88 THE ACRIDIIDAE OF MINNESOTA 
upon beds of almost clear sand, among such tall grasses as Sporobolus 
asper (Mx.) Kunth, Andropogon, and Chrysopogon. Bruner states 
that the species feeds upon Artemisia and prefers to jump from plant 
to plant rather than to alight upon the ground. In Minnesota, as in 
Iowa, we have not found the species associated with the sage. There 
is in this species a slight superficial resemblance to M. atlanis, from 
the notched subgenital plate of the male, but the notch is here much 
weaker and the cerci and furcula entirely different from atlanis. We 
have taken this species at Mahtomedi and at Pipestone. 
Melanoplus impiger Scudd. 
Melanoplus impiger is very similar in appearance to VM. angusti- 
pennis, although in ours usually rather smaller and more ferruginous 
in coloration and with the furcula longer and less divergent, the cerci 
smaller and less distinctly narrowed at the middle. The hind tibiae 
are glaucous to distinctly bluish and the subgenital plate of male very 
feebly or not at all notched at apex. Both species mature late in 
summer and are fond of sandy areas. This insect has, as yet, been 
taken only on sandy areas in the southeastern part of the State along 
the Mississippi River. It is in general southern in range and must 
be considered as having entered our State from that direction. It is, 
however, almost as rare in Iowa as within our State. Our records 
Fig. 11. Normal Habitat of Melanoplus packardi C. W. Howard 
