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Paratettix, cucuUatns Burm. H 6, Mer. ; Je. '), Au. 29. Nymphs, 

 Je. 8, 9. (9) Moist shores. All 111. 



Mermiria neoniexieana Thorn. H 2, 4, Teheran ; Au. IS, 19, 20, S. 

 2. Nymph, An. 17. (38) With the next species among long 

 bunch-grass { Panicum^ vtr;/fftu/n) in old l)lo\vout between 

 dunes. No other Illinois records. 



Mermiria hivittata Serv. H.l, 2, 3, 4, Mer. ; Au. 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 

 30, S. 2. (31) With the preceding; also in patch of Crarcn. 

 Tamaroa (S. 111.), long grass on summitof Mississippi K. blufl' 

 at Chautauqua, 111., near Grafton, July 20. 



Syrhula adnn.rabilis Uhl. H.2, 3, 4, Teheran, Mol.; Au. 12, 17, 18, 

 S. 8. Nymphs, Au. 19, 20. ( 17) All 111., dry grassy ground. 



Eritettix virgatus Scudd. H.4, Je. 6. (Note 2) 



Amphitornvs hicolor Thom. H.l, 4; Au. 20, 22. Nymph, Je. 7, 

 23. (8) Grassy dune summits near middle of postglacial 

 island. No other Illinois record. 



OrphuleUa speciosa Scudd. H.4, Mol.; Au. 20,8.8. (61) (Jom- 

 mon in short dense grass on sand at Moline vSand Hill ; rare 

 in Havana region. All 111., especially on dry soils; taken at 

 lights. 



OrphuleUa pelldna Burm. Mer., Au. 30. Moist bottom of sand- 

 pit. Swales l)etween sand ridges, Waukegan. 



Dichromorpha viridis Scudd. H.l, 2, 5; Au. 12, 17, 18, 22. (7) 

 Moist grassy bottoms of old blowouts; old forest. All III. 



Chloealtis conspersa Harr. H.3, 4; Au. 11, 17, 2(1. (5) ('. 111. 

 and northward. 



Ageneotetti.r scuddcri Brun. H.l, 2, 3, 4, Mol., Mer.; Au. 12, 13, 

 17,18,22, 29,30, 8.2,8. Nymphs, Je. 5,7. (91) Abun- 

 dant in all blow-sand areas. "Near Moline, where it seems to 

 be confined to a few sandy hilltops along the Mississippi R." 

 (McNeill). Waukegan, sandy ridges near L. Michigan. 

 (Note 3) 



Mecostethus lineatus Scudd. Matanzas L., July (5. At margin of 

 sand plain, probably in bottom-land. In bog. Lake Co., 111., 

 Au. 13. 



Mecostethus platypterus Scudd. Teheran, .)e. 22. Low ground on 

 glacial llood-plain. Champaign, July 31, dense grass in wet 

 ground. III. (C >11. U. S. Westcott). Hitherto known only from 

 New England, but these are typical e.\an)plesof the species as 

 characterized and figured bv Morse ('96) and McNeill. 



