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and Conocephalus attenuatus. In the pasture in which 7ridens flava was a 
common plant Syrbula admirabilis and Conocephalus strictus were of fre- 
quent occurrence along with larger numbers of the ubiquitous MWelanoplus 
femur-rubrum. Close to the border of the same field, where there were 
some extensive patches of Elymus virginicus, several examples of Dichro- 
morpha viridis were observed. 
7. This was a level tract of very open woodland located on top of 
the bluff overlooking the bottom lands included in locality 6. The ground 
here had been used for pasturing cattle and the herbaceous vegetation was 
accordingly quite short and scanty. Orthoptera were scarce. Each Melan- 
oplus atlanis and Melanoplis femur-rubrum were frequent, while in one 
place where there was considerable slope and a fair amount of scrub 
growth a few examples of Spharagemon bolli were seen. Late in June 
Atlanticus testaceus occurred in small numbers, several being captured one 
night on low shrubs and tall weeds. 
8. This locality was a small open grove at the top of the highest line 
of bluffs at the north end of a ravine situated nearly half way between 
West Lafayette and the mouth of Indian Creek. The soil was the Miami 
silt loam which in this exposed situation was quite dry and barren and had 
a decided sandy appearance. Along a recently cut roadside I found at this 
point a young specimen of the black-jack oak, the presence of which natur- 
ally indicates the barren character of the location. The soil here at the 
time of my visit—August 24th—was formed of blue-grass sod with oceéa- 
sional patches where the ground was bare or but sparsely covered with 
vegetation. In such places the common woodland Panicum, ?. huachuca, 
was frequent. In two or three places erosion had worn slight gulleys from 
which most of the finer soil particles had been washed away leaving a very 
hard and stony soil on which very little vegetation had as yet obtained a 
foothold. These gulleys were the favorite habitats of the more geophilous 
Orthoptera such as Arphia canthoptera, Spharagemon bolli and Dissosteira 
carolina. 
Only about a half hour was spent in collecting at this spot, during 
Which examples of the following species were tiken or identified:  Syr- 
bula admirabilis, Arphia wvanthoptera, both yellow-winged and orange- 
winged types, Hncoptolophus sordidus, Sphragemon bolli, Dissosteira caro- 
lina, Melanoplus femar-rubrim and Melanoplus luridus. 
9. This locality is about half a mile southeast of Battle Ground in a 
region covered by Miami fine sand. vractically the whole country is under 
