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84. Gryllotalpa borealis Brun. 



One specimen, a male, was taken October 15, 1904. This was located 

 by its stridulation. Found in a burrow, in a slough on Fairmount. Several 

 were heard along the margin of a small pond in the cemetery. (Mr. Caudell has 

 not seen this specimen.) 



85. Myrmecophila sp. 



Several specimens found in company with ant colonies under stones. 

 Fairmont, April 30, 1904. 



86. Nemobius carolinus Scudd. 



I take the following from my field-note book: "June 22, 1904, visited 

 Riverside park. In the rushes southwest of Dale's pond I found a pretty little 

 nemobid, very active and difficult to catch. After a careful search for an hour, 

 I secured six specimens, three males and three females." New to Kansas. 



87. Nemobius exiguus Scudd. 



Specimens of this species have been taken at Fairview, Clearwater, 

 and Wichita. The first were taken along Spring creek on the Isely farm. They 

 were found under stones in wet places. Several specimens, male and female, 

 adults and nymphs, were taken August 14 and 20, 1904. On the Nickerson farm 

 I secured two females August 31, 1904; these were taken in a stubble-field. 

 One female was taken under a log in Matheson's grove October 13, 1904. The 

 specimens taken along Spring creek were mottled with gray while the others 

 were brownish-yellow in color. Prof. W. S. Blatchley, to whom Mr. Caudell 

 referred the Spring creek specimens, says the two are the same. The habitat, as 

 the notes indicate, is very different. Not reported from Kansas. 



88. Nemobius fasciatus DeGeer. 



During August and September this species was very numerous; found 

 everywhere in the open fields, along walks in town, and on lawns. This is es- 

 pecially true of the form vittatus, which was first taken in a slough west of the 

 park, July 23, 1904. Later taken at Hiawatha, Atchison, Fairview, Clearwater, 

 and Sedgwick. The macropterous form of this species was taken at light in 

 Hiawatha and Wichita. 



89. Gryllus abbreviatus Serv. 



Very numerous from August to October. Found everywhere in fields, 

 under walks, and on the prairies. Hundreds of specimens were seen in a stubble- 

 field that was being plowed on the Nickerson farm August 30, 1904. Long- and 

 short-winged forms were equally abundant. 



90. Gryllus pennsylvanicus Brun. 



This species passes the winter in the nymph stage. On Fairmount 

 nymphs were taken under stones in March, April, May, and June. The first 

 adult was taken June 18, 1904. By the last of June they were very numerous, 

 the merry chirp of the male resounding from every crevice, mouse hole or crack in 

 the ground in fields and pastures. Two females of the macropterous form were 

 taken beneath sand-bags in the city July 17, 1904. 



91. Miogryllus Oklahoma Caud. 



This is the first cricket to reach maturity at Wichita. The first adult 

 was taken on the cemetery hill south of Fairmount, May 22, 1904. In a few days 

 they became very numerous and the males' stridulation could be heard on all 

 sides in the afternoon and evening. They were especially abundant in the thick, 

 short, dead grass on cemetery hill. This species is of special interest, as will be 

 shown by the following reference to a letter from Mr. Caudell. Under date of 

 August 30, 1904, he writes: "The small gryllid in the vial from Wichita, G4, is 



