EntomoJofjical Societi/ of British Cohonhia 29 



BRITISH COLUMBIA ACRIDINAE 



Bradynotes chilcotinae Ilebaid. 19:^2. 



Hebard, Morgan. 



Tliis species, which has been described as new by Mr. Hebard, was 

 found plentifully throughout the Chilcotin district during the summers 

 of 1920 and 1921. Its nymphs are the first of theMelanopli to hatch in 

 the sprinfi'. This species is particularly fond of dry hill sides and moun- 

 tain slopes covered with Balsam-Root (Balsamorhiza sagittata Nutt) and 

 both nymphs and adults feed upon this plant. The nymphs begin hatch- 

 ing in early May, and the first adults appear during the first week in June. 

 Oviposition takes place during Jul}' and by the end of August only a few 

 adults can be found. The females are heavy insects and do not jump 

 very actively, but the males are very active. The young nymphs are very 

 soft and many fall prey to ground spiders and ants. 



Locality records. Riske Creek, Chilcotin, June 7th. 1920. Rig liar, 

 Alkali Lake, Williams Lake, Chilcotin, 1920-21 (E. R. Buckell). 



Bradynotes expleta Scudder has been recorded from Mt. Clieam 

 where a single specimen was taken at an elevation of 7000 ft., on August 

 15tli, 1906. Dr. E. M. Walker, who records this species in the Orthoptera 

 of Western Canada, Can. Ent. Vol. 41, p. 333, tells me that he does not 

 think that this should be considered as an authentic record until further 

 material has been secured as the specimen was in ver,v bad condition 

 and a positive determination not possible. This was, however, a true 

 Bradynotes and the fii-st of this genus to be recorded from Canada. 



Asemoplus somesi Hebard, 1919. 



Hebard, Morgan. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XIV, p. 271 (1919). 



This species was collected below the Kitchener Glacier on Mt. 

 Kokanee in the Kootenay District of British Cdlumbia by Mr. A. N. 

 Caudell, and was at first recorded as Podisma polita Scudder. 



Locality records. Kitchener Glacier, Mt. Kokanee, 1903 (A. N. 

 Caudell). 



Asemoplus hispidus Bruner, 1885. 



Bruner, Laurence. Can. Ent., XVII, p. 12 (1885). 



Syn. — Asemoplus nudus Walker. 



This species was recorded from British Columbia by Dr. E. M. 

 Walkei- from Sandon in the Kootenay District. 



Locality records. Sandon, 1898 (E. M. Walker). 



Asemoplus montanus Bruner, 1885. 



Bruner, Laurence. Can. Ent., XVII, p. 16 (1885; 



This species has been recorded from Nelson in the Kootenay Dis- 

 trict and from Vernon in the Okanagan Valley. 



Locality records. Nelson, 1906 (W. J. Alexander). Vernon, 1898 

 (E. M. Walker). 



