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Paratettix cucullatus Burra. H 6, Mer. ; Je. "), Au. 29. Nymphs, 

 Je. 8, 9. (9) Moist shores. All 111. 



Mermiria neomexicana Thorn. H 2, 4, Teheran ; Au. 18, 19, 20, S. 

 2. Nymph, Au. 17. (38) With the next species araon^ long 

 bunch-grass (Panicum virgatum) in old blowout between 

 dunes. No other Illinois records. 



Mermiria Uvittata Serv. H.l, 2, 3, 4, Mer. ; Au. 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 

 30, S. 2. (31) With the preceding; also in patch of Cracnt. 

 Tamaroa (S. 111.), long grass on summitof Mississippi R. bluff 

 at Chautauqua, 111., near Grafton, July 20. 



Syrbula admirabilis Uhl. H 2, 3, 4, Teheran, Mol.; Au. 12, 17, 18, 

 S. 8. Nymphs, Au. 19, 20. (17) All 111., dry grassy ground. 



Eritettix virgatus Scudd. H.4, Je. 6. (Note 2) 



Amphitornus bicolor Thom. H.l, 4; Au. 20, 22. Nymph, Je. 7, 

 23. (8) Grassy dune summits near middle of postglacial 

 island. No other Illinois record. 



Orphulella speciosa Scudd. H.4, Mol.; Au. 20, S. 8. (61) Com- 

 mon in short dense grass on sand at Moline Sand Hill; rare 

 in Havana region. All 111., especially on dry soils; taken at 

 lights. 



Orphulella pelidna Burm. Mer., Au. 30. Moist bottom of sand- 

 pit. Swales between sand ridges, Waukegan. 



Dlchromorpha viridis Scudd. H.l, 2, 5; Au. 12, 17, 18,22. (7) 

 Moist grassy bottoms of old blowouts; old forest. All 111. 



Ghloealtis conspersa Harr. H.3, 4; Au. 14, 17, 20. (5) C. 111. 

 and northward. 



Ageneotettix scudderi Brun. H.l, 2, 3, 4, Mol., Mer.; Au. 12, 13, 

 17, 18, 22, 29, 30, S. 2, 8. Nymphs, Je. 5, 7. (91) Abun- 

 dant in all blow-sand areas. "Near Moline, where it seems to 

 be confined to a few sandy hilltops along the Mississippi R." 

 (McNeill). Waukegan, sandy ridges near L. Michigan. 

 (Note 3) 



Mecostethus lineatus Scudd. Matanzas L., July 6. At margin of 

 sand plain, probably in bottom-land. In bog, Lake Co., 111., 

 Au. 13. 



Mecostethus platypterus Scudd. Teheran, Je. 22. Low ground on 

 glacial flood-plain. Champaign, July 31, dense grass in wet 

 ground. 111. (Coll. O. S. Westcott). Hitherto known only from 

 New England, but these are typical examples of the species as 

 characterized and figured by Morse ('96) and McNeill. 



