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colour variation than those found in the fields and pastures about Toronto 

 and De Grassi Pt. In some the contrast between the light and dark 

 marking is very great, in others the colours are almost suffused with 

 blackish. 



This species is common, locally, at Toronto and Lake Simcoe, but 

 is less so than on the Severn River. I have also taken a male at Hawk 

 Lake, on the C. P. R., north of Lake Superior. In this specimen the 

 contrast in the markings is as great as in any specimen I have seen. This 

 latter locality is the most northern from which it has been recorded. 



This is one of our late-appearing species, not usually being seen 

 before August. I have one $ , however, taken July 2nd, 1896, more 

 than a month earlier than it is usually seen. My other specimens are 

 dated from Aug. 11 to Sept. 28, though it can be taken several weeks 

 later than this. 



29. .Melanoplus femoratus, Burmeister. 



Calopteniis femoratus, Burm. Handb. Ent., II., 638 (1838). 

 Acridiicm flavo-viitatm/i, Harr. Ins. Inj. Veg., 140 (1841-42). 

 Caloptemis bivittatus, Uhler (pars). Say. Ent. N. A., ed. Lee, 



II., 238(1859). 

 Melanoplus bivittatus, Scudd. (pars). Hitchc. Rep. Geol. N. H., 



I., 376(1874). 

 Melanoplus bivittatus, var. femoratus, Morse. List of N. E. 



Acrid., Psyche, VII., 106 (1894). 

 Melanoplus femoratus, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX., 

 285 (1878). 

 This large, robust locust is so well known throughout Ontario that it 

 need only be mentioned. I have found it in every part of Ontario where 

 I have done any collecting. Though often seen on our roadsides, it 

 prefers places where there is an abundance of rank grass and luxuriant 

 vegetation, such as wet meadows and open marshes. I have often found 

 it on old lumber-roads through swampy woods, and in natural openings 

 in them. 



My specimens are dated from June 26 to Sept. 28, but I have seen 

 worn specimens in early October. 



30. Melanoplus punctulatus, Uhler. 



Caloptenus punctulatus, Uhler. Ms. Scudd., Bost. Journ. Nat. 



Hist., VII., 465 (1862). 

 Caloptenus griseus, Thos. Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., V., 



454(1872); Bruner, Can. Ent., IX., 144(1877). 



