beetle New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Meloidae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• Additional Field Longevity Record for the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) - Michael T. Mengak

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Number 14, 1999

Table of Contents

• Small Mammal Assemblages on Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia: Habitat Associations and Patterns of Capture Success - A. Scott Bellows, Joseph C. Mitchell, and John F. Pagels
• A Survey of Freshwater Mussels in the Middle Fork Holston River, Virginia - William F. Henley, Richard J. Neves, Lora L. Zimmerman, and Rebecca Winterringer
• Six Species of Bugs New to the Virginia List (Heteroptera: Coreidae, Lygaeidae, Phymatidae, Miridae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• Amphibian Diversity in Three Montane Streams with Different Levels of Acidity, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell
• Additional Records of the Rock Vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller) (Mammalia: Muridae), in Virginia - John L. Orrock, Elizabeth K. Harper, John F. Pagels, and William J. McShea (Full Article)
• Distribution of the Dwarf Waterdog (Necturus punctatus) in Virginia, with Comments on Collecting Techniques - Steven M. Roble, Dirk J. Stevenson, and Christopher S. Hobson
• First Records of Noctua pronuba L., an Old World Moth, in Virginia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Steven M. Roble, Anne C. Chazal, Christopher S. Hobson, and J. Christopher Ludwig

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Number 13, 1999

Table of Contents

• The Big Levels Region of Virginia: Aspects of Natural History and Management of a Unique and Imperiled Area Proceedings of a Symposium Convened at Charlottesville, Virginia October 16, 1998
• Under the Auspices of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, and the Virginia Natural History Society
• Introduction to the symposium on the natural history of the Big Levels area: Shenandoah Valley sinkhole ponds and St. Marys River - Joseph C. Mitchell, Dawn M. Kirk, and Daniel M. Downey
• Wildlife management activities in Big Levels, Augusta County, Virginia: an overview - Roy E. Swartz and David M. Kocka
• Climate characteristics of the Big Levels region, Augusta County, Virginia - Scott D. Klopfer
• Descriptive ecology of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia - Kurt A. Buhlmann, Joseph C. Mitchell, and Lawrence R. Smith
• Water chemistry assessment of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole ponds in Virginia - Daniel M. Downey, Sara Wirtz, Kevin R. Kruer, and Sean P. Douglas
• Plant communities and floristic features of sinkhole ponds and seepage wetlands in southeastern Augusta County, Virginia - Gary P. Fleming and Nancy E. Van Alstine
• Factors controlling the distribution and abundance of the narrow endemic, Helenium virginicum (Asteraceae): antiherbivore defense? - John S. Knox, Frank W. Stearns, Jr., and Charles K. Dietzel
• Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system and vicinity, Augusta County, Virginia - Steven M. Roble
• Amphibians and reptiles of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Kurt A. Buhlmann
• Observations on small mammals in the Maple Flats sinkhole pond complex, Augusta County, Virginia - Richard J. Reynolds, Andrew K. Zadnik, and John F. Pagels
• Hydrology and geomorphology of Green Pond - a high-elevation depressional wetland in the Blue Ridge of Virginia - G. Richard Whittecar and James R. Lawrence
• Quaternary erosional history of the St. Marys River, western Virginia - Gregory Bank, David Harbor, and D. Whit Morriss
• The acid-base status of the St. Marys River: the Virginia trout stream sensitivity study results - R. Webb and Frank A. Deviney, Jr.
• Effects of acidification on benthic fauna in St. Marys River, Augusta County, Virginia - John W. Kauffman, Larry O. Mohn, and Paul E. Bugas, Jr.
• Impacts of acid deposition on fish populations in St. Marys River, Augusta County, Virginia - Paul E. Bugas, Jr., Larry O. Mohn, and John W. Kauffman
• Streamside salamanders in an acidic Blue Ridge Mountain stream: historical comparisons and relative abundance - Dawn M. Kirk and Joseph C. Mitchell

Shorter Contributions

• Long term vegetation and fire histories at Spring Pond, Virginia - Jason A. Lynch and James S. Clark
• Prehistory of Big Levels: 12,500 years of cultural evolution - George A. Tolley and Michael B. Barber
• Late Cenozoic history of alluvial fans near Stuarts Draft, Virginia - G. Richard Whittecar, Debra F. Duffy, and Ali A. Nowroozi

