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NORTH AMERICAN ACRIDIID^E. 



While making special efforts to secure Acridiidae, the other 

 species of Orthoptera coming to hand were also taken, broadening 

 somewhat the scope of the inquiry, without interfering with its 

 main object. A folding camera was carried and numerous photo- 

 graphs were secured illustrative of habitats and other features of 

 locust biology, some of which appear with this report. 



FIG. i. Map showing the route traveled. 



FIELD WORK. 



Leaving Boston by steamer on June 30, Norfolk, Va., was 

 reached and collecting begun in its vicinity on July 2 ; thence 

 southwest to Tarboro and Selma, N. C., and westward through 

 North Carolina, stopping at frequent intervals, to Morganton, from 

 which point a detour was made by team and rail to Pineola and 

 Roan Mountain, returning via Linville and Blowing Rock ; west- 

 ward again to Asheville, the Balsam Mountains, and Murphy ; 

 southward to Atlanta ; southwest to the Gulf coast at Pensacola ; 

 east through northern Florida to Tallahassee, whence the Gulf 



