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en in the bordering thicket in fair numbers were MJelanoplus obovatipennis 
and Conocephalus nemoralis, With them were found occasional examples 
of Dichromorpha viridis, and Melanoplus fenoratus. In the Homalocen- 
chrus oryzoides two specimens of Veoconcephalus palustris and one each if 
Scudderia terensis (a & apparently this species) and Orchelimum vulgare 
long-winged type were taken. Collecting was done at this place on Sep- 
tember 6th. 
11. At this place collections were made on July 19 and October 3. The 
locality was the low alluvial tract along the Wabash at the mouth of Wild 
Cat Creek. Most of the land is under cultivation, but there is some open 
woodland on the adjoining bluffs. Along the roadside were the usual 
weedy tracts inhabited by JMJelanoplus atlanis and Melanoplus femur-rub- 
rum, the latter being by far the most abundant. In the ranker herbage 
and weedy tracts Jelanoplus differentialis was of frequent occurrence. On 
the bare paths and in the plowed fields Dissosteira carolina was common. 
The remaining species were few in number and were found only in grassy 
depressions Close to the river. In one of these which contained an almost 
pure stand of Llymnus virginicus a few examples of Stéuroderus curtipen- 
nis were observed on July 19; in the same place a single specimen of each 
of the following was taken: Weldnoplis walshii, Orchelimum gladiator, 
Conocephalus fasciatus and Conocephalus nigropleurum. Tn another de- 
pression, examined on October 3, the dominant growth was a species of 
Vuhlenbergia; in this Orchelimum vulgare and Conocephalus brevipennis 
Were common, a single specimen of Conocephalis nigropleurum was also 
taken here. 
12. While on an inspection trip on the upland between West Lafayette 
and Montmorenci on August 12 I made a rapid examination of several small 
areas in which the ground was more or less damp and covered either with 
thick succulent blue grass or species of Carex. Orthoptera did not appear 
to be very common in such places, except such ubiquitous forms as Mela- 
ioplus femir-rubrum and Orchelimum vulgare. In one rather wet depres- 
sion, where there was a nearly pure growth of Carex, Conocephalus fas- 
ciatus Was rather common: it also occurred, though in small numbers, in 
blue-grass depressions. In one of the latter bordering a small grove a 
small number of Stauroderus curtipennis were observed. A male Scud- 
devia furcata was taken near here in some thick grass at the side of a 
small stream. 
18. This was a very limited tract on the edge of the bluff overlook- 
