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  OF 
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  Morrison 
  (TJ.S.'N'.iM. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  I^orth 
  Pacific 
  Railroad 
  sur- 
  

   vey, 
  George 
  Suckley; 
  upper 
  Missouri 
  River, 
  Haydeu; 
  liead 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Missouri 
  and 
  Yellowstone, 
  Haydeu; 
  Mediciue 
  Hat, 
  Assiniboia, 
  Canada, 
  

   (U.S.X.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Fort 
  McLeod, 
  Alberta, 
  Canada 
  (same); 
  

   various 
  localities 
  on 
  the 
  Yakima 
  River, 
  Washiugton 
  (Museum 
  Com- 
  

   parative 
  Zoology); 
  Loon 
  Lake, 
  Colville 
  Valley, 
  Wasliingtou, 
  July 
  25 
  

   (same); 
  Spokane, 
  Washington, 
  July 
  21-22 
  (same); 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  C. 
  r>. 
  

   Kennerly. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  Tennessee 
  and 
  Mississippi 
  (Thomas), 
  

   ]Srevada 
  (Riley), 
  Idaho 
  (Thomas, 
  Milliken), 
  Souris 
  River, 
  Alberta, 
  Can- 
  

   ada 
  (Scudder), 
  Grand 
  Rapids, 
  XW. 
  T, 
  (jSTuttiug), 
  and 
  Victoria 
  (Fletcher) 
  ; 
  

   also, 
  possibly, 
  from 
  Mexico 
  (Saussure). 
  It 
  therefore 
  probably 
  ranges 
  

   from 
  southern 
  Canada 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf, 
  but 
  is 
  unknown 
  a'oug 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   Seaboard, 
  and 
  wholly 
  unreported 
  from 
  the 
  Pacitic 
  Slope 
  south 
  of 
  Wash- 
  

   ington, 
  (unless, 
  as 
  above, 
  in 
  Mexico) 
  and 
  it 
  hardly 
  ranges 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  

   as 
  M.femoratus. 
  

  

  Bruner 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  liis 
  accounts 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  "a 
  lover 
  of 
  

   rank 
  and 
  succulent 
  vegetation, 
  such 
  as 
  is 
  found 
  upon 
  bottom 
  lands, 
  

   along 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  cultivated 
  fields, 
  at 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  woodlands 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  shaded 
  mountain 
  slopes." 
  When 
  ''it 
  develops 
  in 
  large 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  then 
  these 
  haunts 
  are 
  forsaken, 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent, 
  and 
  it 
  

   spreads 
  over 
  cultivated 
  fields, 
  eating 
  the 
  choicest 
  of 
  everything." 
  In 
  

   Iowa, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Allen 
  found 
  it 
  common 
  on 
  dry 
  prairies, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  iu 
  

   moist 
  sloughs 
  on 
  tall 
  grass. 
  

  

  It 
  seldom 
  develops 
  any 
  marked 
  migrator^' 
  propensity 
  and 
  its 
  egg- 
  

   laying 
  habits 
  '-differ 
  considerably 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  migratory 
  

   si)ecies, 
  insomuch 
  as 
  but 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  clusters 
  or 
  pods 
  are 
  deposited 
  by 
  

   a 
  single 
  female. 
  Xevertheless, 
  just 
  as 
  many 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  by 
  each 
  

   female 
  insect. 
  These 
  eggs 
  are 
  deposited 
  in 
  prairie 
  sod 
  or 
  any 
  compact 
  

   soil 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  regular 
  haunts 
  or 
  feeding 
  places. 
  Old 
  roads 
  

   and 
  closely 
  cropped 
  pastures, 
  when 
  located 
  handily, 
  are 
  favorite 
  resorts 
  

   for 
  the 
  heavily 
  laden 
  females 
  when 
  attending 
  to 
  this 
  mission 
  of 
  theirs." 
  

   (Bruner.) 
  

  

  Its 
  destructiveness 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  mainly 
  confined 
  to 
  grass, 
  grain, 
  

   and 
  garden 
  vegetables. 
  It 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  winged 
  state 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  

   June 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  July, 
  but 
  eggs 
  are 
  not 
  laid 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  August; 
  

   sixty-two 
  to 
  seventy-two 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  counted 
  in 
  the 
  egg 
  pods 
  by 
  

   Donald 
  Gunn 
  in 
  Manitoba. 
  

  

  Blatchley 
  has 
  taken 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  eoitu 
  with 
  .1/. 
  fenio- 
  

   ratus, 
  and 
  considers 
  them 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  as 
  do 
  many 
  others. 
  The 
  

   range 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  species, 
  which 
  are 
  certainly 
  very 
  closely 
  allied, 
  differs 
  

   to 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  though 
  both 
  are 
  found 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  extent 
  of 
  

   territory 
  side 
  by 
  side; 
  one 
  is 
  a 
  seaboard 
  and 
  northern 
  form, 
  the 
  other 
  

   an 
  interior 
  species. 
  Besides 
  the 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  which 
  

   rarely 
  cause 
  hesitation 
  in 
  attempting 
  to 
  separate 
  them, 
  there 
  are 
  slight 
  

   differences 
  which 
  1 
  have 
  attempted 
  to 
  state, 
  in 
  the 
  abdominal 
  append 
  

  

  