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Riley records the first adults as occurring July 7 th, eggs be- 

 ing deposited August 31st. Lugger states that this species prefers 

 bottom lands and the edges of cultivated fields and other places with 

 rank vegetation, and adds that although adults occur as early as the 

 10th of July, no eggs are deposited until late in August. This species 

 succumbs to poisoned baits as quickly as M. at Ian is. It is widely 

 distributed throughout the State, as shown by the following records. 



Pellucid grasshopper (Camnula pellucida Scudd.) This 

 light brown, somewhat variable grasshopper was found in large 

 numbers associated with Melanoplus atlanis Riley at 

 Wells, August 3d, though collecting at Gloversville in July resulted 

 in the capture of but one specimen. This species matures in Min- 

 nesota, according to Somes, the latter part of June and oviposits the 

 last of August, the egg pods being rather short, stout, considerably 

 curved and not firmly cemented. The eggs are placed just below the 

 surface of the soil, among the roots of grasses or, in some cases, even 

 above the surface in the dead grass. Individual pods contain from 

 20 to 30 eggs. This species has been recorded by Lugger as causing 

 considerable damage in association with M. atlanis, and it is one 

 of the forms held responsible for extended depredations in earlier 

 years in California. It is considered to be partly migratory in habit 

 and evidently disappears earlier in the season than M. atlanis. 

 Like its associate in this State, it displays a marked preference for 

 relatively wild areas and appears to be favored by dry seasons. 



The Carolina grasshopper, Dissosteira Carolina Linn., 

 was associated in some numbers with Melanoplus atlanis and 

 M. femoratusin the grasshopper outbreak of last summer, though 

 it was rarely abundant enough to attract notice, except in the more 

 open, sandy areas or along roadsides. This species is particularly 

 likely to attract notice because of its large size and peculiar coloration. 

 It is primarily an inhabitant of waste, sandy areas and the coloration 

 is such that the insect, when at rest, harmonizes very closely with its 

 surroundings, although when in flight the dark brown, yellow mar- 

 gined hind wings make it a conspicuous object. The males have a 

 peculiar habit of rising into the air a few feet and vibrating the wings 

 rapidly with a strange whirring or clacking sound; when engaged in 

 this evolution, they resemble the hovering of the morning-cloak but- 

 terfly, Euvancssa antiopa Linn. The transformations of 

 this insect are later than those of Melanoplus atlanis or M. 

 femoratus, since adults were present in only very small numbers 

 near Gloversville July 17th, while the stocky, grayish nymphs were 

 numerous at that time. The latter part of July most of the young 



