Vol. XXV] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



Scirtetica marmorata (Harris). July 22, aspen forest, in under- 

 growth of bracken and blueberry, rather numerous ; July 24, rather 

 open area, aspen forest, on lichen surface, several specimens ; Aug. 10, 

 open grassy situation, one specimen; Aug. 12, lichen surface in aspen 

 forest, numerous locally. In the region the species appears to be asso- 

 ciated with lichen surfaces in rather open situations, somewhat after 

 the manner of Trimerotropis saxatilis McNeill. The markings of 

 Scirtetica give it much the general appearance of the lichens on which 

 it rests. 



Circotettix verruculatus (Kirby). July 7, open aspen growth; 

 July 10, dusty road in hardwood district ; July 25, deep hardwoods, 

 in shade, one specimen; July 30, hardwood clearing; Aug. 9, sandy 

 roadway; Aug. II, open aspens; Aug. 12, dry bluegrass, sandy loam 

 soil ; Aug. 12, roadway through aspens, numerous ; Aug. 14, roadways 

 through dry bluegrass. 



Subfamily ACRIDIINAE. 



Podisma glacialis variegata Scudder. No specimens of this 

 wingless grasshopper were taken by the writer. The only record, 

 kindly furnished by Miss Alvalyn E. Woodward, reads, "Two speci- 

 mens, one male, one female, collected August 20, 1910, Carp Creek, 

 state road, by A. S. Pearse." These specimens were determined by Mr. 

 A. N. Caudell as Podisma variegata Scudder. The writer has exam- 

 ined one of them. Carp Creek is in a deep forested ravine. 



Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley. July 25, beech-maple-hemlock 

 forest, dense shade, thick leaf-mulch, adults and nymphs; July 26, deep 

 hardwood forest; July 30, deep hardwood forest; August 12, cedar 

 bog, dense shade, moist Sphagnum surface. All the specimens come 

 from deep, moist forest. The species is recorded from Ontario ; La 

 Salle Island, in Lake Huron ; and from the northern peninsula, but 

 not hitherto from the southern peninsula. 



Melanoplus fasciatus (Barnston- Walker). July 20, advanced 

 stage of aspen forest, under the taller trees, aspen, birch, maple ; July 

 22, in shady moss-grown parts of aspen forest ; July 24, aspens, common 

 in shaded places; August n, aspen growth; August 11, open blue- 

 grass in sand, adjoining aspen forest; August n, shaded part of 

 aspen growth ; August 12, aspens, shaded lichen surface. These rec- 

 ords are all for the short-winged form, M. f. curtus. One male of 

 the long-winged form, M. f. volaticus, was taken August 12, in sandy 

 loam, adjoining a grove of hardwoods. The species had not been 

 listed from the region. 



Melanoplus atlanis (Riley). July 8, 20, 22, 23, 25, 30; August 

 I, 9, n, 12, 14. Open parts of aspen forest, particularly in dry blue- 

 grass along roadways; hardwood clearings, very abundant; black- 



