tucker: collecting insects. 71 



C. P. Gillette, in Bulletin No. 94, Colorado Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. Six species were found in both states. 



Quite a number of my specimens were identified by Mr. 

 James A. G. Rehn, together with other unnamed material 

 belonging to the University collections, which were sent to 

 him for study by Dr. F. H. Snow, and Mr. Rehn's interesting 

 and valuable report under the title of "Notes and Descriptions 

 of Orthoptera from the Western United States in the Ento- 

 mological Collection of the University of Kansas," was pub- 

 lished in Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 

 volume XIX. Both Mr. A. N. Caudell and Prof. Lawrence 

 Bruner have answered promptly and courteously my in- 

 quiries concerning specimens submitted. References are 

 given in their proper places, calling attention to Scudder's 

 authentic types as mentioned in his " Revision of the Orthop- 

 teran Group Melanopli," in Proceedings United States Na- 

 tional Museum, volume 20. 



Family Blattid^. 



Ischnoptera bolliana Sauss.-Zehnt. Kansas, Douglas county; June, at night 



and at electric light; July. Not reported in Isely's list. 

 Ischnoptera sp.? Kansas; March and April, under stones and rubbish; Sep- 

 tember, at random; September, with oothecse, from combs in a bee- 

 hive badly ravaged by wax- worms (Galleria mellionella Linne). 

 Could not be determined definitely from immature female specimens 

 whether pennsylanica De G. or couloniana Sauss. However, as Mr. 

 Isely records pennsylvanica in his list as occurring in beehives, per- 

 . haps the preference should be given this name, although couloniana 

 was found in Texas. An adult male of pennsylvanica is one of a very 

 few specimens saved from a collection begun in boyhood days while 

 living in Oil City, Venango county, Pennsylvania. 

 Ischnoptera uhleriana Sauss. Kansas, Douglas county; June; June, at elec- 

 tric light. Not reported in Isely's list. 

 Blatta germanica Linne. Kansas, Douglas and Sedgwick counties.— Colo- 

 rado, Colorado Springs. Pueblo. Denver. 

 A nymph collected in Lawrence, August twiHght, was traveling through 

 grass in dooryard, which fact indicates that the species migrates on 

 foot. It is a pest common all through the year in households, restau- 

 rants, and bakeries. 

 Themnopteryx deropeltiformis Brunn. Kansas, Douglas county; January, 



in house; March; April; June, at night. Not reported in Isely's list. 

 Stylopyga orientalis Linne. Kansas, Douglas county; June, In cupboard of 

 kitchen; July; August; September, under electric street light; Decem- 

 cember 4, dead, but fresh specimen. 



