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range of the species, and seems to be unknown farther east. 



Mclanophts fasciatus (F. Walker). — Lake Upsilon, Turtle 

 Mountains, July 18, 1919 (Crystal Thompson), T male; July 

 30-Aug. 4, 1920, II males. 11 females; Pembina, F'embina Co., 

 July 15, 1921 (Crystal Thompson), i male, i female. 



This northern species has been taken in North Dakota onlv 

 along the Canadian boundary. In the Turtle Mountains il - 

 was common in suitable habitats. Spzcimens were taken in 

 brushy clearings among woods of aspen, balsam poplar, paper 

 birch, and other trees ; along roads through shrubbery and 

 forest ; and in open, grassy groves of birches and i)oplars. 

 On August 2 a pair was taken in copula among the branches 

 of a tall clump of willows on the edge of a grassy marsh. 

 Other specimens were taken on the gravelly beach of Lake 

 Upsilon, near the marginal thicket of willows and birches. 

 The .Pembina specimens were found in the margins of the 

 woods along the Tongue River. 



Melanoplus fciiiiir-ntbruin fcimir-rubnmi (DeGeer).- — Dev- 

 ils Lake, July 9-Aug. 8, 1919, 4 males, 2 females; July 15- 

 Aug. 17, 1920, 35 males, 42 females; Stump Lake, July 24, 



1919, I female; July 24-25, 1920, 9 males, 4 females; Turtle 

 Mountains, July 15-16, 1919, 3 males, 3 females; Lake Upsi- 

 lon, Turtle Mountains, July 15, 1919, 3 males, 3 females ; July 

 30-Aug. 6, 1920, 10 males, 7 females; Bottineau, July 16, 1919, 

 5 males, 3 females ; July 31-Aug. i, 1920, 23 males. 16 females ; 

 Buford, July 23, 1920, 2 males, i female ; Williston, July 24, 



1920, 6 males, 2 females; Medora, July 31, 1920, i male; 

 Amidon, Aug. 21-27, ^9^0, 11 males, 8 females; Fargo. Aug. 

 3 1 -Sept. 2, 1920, 8 males, 7 females. 



Very common on the eastern side of the state, though less 

 abundant than M. in. a'tlanis, M. bk'ittatiis. and Camnnla pel- 

 liicJda, except locally. On the gravelly and sandy flats around 



