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Subsequently. September 24, another specimen, also female, was taken near 

 the same spot by Mr. P. W. Mason. 



The specimens were of a much duller tint than those which I have 

 taken in the New Jersey cedar bogs. Tbe latter are typically a bright 

 greenish-olive with a very conspicuous bright yellow mid-dorsal stripe and 

 purplish tegmina. The Lafayette specimens were of a dull olive-brown or 

 leather color with a distinct, but not especially conspicuous, mid-dorsal 

 stripe of pale yellow. The place where the specimens were taken was rela- 

 tively quite dry. 



Melanoplus seudderi (Uhler). Moderately common, at least, locally, 

 in grassy tangles and herbaceous undergrowth in or near woodland. 



July 27, nymphs common in grassy clearings in upland woods (1), 

 northwest of West Lafayette ; August 9. an adult male taken in low 

 woods in a thicket at the edge of a bog on Burnett Creek (2) ; August 20, 

 a male taken in tall herbaceous thicket near a bog at tbe outer margin of 

 the Wabash bottoms near West Lafayette (6) ; August 30, a male taken in 

 open thicket at tbe edge of a bog at the base of a bluff on the outer mar- 

 gin of the Wabash bottoms opposite Battle Ground (16) ; September 6, 

 frequent in blue grass in an open grove on the bluff near Wild Cat Creek 

 (10), associated with M. luridus; October 4. several observed in the 

 grassy thickets of roadside adjoining an open patch of woodland (17), 

 south of West Lafayette ; October 26, two females observed in grassy 

 fields on tbe bluff at the head of Happy Hollow (5). 



Melanoplus viridipes Scudder. Apparently very local, only a single 

 specimen, a male, having been taken on June 24 in a patch of Elymus 

 virginicus in the fringe of trees marking the outer limits of the Wabash 

 bottoms near West Lafayette (6). 



Melanoplus obovatipennis (Blatchley). Frequent locally in the herba- 

 ceous thickets surrounding marshes or damp spots generally. 



August 9, an adult male and female and four nymphs taken in the 

 thickets surrounding a small bog in low- woods on Burnett Creek (2) : 

 August 30, a male taken at the edge of a marsh characterized by Homalo- 

 cenchrus orysoides, Impatiens and Ambrosia triflda at the base of a bluff 

 at the outer edge of tbe Wabash bottoms opposite Battle Ground (16) ; 

 September 6. fairly common in herbaceous thickets (goldenrod. sunflow- 

 ers, etc.) along the edge of a Homalocenchrus orysoides marsh at the base 

 of a wooded bluff near Wild Cat Creek (10) ; September 13. a pair taken 

 in swamp border thicket. {Eupatorium purpwreum, Solidago spp., etc.) in 



