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Taken in a vacant lot overgrown with weeds. The species was 

 abundant everyw^iere in this locahty. 

 Orchelimum longipenne Scudder. 



Hannibal, Missouri, Aug. 25, 1 d^. 



This specimen agrees very well with Redtenbacher's description 

 and measurements of his inerme, which he proposed to replace longi- 

 penne. Scudder's original description is brief and unsatisfactory. 



The brownish marking on the dorsum of the pronotum is rather 

 pale and nearly uniform in color, the lateral bars being extremely 

 weak. 



This single specimen was taken from high weeds growing on the 

 banks of the Mississippi river. 



XIPHIDION Serville. 

 Xiphidion fasciatum (DeGeer). 



Akron, Washington Co., Colorado, Aug, 21, 1 ? . Roggen, Weld 

 Co., Colorado, Aug. 24, 1 9 . 



Xiphidion saltans Scudder. 



Knob Hill, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Aug. 17-22, 4 d", 3 9 . Gar- 

 den of the Gods, Colorado, Aug. 19, 1 9 . Roggen, Weld Co., Colorado, 

 Aug. 24, 1 c?. 



The specimen from Roggen is very much paler than the others, the 

 normal green on the sides of the head, pronotum and pleura being 

 replaced with bluish white. 



These insects were all taken among the grasses growing in moist 

 locations. 

 Xiphidion strictum Scudder. 



St. Louis, Missom-i, Aug. 27, 2 d^ , 2 9 . 



These specimens have been compared with specimens of this species 

 from Nebraska determined by Bruner. 



The specimens were taken from a weedy field. 



ANABRXJS Haldeman. 

 Anabrus simplex Haldeman. 



Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park, Aug. 5, 5 c?^, 4 9 . Knob 

 Hill, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Aug. 22, 2 9 . 



These specimens have been examined by' Mr. Caudell and are con- 

 sidered true simplex by him. 



This species was extremely common in the sage-brush about the 

 Mammoth Hot Springs, The males sit on the highest twigs and keep 

 up a continuous droning z-r-r-r-r — somewhat resembling the sounds 



