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Evidently confined to the mountain sections. As noted by Morse 

 it is a sylvan species. It appears to be very sporadic in distribution; 

 in restricted areas it may occur in considerable numbers, as in two or 

 three spots near Monterey, but in most places it is lacking or very 

 scarce. All specimens were taken in or close to open, deciduous 

 woods on mountain slopes, in grassy {Danthonia sp. undet.) or 

 shrubby (ferns, oak saplings, etc.) undergrowth. 



MELANOPLUS DEVIUS Morse.' 



Bolar, September 3, 1 male, 1 female. 



Taken in grassy undergrowth of an open grove of sugar maple on 

 level tract bordering a mountain stream. 



MELANOPLUS GRACILIS (Bruner).' 



Monterey, August 22. 



Found in fair numbers in an open marsh overgrown with rank 

 herbage (iron-weed, Eupatorium purpureum, sneezeweed {Helenimn, 

 species ?), monkshood (Aconitum), sedges (Carex/), painted cup, etc.) 

 on the outer edge of the timothy meadows bordering the stream 

 draining the intermontane valley. 



MELANOPLUS WALSmi Scudder.^ 



Monterey, August 23, 1 male; Hot Springs, September 6. 



Frequent locally at Hot Springs in the grassy and shrubby under- 

 growth (blueberries, bracken, etc.) of dry, open deciduous woods on 

 higher slopes of mountain ridges. Apparently rare in similar situa- 

 tions at Monterey. 



MELANOPLUS ATLANIS (RUey). 



Churchland, August 8-9, September 15-October 6, November 4-6, 

 1914, May 31 (male and female adults, nymphs), July 11, 1915; 

 Deanes, September 26; Gilmerton, October 1, November 6; Deep 

 Creek, October 1; Franklin, September 18, November 5; Tappahan- 

 nock, November 12, 1914, June 1 to October 24, 1915; Wares Wharf, 

 October 3; Sharps, November 13, 1914, June 22, October 13, 1915; 

 Urbanna, August 18; Ottoman, September 27; Irvington, Septem- 

 ber 26. 



Fredericksburg, September 3; Warrenton, June 8; Bells Cross 

 Roads, October 26; Republican Grove, November 2; Charlottesville, 

 December 5, 1913 (5 males, 3 females), June 2-November 26, 1914, 

 October 27-November 25, 1915. 



Jarman Gap, July 30, August 1. 



Front Royal, June 9; Woodstock, June 10; Fishersville, June 12. 



Monterey, August 18, 1 male; Hot Springs, September 6, 1 male. 



1 Determination by Morgan Hebard. 



2 Determination confirmed by Rehn and Hebard. 

 8 = ifcf. amplectens Scudder= M. blatchleyi Scudder. 



