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These specimens agree very well with three representatives 

 of this race from North Bay and North River, Ontario, re- 

 ceived from Mr. Walker. They are quite distinct from P. g. 

 variegata, which is readily separated by the characters given 

 by Walker. It is, of course, of rather questionable import- 

 ance to name a form like canade?isis, which is a logical inter- 

 mediate between the two extremes of the species, but in view 

 of the distinct geographic ranges of the three races, as at 

 present understood, it is probably the most convenient. 



Melanoplns islandicas Blatchley. 



Five females. Pequaming, July 16 (hemlock woods) ; 

 August 21 and 28. Baraga Co., August 30 (woods). 



' * Very scarce. Specimens taken in damp woods among 

 dead leaves, marsh grasses and ferns." 



These specimens agree very well with a female individual 

 from De Grassi Point, Ontario. 



Helanoplus hnroni Blatchley. 



Three specimens ; two males, one female. Pequaming, 

 July 2 and 4. Foot of Point Abbaye, July 24 (huckleberry 

 barrens). 



Blatchley found this species in wild red raspberry tangles 

 on La Salle Island, Lake Huron, Michigan. 



Melanoplns eztremns (Walker). 



Seven specimens ; two males, five females. Pequaming, 

 July 2, 4 and 9 ; August 18. 



" Very scarce. A few specimens taken in early July. They 

 were all taken in the same clearing where I took so many 

 Mecostethus in August, but with the other Melanopli they were 

 all captured in the higher part of the clearing where the grass 

 was short. They were, of course, unable to fiy and seemed 

 very poor at jumping," 



One male belongs to the long-winged form {sca?idens Scud- 

 der) and the remainder to the short- winged type. This single 

 specimen is the only one taken as late as August i8, 



Melanoplns fasciatns (Walker). 



One male. Pequaming, July i8. 



