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also often appeared in the woods and thicket shown here. In 

 the seclusion of the deep woods in the background, and some- 

 times skirting on the border, I found numbers of Blatchley's 

 locust, and also its nearly allied species, the green-legged 

 Melanoplus. These were found several years in succession 

 among the undergrowth, on the thick bed of the forest among 

 the fallen, dried leaves. 



The notes of the arboreal katydid were heard at night during 

 the fall in the maple trees shown in the distant middle back- 

 ground. This species was also noted for a number of years 

 in succession here. The growth of low herbage at the left of 

 the middle, bordering the thicket, fostered many four-spotted 

 tree crickets. This species was often a source of pleasure 

 to study by lantern light at night, while the Texan katydid, 

 as well as the fork-tail species, came in for a share of my atten- 

 tion. The common green, meadow grasshopper with its 

 allied form, — the smooth, green grasshopper, were often 

 found among the short herbage in the foreground. They were 

 not as common as the smaller species of Xiphidium. The 

 short-wing and striped species of the latter geiius were every- 

 where present in the short grass. The criclvets were represented 

 by the common, field Pennsylvania species, and doubtless 

 this group was represented by more species that had escaped 

 my attention. 



In the late fall the varied-wing locust was an occasional 

 visitor, during its whimsical flights of crossing the open, sunny 

 grounds; while in the spring and early summer the ground in 

 the thicket shown to the left was constantly frequented by 

 the yellow- wing locust. 



In addition to the foregoing picture showing special habitats, 

 I present herewith, in the second landscape, a view of the 

 rear of our grounds. It was taken on September eighteenth, 

 at the close of summer, but at the height of the grass- 

 hopper season. In the foreground the abandoned strawberry 

 patch, which had formerly been under cultivation, is now 

 given over to "weeds," which have developed in profusion. 

 At the right-hand lower corner of the picture is a bunch of 

 pearly everlasting in full blossom. Its white flowers show 

 conspicuously just in front of evening primroses and golden- 