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Number 12, 1998

Table of Contents

• Records of Odonata, Fish, and Birds from the Grafton Ponds Sinkhole Complex, York County, Virginia - Steven M. Roble and Dirk J. Stevenson
• Bat Records from Southeastern Virginia, Including a New Resident Species, Myotis austroriparius (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) - Christopher S. Hobson
• Distribution and Abundance of Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis, the Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle, Along the Western Shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia - C.Barry Knisley, James M. Hill and Cindy A. Schulz
• New Locality Records for the Dismal Swamp Green Stink Bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble and Eric L. Quinter
• A New Technique to Monitor Larval and Juvenile Salamanders in Stream Habitats - Thomas K. Pauley and Michael Little
• On the Occurrence of Several Species of Pterostichine Ground Beetles in Virginia (Carabidae: Pterostichini) - Richard L. Hoffman

Shorter Contributions

• First Record of a Shrew of the Genus Sorex on the Eastern Shore of Virginia - Nancy D. Moncrief and Raymond D. Dueser
• New Milliped Records for Virginia and Georgia: Ameractis satis (Zosteractinidae, Julida, Diplopoda) - William A. Shear and David A. Hubbard, Jr.
• New Distributional Record for Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870 in the New River, Virginia - Michael J. Pinder and C. Shay Garriock

Natural History Biographies

• The Two John Claytons of Virginia - David W. Johnston

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Number 11, 1998

Table of Contents

• The Vascular Flora of Five Newly Discovered Granite Flatrocks in Virginia's Southern Piedmont - Allen Belden, Jr.
• Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia and Vicinity - Joseph C. Mitchell and Steven M. Roble
• Distribution of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage in Virginia - Thomas F. Wilcox, Susan G. Barco and Mark Swingle
• The Virginia Piedmont Water-boatman Sigara depressa (Heteroptera: Corixidae) Rediscovered in Virginia - Christopher S. Hobson, Anne C. Chazal and Steven M. Roble
• Notes on the Distribution and Ecology of Some Amphibians and Reptiles in Southeastern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell, Sandra Y. Erdle and John F. Pagels
• Observations on Nesting by a Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus, in Virginia - Steven M. Roble and Christopher S. Hobson

Shorter Contributions

• An Inland Record for the Tiger Beetle Cicindela trifasciata ascendens in Virginia - Christopher S. Hobson
• Recent Noteworthy Records of the Swampfish (Chologaster cornuta) in the Nottoway River System, Virginia - Steven M. Roble, Dirk J. Stevenson and Christopher S. Hobson

Natural History Biographies

• Ellison A. Smyth, Jr. (1863-1941), Founder of the Department of Biology at Virginia Tech -  Joseph C. Mitchell and Michael Kosztarab

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Number 10, 1997

Table of Contents

• Survey of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of Unsurveyed Streams of the Tennessee River Drainage, Virginia - Matthew R. Winston and Richard J. Neves
• Some Important Virginia Specimens in the National Institution for the Promotion of Science - David W. Johnston
• Dendroecological Potential of Juniperus virginiana L. Growing on Cliffs in Western Virginia - Douglas W. Larson
• Two Orthopteroid Insects New to the Virginia Fauna (Saltatoria: Conocephalidae; Blattaria: Blattidae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• First Records of Freshwater Mussels on the Eastern Shore of Virginia - Steven M. Roble and Phillip H. Stevenson
• Limnephilus moestus Banks, a Northern Caddisfly in the Atlantic Coastal Plain (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Charles R. Parker

Shorter Contributions

• New Field Records for Longevity in Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) - Michael T. Mengak
• On the Type Locality of Orconectes virginiensis Hobbs (Decapoda: Cambaridae) - C. Michael Stinson
• First Records of a Holarctic Orb-Weaving Spider (Araneus saevus [L. Koch]) in Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman
• Phloeoxena signata (Dejean), Another Southern Ground Beetle Discovered in Virginia (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - Richard L. Hoffman

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Number 9, 1997

Table of Contents

• A Distributional Analysis and Identification Key for Crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of the Clinch and Powell River Systems, Virginia - M. R. Winston, R. J. Neves, P. L. Angermeier and P. S. Lookabaugh
• Caddisflies from Greensville County, Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman and Charles R. Parker
• New Distributional Records for Rare and Uncommon Odonata in Virginia - Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson and Dirk J. Stevenson
• An Abnormal Variant of Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) from Caroline County, Virginia - Bruce L. King
• Ecological Notes on the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, King George County, Virginia - Kurt A. Buhlmann and Joseph C. Mitchell
• Scotch Broom, A New Host of Two Native Bugs in Virginia (Heteroptera: Alydidae) - A. G. Wheeler, Jr.
• New Distributional Records for the Water Scorpion Nepa apiculata in the Coastal Plain of Georgia and Virginia - Dirk J. Stevenson and Steven M. Roble
• Freshwater Fishes of an Isolated, Interdunal Freshwater Ecosystem in Northern Virginia Beach, Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell, Kurt A. Buhlmann and Mitchell D. Norman

