I08 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., '14 



berry-maple thickets in hardwood cuttings ; open hardwood forest ; 

 deep hardwood forest, rare ; nearly bare sand-bar ; dry bluegrass in 

 sandy loam, very numerous ; dry pastures, very abundant ; stubble- 

 fields ; tall meadow-grass near brook ; wet bluegrass-white clover 

 meadow. This is the most abundant and most generally distributed 

 species in the region. 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum (De Geer). No specimens were 

 taken by the writer. Miss Alvalyn E. Woodward has furnished the 

 following information : "Melanoplus femur-rubrum was first collected 

 August 8. From that time on it was found in nearly all collections 

 from dry meadows." The species usually selects moister and less 

 sandy habitats than those in which M. atlanis is most abundant. 



Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge). July 1, open aspen growth, 

 near beach ; July 6, aspens near bench ; July 20, open sandy parts of 

 aspen growth, among plants of bracken and blueberry, numerous ; 

 July 22, bracken-blueberry growth in aspens; August 11, open aspen 

 forest; August 11, beach-grass dunes; August n, bluegrass in aspen 

 forest; August u, in aspens, bracken-blueberry growth; August 12, 

 aspen forest, open parts ; August 14, dry bluegrass growth, few. In 

 more sandy ground than M. atlanis selects. Not listed from any of 

 the other localities in Michigan, nor has it been recorded from the 

 region studied. Known from Ontario, however. 



Melanoplus minor (Scudder). July 30, in hardwood clearing, 

 one male. The only record for the Douglas Lake region. Not recorded 

 from the northern peninsula. 



Melanoplus luridus (Dodge). July 6, aspen forest, open parts 

 near beach; July 22, aspen forest; July 30, hardwood clearing; August 

 11, aspen forest, open growth. A species of dry grassland and dry 

 open woodland. It is seldom taken in abundance. 



Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas). Aug. 1, pasture, nymphs; 

 August 9, dry stubble-field, nymphs; August n, bluegrass in aspen 

 forest, nymph ; August 12, tall meadow-grass near brook, adults ; 

 August 12, wet bluegrass-white clover meadow, adults. Not abundant 

 in the region, being near the northern limit of its range. Not recorded 

 from the other Michigan localities. 



Melanoplus bivittatus (Say). July 8, 11, 20, 25, 27, 30; August 

 9, n, 12. On beach, sparse grasses; beach-grass dunes; dry blue-grass, 

 sandy loam soil; dry stubble-field; aspens, in bluegrass; aspens, open 

 situations; tall meadow-grass near brook; moist swale, few; hardwood 

 clearings, abundant ; deep hardwoods in shade, few. All belong to 

 the red-legged form, which is known as M. femoratus (Burmeister) 

 and M. bivittatus femoratus Scudder. Abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed within the region. 



