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from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, wherever there are extensive 

 sand-covered areas, having been reported from Colorado and Canon 

 Cities, by Uhler ; from north-west Nebraska, by Kruner ; from Illinois, 

 by McNeill ; and from various points on the Atlantic coast between Maine 

 and Louisiana, by Harris, Scudder, Smith, Morse, and others. 



In Indiana, it has been noted only in Lake and Porter counties in 

 the sandy area bordering Lake Michigan, where it was first taken July 

 27, 1897. It is most common along the beach within one-half mile of 

 the lake, in companv with Tritnerotropis maritii?ia (Harris) and Sphara- 

 gemon wyoiningensis (Thos.), though a few specimens were taken on 

 sandy ridges five miles from the lake shore. It has a quick, short flight, 

 and always chooses a bare, sandy spot on which to alight. Unless it is 

 carefully '' marked down " it is then very difficult to distinguish, since 

 its colours harmonize so perfectly with its surroundings. By keeping an 

 eye on it, and stealthily approaching, it can be readily taken by.' throwing 

 the net quickly over it just as it is in the act of rising. The male makes 

 a slight rattling sound as it flies, but the movement of the female is 

 noiseless. The majority of the specimens seen had the inner wings a 

 bright red at base, though variations in colour, from light yellow to deep 

 red, were frequent. 



ACRIDINiE. 



4. Melanoplus extremus (Walker.) 



Caloptenus .?a-/ri?w//j- Walker, Cat. Dermap. Salt., IV., 1870, 681. 



Melanoplus extremus Scudd.^ Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX., 1897, 

 287, PI. XVIIL, fig. 10. 



Pezotettix Junius Dodge, Can. Ent., VIIL, 1876, 9. 



Melatioplus Junius Scudd., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX, 1878, 

 286. 



Caloptenus Junius Scudd., Can. Ent, XX., 1880, 75. 



Caloptenus parvus Provancher, Nat. Canad., VIIL, 1876, no. 



This species has also an extensive synonymy, the above being but a 

 small portion, showing the names under which it has heretofore been 

 known. It is an insect of northern range, Walker's type being recorded 

 from Arctic America. According 10 Scudder " it probably occurs 

 throughout the larger part of Canada and the northernmost United 

 States. It has also been recorded from several points in Alaska." 



Mr. C. H. BoUman evidently found it near Bloomington, Monroe 

 County, Indiana, since Scudder mentions a specimen so labeled as 



