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on the tegmina instead of dark areas tending to form bands, A few were taken 

 at Penticton and Fairview while collecting H. neglectus and //. ohscurus. 



Hippiscus latefascxattis (Scudder). Only two adults of this species were 

 seen and both were females. The first was taken on May 4th and the second on 

 May 18th at Fairview. The body of the female taken on May 18th was distended 

 with eggs. Consequently I think that this is another species which hibernates, 

 lays its eggs during May and June, and then reappears in September and October, 

 but further observations are required to determine this. The only other locality 

 where this species has been recorded in British Columbia to my knowledge is from 

 Lillooet, where it was taken by Mr. R, C. Treherne. 



Dissosteira Carolina (Linnteus). This grasshopper is common along road 

 sides and hard dry places throughout the Okanagan Valley. The first adults were 

 seen at Westbank on July 20th and by the middle of August these grasshoppers 

 were common everywhere. They are very variable in size and colour; some males 

 can be found which measure very little more than an inch in length, while some 

 females measure more than two inches. The general body colour ranges from a 

 pale straw to nearly black passing through various shades of rusty-red and brown. 

 This species is a great lover of dusty roads and may be found in the centre of 

 large towns. By the end of August they were egg-laying. Several were seen in 

 Penticton ovipositing in the earth between the boards of the side-walks. The 

 males of this species have a rather curious " song " during mating time ; they jump 

 up into the air until about three feet from the ground and there remain hovering 

 like a ha\vk in the same spot their wings making a soft rustling sound. After 

 remaining in this position for about half a minute they flutter down to the ground 

 again. There is no dancing up and down and no clicking sounds produced as in 

 the genus Trimerotropis or Circotettix. This species is found until killed by the 

 frost. 



Spharagemon aeqimle (Say). Adults of this species were seen first at West- 

 bank on July 20th where they were present on the dry range land in considerable 

 numbers. They are active insects often flying long distances before alighting 

 again. When disturbed they fly away in a straight line keeping close to the ground 

 and turning suddenly to one side immediately before alighting, run along the 

 ground for several feet before remaining quiet. This species was frequently seen 

 attacked by a Sarcophagid fly while in flight. During August they were common 

 everywhere on the range lands of the Okanagan Valley and were usually associated 

 with Trimerotropis vinculata which they closely resemble. They were seen 

 ovipositing during the latter part of August. A few adults could still be found 

 on the ranges at Vernon on September 15th. The adults of this species were never 

 found together in large numbers but were evenly distributed all over the bunch- 

 grass benches in the valleys and also on some of the higher ranges. There was one 

 very marked variety of this species which was fairly often seen in which the light 

 and dark bands on the tegmina were very clearly defined and the posterior half 

 of the pronotum was white, causing the insect to show up quite conspicuously 

 when resting upon the ground. 



Mestohregma (probably hiowa). A large number of these grasshoppers were 

 seen on a dry gravelly piece of land adjoining the shore at the north end of the 

 Okanagan Lake, at Okanagan Landing, on September 8th, 1918. I have not taken 

 this species since and they could not be found this year (1919) on the gravelly 

 patch at Okanagan Landing where they were common last year although I searched 

 for them on the same date. 



