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and streams in the eastern part of the state. The specimens 

 from Devils Lake were all taken under logs in the woods on 

 the north shore or among tall shrubbery on the upper portion 

 of the fiats around the lake. The other specimens were taken 

 in the woods bordering the Red River at Grand Forks and in 

 the Tongue River woods near Pembina. It seems to be the 

 most common of the forms occuring in this part of the country. 



Udeopsylla rohusta Haldeman. — Stump Lake, summer 1904 

 (A. H. Eastgate), i male; Elm Township schoolhouse, 5 miles 

 southeast of Lansford, Bottineau Co., July 28, 1920 (A. C. 

 Burrill), i male; Bottineau, Aug. 20, 1920 (A. H. Eastgate)^ 

 I male. 



The Stump Lake specimen was taken in an outhouse near 

 the edge of the woods bordering the lake. According to Mr. 

 Eastgate this species is common at times in the Turtle Moun- 

 tains, in moist, shady situations along the shores of the lakes. 

 All three specimens are of the typical form. 



Gryixidae 

 gryllinae 



Ncmobhis fasciatns fasciatns (DeGeer)."" — Devils Lake, 

 Aug. 7-15, 1920, 12 males, 11 females; Stump Lake, July 24- 

 25, 1920, 3 females ; Sheyenne River, Eddy Co., Aug. 8, 1920, 

 7 males, 20 females; Lake Upsilon, Turtle Mountains, July 

 30-Aug. 6, 1920, 7 males, 13 females; Fargo, Aug. 31-Sept. 

 2, 1920, 6 males, 19 females. 



A very common species in the eastern part of the state, 

 both on the dry, grassy uplands and in moist meadows and 

 marshes on lower ground. Nymphs were very common every- 

 where during July, but it was not until the 24th of that month 

 that the first adult specimens were seen; from then until the 

 end of the collecting season they became increasingly abun- 



