MORGAN HEBARD 341 



The Gracilis Group 



Melanoplus gracilis (Bruner) 



1876. Pezotettix gracilis Bruner, Canadian Ent., viii, p. 124. [cT, 9; 

 Omaha, Nebraska.] 



Specimens not previously recorded: 60; 31 males and 29 

 females. 



Ohio: Richmond Bog, Huron County, VII, 1 and 2, 1932, (E. S. and J. S. 

 Thomas), 3 d\ 2 9. Huron County, IX, 15, 1929, (J. S. Hine), 9^,7 9. 

 Buckeye Lake, Licking County, VIII, 18, 1932, (Thomas and Walker), 1 9 ; 

 X, 18, 1931, (M. D. Neiswender), 1 <?. Fairfield County, VIII, 21, 1931, 

 (R. Goslin), 1 cf. Jackson, IX, 10, 1929, (J. S. Hine), 2 9 . Crissey, Lucas 

 County, VII, 30, 1932, (R. Conant), 1 9. Logan County, XI, 12, 1931, 

 (Thomas and Walker), 1 9 . Cedar Swamp, Champaign County, IX, 4, 1932, 

 (Thomas and Walker), 3 cf, 3 9 ; August 24, 1930, (J. S. Hine), 2 9 . Mud 

 Lake, Williams County, VIII, 29, 1932, (Thomas and Walker), 1 9 . Williams 

 County, IX, 8, 1930, (J. S. Hine), 1 d\ New Paris, Preble County, IX, 21, 

 1931, (E. S. Thomas), 1 d" , 1 9 . [All from Ohio State Museum]. 



Michigan: Lakeside, Berrien County, VII, 1904, (J. L. Hancock), 1 &. 



Indiana: Mineral Springs, VIII, 25, 1916, (B. B. Fulton; bog swamp), 

 5 cf, 1 9, [Fulton Cm.]. Millers, X, 10, 1903, (J. L. Hancock), 1 d\ 



Alabama: Marion Junction, VII, 16, 1930, (P. W. Oman), 2 d\ [Univ. of 

 Kansas and Hebard Cm.]. 



Mississippi: Iuka, VII, 14, 1930, (P. W. Oman), 1 d\ 1 9. 



Iowa: Elmira, VIII, 17, 1910, (M. P. Somes), 1 <?, [Somes Cm.]. Bedford, 

 VIII, 4, 1909, (M. P. Somes), 1 9 , [Somes Cm.]. Mondamin, VIII, 14, 1925, 

 (B. B. Fulton; on river bluffs), 1 cf , [Fulton Cln.]. 



Missouri: Columbia, X, 19, 1904, 1 <? . Willard, VIII, 1 to 8, 1919 and 

 1920, (A. E. Brower), 4 9 . 



Nebraska: Weeping Water, IX, 24, 1909, (L. Bruner), 2 cf , 9 9. 



This species is known north to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; 

 Richmond Bog in Huron County, Crissey and Mud Lake in 

 Williams County, Ohio; Jackson and Berrien Counties, Michigan; 

 Mahtomedi and Redwood Falls, Minnesota, and (probably) 

 southeastern South Dakota: west to the latter; Omaha and 

 Weeping Water, Nebraska; Leavenworth County, Kansas; 

 Magazine Mountain, Arkansas, and Iuka, Mississippi: south to 

 the latter; Marion Junction, Alabama, and southeast as far as 

 Clarksville, Tennessee, and Monterey, Virginia. 



trans, am. ent. soc, lx. 



