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"plateau lands,"' but the last six localities mentioned are in the low 

 lying Gulf strip of Mississippi, which rises a few feet above the level 

 of the sea. 



Louisiana. — Alexandria, August 22, 1915, female (Rehn and He- 

 bard) ; two females labeled " La." One of these females is plain 

 straw colored with a greenish collar, while the other two have dark 

 marks on pronotum and mesonotum. 



Indian Territory. — Hughes, June 20, 1907, in cotton field, male (F. 

 C. Bishopp), collection U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Missouri. — Hartville, Wriglit Co., June 20, 1873, female, collection 

 Museum Brooklyn Institute of Arts aad Sciences. 



Illinois. — In the Uhler collection, U. S. Nat. Museum, there are 

 two males, one labeled " N. 111.," and the other "' Ogle Co., 111." They 

 are marked with dark spots. 



Iowa. — Iowa City, June 24, 1898, female (Wickham). This is a 

 straw colored individual. In the Uhler collection, U. S. Nat. Museum, 

 there are three males and one female from Denison. The males have 

 the usual dark marks, while the female is straw colored. In the same 

 collection there is a female from Dallas Co. that has blackish marks 

 on the thorax, but is lighter than the males. 



Kansas. — Wakefield, Clay Co., male and three females; Sheridan 

 Co., 2,650 ft., male (F. X. Williams) ; Barton Co., 1,816 ft., June 22, 

 19 12, male (F. X. Williams) ; Ellsworth Co., July, male (Warren 

 Knaus) ; Grove Co., 2,813 ft., male (F. X. Williams) ; Topeka, July 

 II, male and female (E. G. Smyth) ; Clark Co., June, 1,962 ft., male 

 (F. H. Snow) ; Chautauqua Co., 841 ft., two males, two females (R. 

 H. Beamer) ; Miami Co., 1915, male (R. H. Beamer) ; Ness Co., July 

 5, 1912, 2,260 ft., female (F. X. Williams) ; Douglas Co., 900 ft., two 

 females (F. H. Snow) ; Riley Co., July 13, two females (Popenoe). 



In the above series the males are marked with black, while the 

 females are larger and almost wholly straw colored. A few females 

 have indistinct darker marks, particularly on the mesonotum. 



Nebraska. — Lincoln, June 25, 1908, 1,450 ft., two males, one female 

 (R. W. Dawson) ; South Bend, June 25, 1915, female, and July 14, 

 1915, male (E. M. Partridge) ; Omaha, June 22, 1918, female (R. R. 

 Leussler). 



In the Uhler collection, U. S. Nat. Museum, there is a female 



