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24. Melanoplus island icus, Blatchley. 



Fort William ; not uncommon on paths and in openings in the woods, 

 especially at the top of Mt. McKay. I have no specimens from Nipigon, 

 but it was certainly observed there. Temagami : occasionally found in 

 bushy clearings or openings on portages in the woods, always in small 

 numbers. 



It has also been taken near Lake Kabinakagarni, Algoma (Walker), 

 which is the most northern record for the species. 



25. Melanoplus lurid us, Dodge. 



This species was not observed at Fort William, Nipigon nor in the 

 Temagami District, but I have elsewhere recorded the capture of a male 

 from Hawk Lake, near Kenora, Rainy River District, and found it com- 

 mon at North Bay. 



Some of the specimens from the latter locality have the tegmina 

 longer than usual. 



26. Melanoplus bivitlatus, Say. 



Abundant at Fort William and Nipigon ; moderately common in the 

 Temagami District. All the examples seen were red-legged (femoratus), 

 though I have taken a single female of the typical form at North Bay. 



At Fort William this species was found to possess longer tegmina and 

 wings than usual, and to be capable of stronger and more sustained flight. 

 Unfortunately, only three specimens were taken, two males and one 

 female, but in all three the tegmina exceed the maximum measurements 

 given by Morse in his "Notes on New Fngland Acridiid:i>," for New 

 England specimens of this species, these measurements being based on 

 142 males and 100 females. 



Measurements : Length of body, male 26 mm., female 35 mm.; 

 hind femur, male 14. 5-15 mm., female 18.25 mm.; tegmen, male 24-24.8 

 mm., surpassing the hind femora by 5 mm., female 28 mm., surpassing the 

 hind femora by 3.5 mm. 



27. Scudderia pistillata, Brunner. 



Common on bushes in clearings and open swamps. Fort William ; 

 common, especially on the road through the spruce swamps, upon the rank 

 growth of bushes along the roadside. Temagami; generally distributed 

 in open swamps and heath-bogs, but not numerous. In a large open bog 

 on Diamond Lake, covered almost entirely by Ericaceous shrubs, this was 

 the only species of Orthoptera met with. 