Shorter Contributions

• Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Stranded by Cold in the Chesapeake Bay - Joseph C. Mitchell, Donald J. Schwab and Gary M. Williamson
• The Leaf Beetle Pseudolampsis guttata (LeConte) in Virginia (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) - Richard L. Hoffman

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Number 8, 1996

Table of Contents

• Liverworts and Hornworts of the Virginia Piedmont - David A. Breil
• Records of Anurans from Greensville County, Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman and Joseph C. Mitchell
• Odonata Taken in Malaise Traps, with Special Reference to Virginia - Oliver S. Flint, Jr.
• Shoreline Flora of the Blackwater River in Southampton and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia - J. Christopher Ludwig
• Type locality and Distribution of the Crab Spider Xysticus emertoni Keyserling (Araneida: Thomisidae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• The Columbia Union College Biological Station in Highland County, Virginia - Lester H. Harris, Jr.

Shorter Contributions

• Plagiognathus repetitus Knight, a Pine Barrens Plant Bug New to Virginia (Heteroptera: Miridae) - A. G. Wheeler, Jr.
• Deletion of the Spider Theridion montanum from the Virginia Fauna (Araneida: Theridiidae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• Winter Records for the Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Katie Barrish
• Predation of Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum [Gravenhorst]) Eggs by the Milliped (Uroblaniulus jerseyi) - Joseph C. Mitchell, Kurt A. Buhlmann and Richard L. Hoffman
• The Water Strider Limnoporus dissortis (Drake & Harris) (Gerridae) Added to the Heteropteron Fauna of Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman

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Number 7, 1996

Table of Contents

• Recently Discovered Populations of Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) in Virginia - Nancy E. Van Alstine, William H. Moorhead III, Allen Belden, Jr., Thomas J. Rawinski, and J. Christopher Ludwig
• Historical Records of the Trumpeter Swan in Virginia - David W. Johnston
• The Odonata of Fort A. P. Hill and Vicinity, Caroline County, Virginia - Steven M. Roble and Christopher S. Hobson
• Natural History Notes on the Amphibians of a Recently Extirpated Suburban Wetland in Central Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell
• Occurrence of the Costate Riversnail, Oxytrema catenaria (Say), in Virginia (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• Injury of a Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) in a Mountain Stream During Severe Flooding - Joseph C. Mitchell and Christopher Todd W. Georgel
• Hydrobiomorpha casta (Say) in Virginia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) - Warren F. Steiner, Jr.

Shorter Contributions

• Leaf-carrying with the Tail in the Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana -  John F. Pagels
• Another Case of Albinism in a Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Gary M. Williamson

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Number 6, 1995

Table of Contents

• Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia  - John M. Anderson, Joseph C. Mitchell, Adrienne A. Hall, and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Observations on Sorex longirostris (Mammalia: Soricidae) and Associates in Eastern Portions of Historical Great Dismal Swamp - Sandra Y. Erdle and John F. Pagels
• A New Station for Smooth Cliffbrake, Pellaea glabella (Pteridaceae) on Masonry Walls - Thomas F. Wieboldt
• First Record of Tamiophila grandis (Insecta: Siphonaptera) from Virginia - Ralph P. Eckerlin and Harry F. Painter
• New Records of the Damselfly Ischnura prognata in Virginia - Dirk J. Stevenson, Steven M. Roble, and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
• Deraeocoris manitou and Plagiognathus albellus (Heteroptera: Miridae): First Eastern U. S. Records - A. G. Wheeler, Jr.
• The Type Locality of Lithobius latzelii Meinert (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) - Richard L. Hoffman
• Abnormal Coloration in a Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell

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Number 5, 1995

Table of Contents

• Birds and Natural History Observations in the Life of William Byrd II of Westover - David W. Johnston (Full Article)
• Apanteles congregatus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Newly Recorded Parasite of Tolype sp. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) - Scott W. Ludwig (Full Article)
• Holcocranum saturejae, a Palearctic Cattail Bug Established in Eastern United States and Tropical Africa (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Artheneinae) - Richard L. Hoffman and James A. Slater (Full Article)
• First Virginia Records for Ten Species of Carabidae (Coleoptera) - Robert L. Davidson (Full Article)
• The Centipeds (Chilopoda) of Virginia: A First List - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• A Pleasing Lacewing, Nallachius americanus (McLachan), from Southwestern Virginia (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) - Thomas P. Kuhar (Full Article)
• First Virginia Record for an Adventive Spittlebug, Neophilaenus lineatus (Homoptera: Cercopidae) - A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
• The Fairfax Stone - Keith Frye (Full Article)
• The Elm Leafminer, Kaliofenusa ulmi (Sundevall) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Virginia, and Summary of Host Records -  David R. Smith (Full Article)

