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accidental relation, and not invariable. Mr. J. D. Hood has 

 shown me examples taken near Lone Rock, S. W. Wis. 



Melanoplus atlanis Riley. H.l, 2, 3, 4, 5, Teheran, Mol. ; Je. 6, 7, 

 8, Au. 12, 14, 17, IS. 19, 20, 22, S. 5, 8. (72) Moderately 

 sandy ground. Dry sandy or gravelly places in N. and C. 

 111. ; general and abundant in 8. 111. 



Melanoplus impudicus Scudd. H.3, 4; Au. 14, 17, 20. (4) Occa- 

 sional in black-jack. Common on high rocky slopes of Ozark 

 Ridge in S. 111. 



Melanoplus scudderi Uhl. H.l, 3, 4, Mer. ; Au. 17, 20, 22, 30. (6) 

 Roadsides in black-jack, and occasional elsewhere on sand. 

 All 111. 



Melanoplus fascial as Karnst. H.4, Au. 20. (11) On dry rloor of 

 fallen leaves in black-jack. Also in similar localities in east- 

 ern and southern Illinois. 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum DeG. H.l, 2, 3, 4, Teheran ; Au. 15, 17, 

 18, 20, 22, S. 2. (32) On the level areas with coating of soil. 

 All 111., least common in southern part. 



Mela,noplus angustipennis Dodge. H.l, 2, 3, 4, Mol., Mer.; Je. 23, 

 Au. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 29, 30, 8. 2, 8. Nymph, 

 Au. 19. (122) Very abundant everywhere on waste sandy 

 land. Commoner than flav'ulus, even at the Moline Sand Hill, 

 but not recognized by McNeill as distinct from his cenchri 

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



Melanoplus macneilli, n. sp. Mol., 8. 8. (19) With angustipennis 

 and Havidus at edge of large blowout at east end of the sand 

 hill. (Note 6) 



Melanoplus minor Scudd. H.l, Je. 7. (20) In sandy corner 

 of close -cropped grassy pasture in early summer. No other 

 Illinois record. 



Melanoplus luridus Dodge. H.2, 3, 4, Mer; Au. 14, 17, 18, 20, 30. 

 (31) Common in black-jack. Also on dry, barren, high, 

 wooded hilltops in Illinois, and, at Waukegan, on sandy ridges 

 near L. Michigan. 



Melanoplus diiferentialis Uhl. H.2, 3; Au. 15. Nymph, Au. 18. 

 (2) Roadside, level ground. All 111. 



Melanoplus bivittatus femoratus Burm. H.l, 2, Teheran; Au. 13, 

 17, 18, 22. (6) Low ground, roadsides. All 111. 



Phmtaliotes nebrascensis Thorn. H.4, Au. 20, nymphs and adults. 

 (7) Rock Island region (McNeill, '91, Pezotettix autumnalis) . 



