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bark, May 18, 1904, along the Little Arkansas, in the city park. The first adult, 

 a male, was taken June 22, 1904, under old tin in the park. July 1, 1904, a large 

 number of both sexes were taken beneath trash along the Ninnescah river, on 

 the Nickerson farm. August 15, 1904, nymphs and adults were secured in the 

 tops of beehives on the C. H. Isely farm, Fairview, Kan. 



3. Blattella germanica Linn. 



Found in dwelling-houses, meat shops, hotels, water-pipes, and similar 

 situations. In a large tenement block in Wichita this "croton bug" was so se- 

 rious a pest as to make rental impossible. I have found it in adult and nymph 

 stages through the year. In a vinegar factory visited the 13th of April, 1904, 

 this roach was a serious nuisance. 



4. Blatta orientalis Linn. 



Found in company with B. germanica, having very similar range as to 

 habitat and seasonal distribution. 



5. Unnamed Blattidse. 



Nymphs taken from beneath stones in an open field on Fairmount, dur- 

 ing all the winter and spring months. Two adults taken at the same place as 

 these nymphs, June 21, 1904. Two at light June 17, 1904. 



6. Stagmomantis Carolina Linn. 



Found in tall gras3, weeds, and around light. Eggs kept in the high- 

 school laboratory hatched early in April. Adults are common from August to 

 October. 



7. Diapheromera femorata Say. 



As many as a dozen specimens were taken July 3, 1904, north of 1636 

 Holyoke avenue, Fairmount, feeding on grass and weeds. 



8. Diapheromera veliei Walsh. 



Two specimens, on the open prairie in a large pasture on the Nickerson 

 farm, September 3, 1904. New to Kansas. 



9. Nomotettix accuminatus Hanck. 



Three specimens, one male and two females, found on south bank of 

 Spring creek, Isely farm, August 21, 1904. This species was first reported from 

 Kansas and by Scudder's Index ; is not reported elsewhere. 



10. Tettix hancocki Morse. 



One specimen, sent to me by Dwight B. Isely, from Fairview, Kan. 

 Taken in a meadow September 24, 1904. 



11. Tettix obscurus Hanck. 



Found on a moist, sandy bank, along the Little river, in the park. 

 Two male specimens, April 12, 1904. A pair mating June 22. 



12. Paratettix cuculatus Brun. 



This is the most common of the grouse locusts found in the state. It 

 frequents moist banks of streams and ponds, and will occasionally be found quite 

 remote from water. Specimens have been taken on the Ninnescah and Little 

 Arkansas rivers, also at numerous small ponds in Sedgwick county, on Sand 

 creek, in Harvey county, along the Missouri river, in Atchison county, and along 

 Spring creek, in Brown county. From June to October specimens of this species 

 have been found in situations suitable to their liking. 



13. Tettigidea parvipennis Harr. 



Found in company with T. obscurus. Only one pair secured, June 

 22, 1904. The last three species are not listed in Scudder's Index as being re- 

 ported from Kansas. Mr. F. E. Lutz, however, informs me that they are re- 

 ported from Kansas in Doctor Hancock's monograph. 



