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Melanophis punctiilatus, Scudd. Hitchc. Rep. Geol. N. H., I., 

 376(1874). 



Melanophis griseus, Blatchley. Can. Ent., XXIV., 30, 31 (1892). 



This interesting species is occasionally met with in Ontario, but is 

 one of our rarest Acridians. During the last four years 1 have not seen 

 on an average one specimen during a season. During 1892 and 1893 

 they were more numerous, but since I was not specially interested in 

 Orthoptera at that time, not many were taken. In all I have taken but 

 nine specimens, all of which are females. I think it likely that the 

 species will prove to be commoner when I liave ascertained its exact 

 habitat, nearly all my specimens having been taken accidentally. They 

 were mostly found on old wooden fences or tree trunks, on the borders 

 of damp, shady coniferous woods. Two ? s were taken on tamarack 

 stumps in a swamp at De Grassi Pt. In every instance in which I have 

 taken this insect further search has proved fruitless. 



It is a very sluggish insect, with much shorter hind legs than any of 

 our other Melanopli, and relies not so much upon these for protection as 

 upon its mottled gray colours, which make it difficult to observe when 

 squatting on an old lichen-covered fence or stump. 



My specimens are dated from Aug. 2nd to Oct. 8th. This is the 

 first time this species has been recorded from Canada. 



APPENDIX. 



Tryxalinae. 

 5a. Chloealtis abdominalis, Thomas. 



Chrysocraoii abdominalis^ Thos. Syn. Acrid, N. A., 74 (1873). 



Chloealtis abdominalis, McNeill. Rev. Trux. N. A., in Proc. 

 Davenport Acad. Nat. Sc, VI., 229 (1897). 

 During my canoe trip down the Severn River last summer I came 

 across quite a number of what I took to be merely large specimens of 

 Chloealtis conspersa, Harr. I noticed that the sides of the pronotum of 

 the ^ s were not black like those of the ordinary conspersa, but it never 

 occurred to me that it could be anything but a mere colour variation. 

 Unfortunately, though they were not uncommon, only 3 cJ s and 2 $ s 

 were secured. When I returned to Toronto 9,11 examination of these 