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Number 4, 1994

Table of Contents

• A Preliminary Checklist of the Damselflies of Virginia, with Notes on Distribution and Seasonality (Odonata: Zygoptera) - Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
• Phenological, Behavioral, and Biological Observations on a Giant Scale, Neosteingelia texana Morrison, in Blacksburg, Virginia (Homoptera: Coccinea: Margarodidae) - Michael Kosztarab and Elizabeth Watson (Full Article)
• An Experimental Investigation of Azalea Host Choice by the Leaf Beetle Pyrrhalta rufosanguinea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) - Bruce L. King (Full Article)
• Diabrotica cristata, a Seldom-Collected Leaf Beetle, Found on Buffalo Mountain, Floyd County, Virginia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) - A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
• Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) Rediscovered in York County, Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• An Unusually Colored Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) from Giles County, Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)

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Number 3, 1994

Table of Contents

• Survey of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of the Powell River, Virginia - Lisa T. Wolcott and Richard J. Neves (Full Article)
• Additions and Emendations to the Virginia Fauna of "True Bugs" (Heteroptera: Cydnidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae, Alydidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Gasteracantha cancriformis (L.), a Spectacular Spider New to the Fauna of Virginia (Araneae: Araneidae) - Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
• Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in Prince William Forest Park: Released Captives or Native Population? - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• A Novel Habitat for Larvae of the Fishfly Chauliodes pectinicornis (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) - Norman J. Fashing (Full Article)
• Rediscovery of the Dragonfly Nannothemis bella Uhler in Virginia (Odonata: Libellulidae) - Steven M. Roble and Philip H. Stevenson (Full Article)
• Male Combat in Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) from Northern Virginia - Stephen H. Shively and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Sampling Soil Arthropods at Mountain Lake Biological Station, Virginia, Over a 32-Year Period - George W. Byers (Full Article)
• The Occurrence of Hemiscolopendra punctiventris (Newport), an Ecophilous Centiped, in Virginia (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

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Number 2, 1993

Table of Contents

• Classification and Ecological Interpretation of Mafic Glade Vegetation on Buffalo Mountain, Floyd County, Virginia -  Thomas J. Rawinski and Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
• The Mammalian Fauna and Ectoparasites of George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Westmoreland County, Virginia - Harry F. Painter and Ralph P. Eckerlin (Full Article)
• Moth Records from Burkes Garden, Virginia -  Kenneth J. Stein (Full Article)
• Serrobius pulchellus Causey, a Poorly Known Centiped, Rediscovered in Virginia (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Pyrrhalta rufosanguinea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): A Monophagous Leaf Beetle of Rhododendron periclymenoides (Ericaceae)? - Bruce L. King (Full Article)
• Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (L.), First Virginia Record and New North American Host of an Adventive Lady Beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
• Virginia Record for an Introduced Palearctic Stilt Bug, Berytinus minor (Heteroptera: Berytidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

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Number 1, 1992

Table of Contents

• John Banister, Virginia's First Naturalist - Joseph and Nesta Ewan  (Full Article)
• Purse-web Spiders (Atypidae) in Virginia (Araneida: Mygalomorphae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Movement of the Dogbane Beetle, Chrysochus auratus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in a Patchy Environment - Charles E. Williams (Full Article)
• Observations on the Mammals of Mackey Island National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia and North Carolina - Roger de Rageot (Full Article)
• Invertebrate Prey of Bufo woodhousii fowleri (Anura: Bufonidae) from a Virginia Barrier Island - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
• Cardamine micranthera Rollins, Small-anthered Bittercress in Patrick County: New to the Virginia Flora - Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
• Notes on the Swampfish (Chologaster cornuta) in the Dismal Swamp of Virginia - Roger de Rageot (Full Article)
• Bothynotus johnstoni Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae) in Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Acanthocephala declivis (Say), a Coreid Bug New to the Virginia Fauna - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
• Virginia's Largest Insect Collection - A Rich Resource for Biodiversity Information - Michael Kosztarab (Full Article)

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