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Subsequently, September 24, another specimen, also female, was taken near 
the same spot by Mr. P. W. Mason. 
The specimens were of a much duller tint than those which I have 
taken in the New Jersey cedar bogs. The latter are typically a bright 
greenish-olive with a very conspicuous bright yellow mid-dorsal stripe and 
purplish tegmina. The Lafayette specimens were of a dull olive-brown or 
leather color with a distinet, but not especially conspicuous, mid-dorsal 
stripe of pale yellow. The place where the specimens were taken was rela- 
tively quite dry. 
Melanoplus scudderi (UNler). Moderately common, at least, locally, 
in grassy tangles and herbaceous undergrowth in or near woodland. 
July 27, nymphs common in grassy clearings in upland woods (1), 
northwest of West Lafayette: August 9, an adult male taken in low 
woods in a thicket at the edge of a bog on Burnett Creek (2): August 20, 
a male taken in tall herbaceous thicket near a bog at the outer margin of 
the Wabash bottoms near West Lafayette (6); August 30, a male taken in 
open thicket at the edge of a bog at the base of a bluff on the outer mar- 
gin of the Wabash bottoms opposite Battle Ground (16); September 6, 
frequent in blue grass in an open grove on the bluff near Wild Cat Creek 
(10), associated with J/. luridus; October 4, several observed in the 
grassy thickets of roadside adjoining an open patch of woodland (17), 
south of West Lafayette; October 26, two females observed in grassy 
fields on the bluff at the head of Happy Holiow (5). 
Melanoplus viridipes Scudder. Apparently very local, only a single 
specimen, a male, having been taken on June 24 in a patch of HLlymus 
virginicus in the fringe of trees marking the outer limits of the Wabash 
bottoms near West Lafayette (6). 
Melanoplus obovatipennis (Blatchley). Frequent locally in the herba- 
ceous thickets surrounding marshes or damp spots generally. 
August 9, an adult male and female and four nymphs taken in the 
thickets surrounding a small bog in low woods on Burnett Creek (2): 
August 30, a male taken at the edge of a marsh chiracterized by Honialo- 
cenchrus oryzoides, Impatiens and Ambrosia trifida at the base of a bloff 
at the outer edge of the Wabash bottoms opposite Battle Ground (16) ; 
September 6, fairly common in herbaceous thickets (goldenrod, sunflow- 
ers, etc.) along the edge of a Homalocenchrus oryzoides marsh at the base 
of a wooded bluff near Wild Cat Creek (10); September 15, a pair taken 
in swamp border thicket. (Lupatorium purpureum, Solidago spp., ete.) in 
