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en in the bordering thicket in fair numbers were Melanoplus obovati/pennis 

 and Gonocephalus nemoralis. With them were found occasional examples 

 of Dichromorpha viridis, and Melanoplus femoratus. In the Eomaloeen- 

 chrus orysoides two specimens of Neoconcephalus palustris and one each if 

 Scudderia texensis (a 5 apparently this species) and Orchelimum vulgare 

 long-winged type were taken. Collecting was done at this place on Sep- 

 tember 6th. 



11. At this place collections were made on July 19 and October 3. The 

 locality was the low alluvial tract along the Wabash at the mouth of Wild 

 Cat Creek. Most of the land is under cultivation, but there is some open 

 woodland on the adjoining bluffs. Along the roadside were the usual 

 weedy tracts inhabited by M el an plus atlanis and Melanoplus femur-rub- 

 rum, the latter being by far the most abundant. In the ranker herbage 

 and weedy tracts Melanoplus differentialis was of frecpient occurrence. On 

 the bare paths and in the plowed fields Dissosteira Carolina was common. 

 The remaining species were few in number and were found only in grassy 

 depressions close to the river. In one of these which contained an almost 

 pure stand of Elymus virginicus a few examples of Stauroderus curtipen- 

 nds were observed on July 19; in the same place a single specimen of each 

 of the following was taken: Melanoplus walshii, Orchelimum gladiator, 

 Gonocephalus fasciatus and Gonocephalus nigropleurum. In another de- 

 pression, examined on October 3. the dominant growth was a species of 

 Muhlenbergia; in this Orchelimum vulgare and Gonocephalus brevipennis 

 were common, a single specimen of Gonocephalus nigropleurum was also 

 taken here. 



12. While on an inspection trip on the upland between West Lafayette 

 and Montmorenei on August 12 I made a rapid examination of several small 

 areas in which the ground was more or less damp and covered either with 

 thick succulent blue grass or species of Carex. Orthoptera did not appear 

 to be very common in such places, except such ubiquitous forms as Mela- 

 noplus femur-rubrum and Orchelimum iulgare. In one rather wet depres- 

 sion, where there was a nearly pure growth of Carex. Gonocephalus fas- 

 ciatus was rather common: it also occurred, though in small numbers, in 

 blue-grass depressions. In one of the latter bordering a small grove a 

 small number of Stauroderus curtipennis were observed. A male Seud- 

 doria furcuta was taken near here in some thick grass at the side of a 

 small stream. 



13. This was a very limited tract on the edge of the bluff overlook- 



