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23. Melanopliis Dawsoni, Scudder. 



Pezoiettix Dawsoni, Scudd. Daws. Rep. Geol. and Res. 49th Par., 



343, (1875). Can. Ent., XII., 75 (1880). 

 Pezotettix tellustris, Scudd. Ann. Rep. Chief Kng., 502 (1876). 



Can. Ent., XII., 75 ((880). 

 Pezoiettix abdituvi, Dodge. Can. Ent., IX., 113 (1877). 

 Melanoplns Dawsoni, Scudd. Rev. Melanopli, 227 (1897). 

 This little species is not uncommon near Toronto in certain parts of 

 High Park and the adjoining country. Here it frequents dry sandy soil, 

 generally somewhat bushy or scrubby, but it also occurs in open sandy 

 fields. I also found it quite common at Macdonald's Falls, Severn 

 River, in a sandy and somewhat hilly district, thinly wooded with oak 

 and while pine, with a scattered undergrowth of blueberry bushes 

 ( Vaccinitim), New Jersey Tea (Ceatiothus atnei-icana), Sweet-fern 

 ( Comptonia asplenifolia), and many other shrubs ; the vegetation 

 closely resembling that of the drier parts of High Park, where M. 

 Dawsoni occurs. 



Dr. Scudder, who kindly determined this species for me, says he has 

 never before seen a specimen taken east of Iowa and Minnesota. I have 

 also found it very common on the prairies of Manitoba. 



The specimens from the Severn were taken on Aug. 25th, 1898, 

 while those from Toronto were all taken during September, as I am 

 always away from the city during the summer months. They remain 

 until the beginning of October. 



24. Melanoplus islandicus, Blatchley. 



Melanoplns islandicus, Blatchley. Psyche, VIII., 196 (1898). 

 Melanophis abortivus, E. M. Walker. Can. Ent., XXX., 90 

 (1898). 

 Since my description of this species was published I have taken it in 

 a few new localities which somewhat widen its known range. On July 

 15, 1898, I found a few specimens in a low, rich wood, a {^^^ miles north 

 of Toronto, and on Aug. 8 I found it in a similar wood on the banks of 

 the Severn, near Sparrow Lake, and at several other spots along the river 

 as far as Gloucester Pool, near Georgian Bay. In most of these spots 

 it was met with in moderate numbers, being about as common as it is at 

 Lake Simcoe. 



25. Melanoplus fasciatus, Walker. 



Pezoiettix borealis, Scudd. Can. Nat., VII., 286 (1868). 



