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ably Lrp!iriiiil(i sorrh'dd. tl:e adult of which was taken on this 

 plant. 



Kidhaitiiii sp. (Sani/(Hjo).~\u a small patch of this plant 

 the phytophilous Heaperoiettir jirdfctisis was quite abundant. 



Along the railroad track near Forest City, rhacepholiit raii- 

 (lirJ/i was abundant on .some undetermined low weeds. 



For the concluding group of inhabitants of the open waste 

 sandy land I may appropriately mention our herpetological ob- 

 servations in this region, which cover all the characteristic ver- 

 tebrates noted. There were four of these: the box-turtle (Cis- 

 tiidocarolimt, PI. XII.,Fig. 2), the striped lizard (C«e/« ?V/oy)/?o /v/.v 

 sexlii/e(ifiis),the hog-nose snake { Heferodoii sh)n(s),a,nd a small 

 TIi//(i, or tree-toad. Ten years ago the box-turtles were quite 

 common at the Devil's Hole, but I have seen very few of late 

 years. The striped lizard ranges throughout the valley, and is 

 not rare here. The hog-nose is quite common, especially along 

 roadsides and sandy shores. 



The general arid aspect of the .sandy regions is relieved by 

 the moist growth at the bottoms of deep wind-excavations in 

 the sand, and here a very different fauna obtains. Adults of 

 aquatic neuropteroids, such as He.taiioiia and various dragon- 

 flies, re.st on plants here or Hy about; Locusfuhe and their nymphs 

 suddenly come into prominence, — iov exam\j]e, XipJi id ium, Scud- 

 derid, and AiHhh/cori/jtha iihlerl ;a,nd moLsture-loviug grasshop- 

 pers, such as DlclnviH(ii-p/(ii ciridis and Orplnihdhi jie//d)i(i,Ye\ii\a.ce 

 those of the dry sand. A variety of rare and interesting Hnii- 

 ipfcra occurred on this vegetation; for example, HonKrutiis (tnel- 

 froiis. Long grass on the sides of hollows of this kind was well 

 populated with elongate tryxaline grasshoppers, Mermiria bi- 

 cittata and )ieot)u\rica»(i and Sjirhiiln (nhiilnihi/is, the latter in 

 the drier and sparser portions. 



The sandy roadways have some fairly definite insect asso- 

 ciations. Here ^l^*//0(///rs nibtvliis, (\nifhon heris. Onfhophagun 

 fiecafe, and 0. peiuisulrd ulcus are found at the usual occupations 

 of these genera; Auflirar, Eraj\a.ud Cicindrla formosa geiieivsa 

 and scufel/aris lecontei fly along the bare wheel-track lines; Atx- 

 mophila is common, and Megachi/c hifitn(nu<s and Epeolus Iiitiafus 



