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and Melanoplus devius. In the decaying chestnut logs of this wood- 

 land Cryptocercus punctulatus was also taken, and it is from these 

 wooded areas that the great number of Ischnoptera come in the 

 spring to nearby lights. In the open valleys and on the hillsides 

 covered with short grass and low herbage Eritettix simplex was taken, 

 while the edge of streams and marshy spots revealed many Tettigids. 

 One small marsh full of cat-tails was found to harbor a large colony 

 of Truxalis brevicornis. The poorer clay slopes and hillocks are often 

 overgrown with stunted pines having an undergrowth chiefly of 

 broomstraw, grasses and raspberry vines, and here OrchMimum agile, 

 Orchelimum minor (in the trees) and several species of Conocephalus, 

 including C. nemoralis, were taken. Collecting at night was found 

 productive, and the following species were taken attracted to light: 

 Ischnoptera pensylvanica , I. couloniana, I. uhleriana, I. boredlis, 

 I. bolliana. Microcentrum rhombifolium and Microcentrum red nerve. 



Mt. Pisgah (altitude, 5,740 feet) and Pisgeih Ridge, junction of Hun- 

 combe and three other counties, North Carolina. On the upper slopes, 

 covered with a heavy but low forest, chiefly composed of chestnut 

 and other deciduous trees, Orthoptera were uncommon. The inter- 

 esting captures were Melanoplus devius, Gryllus neglcctus, Nomotettix 

 cristatus, ChloeaUis eojispersa and Melanoplus luridus. 



The summit bald proved to be inhabited by Chorthippus curtipennis, 

 Chortophaga viridijasciata, Melanoplus ampleetcns, Amblycorypha 

 rotundijolia and Arphia sulphured. 



Jones's Knob (altitude, 6,200 feet), Balsam Mountains, Jackson 

 County, North Carolina. No Orthoptera whatever were found on the 

 "balsam" (Abies fraseri) clothed summit of the mountain, but lower 

 in the undergrowth of the heavy deciduous forest, especially in more 

 open level grassy glades, the following interesting captures were made: 

 Melanoplus amplectens, Melanoplus divergens, Melanoplus luridus, 

 and Atlanticus pachymerus. 



Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. August 20, 1908. At 

 this locality collecting was done in a field of tall weeds and grasses and 

 in wet drains along roadsides. The most important captures were 

 Orchelimum molossum and pulchellum. 



New Berne, Craven County, North Carolina. August 24, 1908. 

 Three conditions were examined at this locality : first, bush and grass 

 growth in a wet drain, where Leptysma marginicollis , Orchelimum. 

 molossum, Conocephalus strictus and Phylloscyrtus pulchettm were 

 probably the most noteworthy species taken; second, a wet, meadowy 

 area with low lycopodium-like growth in many places and with inter- 



