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Ecological Distribution. — Characteristic of the fixed dune 

 areas, where it frequents the tall grasses {Andropogon) and wax- 

 myrtle thickets. 



Locality Records. — 



Coastal District.— Beach Haven (Long); Spray Beach (Long); 

 Seaside Park (Long); Townsend's Inlet (Fox); Avalon (Fox); 

 Piermont (Fox); Anglesea (Fox); Cape May (Fox). 



HESPEROTETTIX Scudder. 

 H. brevipennis Thomas. 



General Range. — Eastern Massachusetts to Georgia and 

 Alabama. 



Local Distribution. — Almost entirely restricted to the Pine 

 Barrens, where it is usually rather infrequent, though occasionally 

 moderately frequent in spots. One specimen is recorded from the 

 Cape May Peninsula. 



Ecological Distribution. — Frequents low scrub and under- 

 growth in mixed pine and oak woods and about the borders of 

 sphagnum bogs. 



Locality Records. — 



Pine Barrens. — Lakehurst (Davis); Staff ords Forge (Rehn); 

 Atsion (Hebard and Rehn); between Winslow and Folsom (Fox); 

 Belleplain (Fox) ; Mt. Pleasant (Fox) ; Great Cedar Swamp, north 

 border, near Sea Isle Junction (Fox). 



Cape May Peninsula. — Anglesea (Smith), 1 female, exact location 

 of capture not known ; it might have been on the mainland opposite 

 the beach. 



DENDROTETTIX Riley. 

 D. quercus Riley. 



General Range. — A western species (Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, 

 Iowa, Texas), known in the east only from New Jersey. 



Local Distribution.^ — Usually rare and local in the Pine Barrens, 

 occasionally common (Davis). 



Ecological Distribution. — Frequenting trees and scrub in oak 

 and pine woods (Rehn) ; feeding on oaks and sumach (Davis). 



Locality Records. — 



Pine Barrens. — Bamber (Daecke); Ridgeway (Davis); Lake- 

 hurst (Davis). 



MELANOPLUS Stal. 

 M. scudderi Uhler. 



General Range. — New England to Georgia and Texas, west to 



Minnesota and Nebraska. 



