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for Podisma and other insects. I captured a few specimens of 

 Scudderia in the grass on July 3d, when they were smaller 

 than a Tettigid." 



Xiphidion fasciatam (De Geer). 



Eighty-nine specimens ; forty-four males, forty-five females. 

 Pequaming, July 21, 22; August i (meadow), 5 (swamp, 

 meadow), 9, 12 (meadow), 14, 15, 21, 25 and 31 ; September 

 2, 5 and 6. Baraga Co., August 21 (meadow and swamp). 



"First mature specimens seen on August ist. After this 

 date they were very plentiful in all marshy places where there 

 was tall grass, excepting in the great marsh — there, for some 

 reason, none were to be found. The note produced by the 

 males is high pitched but pleasing ; it was very faint, and 

 could be heard only as a continuous undertone in Nature's 

 great fall orchestra. ' ' 



Several specimens possessed wings and tegmina of unusual 

 length when compared with the commoner type. 



CenthopMlus terrestris Scudder. 



Ten specimens ; eight males, two females. L' Anse et Vieux 

 Desert Reservation, July 15, 26, 27 ; August 19, 31. 



"On the 15th of July, under the stones about the Indian 

 war-dance ground, I took nineteen specimens of this species, 

 most of which were full grown. They were good jumpers, 

 but the majority relied on their protective coloration, and 

 remained motionless when the stone under which they were 

 was turned over. They were to be found only under the large 

 fiat stones bver the graves, which are noticeable now only by 

 slight depressions about the war-dance circle. Their color 

 was clear shiny brown, which blended perfectl)' with their 

 surroundings." 



Gryllid.^. 

 Nemobins fasciatus (De Geer). 



Sixty-seven specimens ; thirty males, thirty-seven females. 

 Pequaming, July 18, 31 ; August i (swamp), 5 (swamp), 6, 

 8 (meadow), 9 (swamp), 12 (meadow), 16 (meadow), 29 and 

 31 ; September 6. Brule on mainland opposite Pequaquawa- 

 ming Point, July 22. Baraga Co., August 30 (woods). 



