8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 'il 



Spharagemon collare (Sc.) 



Aug. 18, 27, 30; 115, 10 2 ; Sept. 6, 1 $ ; Oct. 1, 2$ . Few 

 of this series have the collar of the pronotum marked lighter 

 than the general color of the insect. All taken on the prairie, 

 many in sandy situations. 



Spharagemon bolli Sc. 



July 26, 1 $ ; Aug. 19, 1 2 . Both specimens captured on the 

 prairie. 



Mestobregma kiowa Thorn. 



July 26, 29; 12 $ , 5 2 ; Aug. 3, 26 ; 1 $ , 1 2 . All taken on 

 dry hillsides and prairie land. 



Trimerotropis agrestis McN. 



Aug. 22 ; 175,82. All taken in drifting sand. 



Circotettix undulatus Thorn. 



July 25, 26; 2$ , 3 2 ; Treesbank, Manitoba. The specimens 

 were taken on a sand beach. 



Melanoplus atlanis Riley. 



July 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24; 105, 92 : Aug. 11, 14, 18; 55, 

 3 2 : Sep. 15, 16, 18, 25 ; 4 $ , 1 2 : Oct. 1 ; 2 2 . All but six 

 specimens of this series of thirty-four, have the caudal tibiae 

 colored pale glaucous. Taken in dry fields, cultivated land, 

 low lands and on the sandy prairie. 



Melanoplus dawsoni (Sc.) 



Aug. 3 ; 1 2 : Sep. 15, 29 ; 3 $ , 1 2 : Oct. 1 ; 3 $ , 2 2 . The 

 series was captured on the dry prairie, on the edge of wet land 

 and in meadowlands. All are brachypterous. 



Melanoplus gladstoni Sc. 



Aug. 15, 21, 22, 23; 6 5,3 2 : Sep. 15, 16, 18, 25, 29; 35, 

 6 2 : Oct. 1, 2, 3 ; 3 $ , 3 ? . Almost the entire series was cap- 

 tured on the prairie. A very few specimens were taken in the 

 dry scrub and in damp meadow lands. 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum (DeG.) 

 Aug. 30 ; i 2 . In meadow. 



