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Alpha occipitalis Thorn. — Western Nebraska and eastern portions of Colorado and 

 Wyoming; partial to gravelly and sandy soils. # 



Alpha crenulata Bruner. — Southwestern Nebraska, western Kansas, and the plains 

 of Colorado, in company with the preceding. 



Philibostroma quadrimaculaturn Thorn. — In the same general region as the two 

 preceding. 



Ageneotettix scudder\ Bruner. — This locust occurs throughout the plains region, but 

 is most abundant among the short grasses on high grounds. 



Boopedon nubttum Say. — Observed in abnormal numbers at Haigler and Stratton, 

 Nebr., and Wray, Colo. 



Aulocara elliotti Thom. — McCook, Culbertson, Haigler, Sidney, Scotts Bluff, Sioux 

 County, Nebr., and Guernsey, Lusk, Douglas, and Casper, Wyo. It was also present 

 in abnormal numbers in portions of western Kansas and eastern Colorado. It is a 

 grass-infesting insect. 



Aulocara femoratum Scudd. — With the preceding species, but most abundant 

 southward. 



Camnula pellucida Scudd. — This locust was seen only in the extreme western part 

 of Nebraska and at Casper, Wyo., where it occurred on low land about streams and 

 in mountain meadows. 



Dissosteira longipennis Thom. — A native of the high prairies of western Kansas and 

 Nebraska and eastern Colorado and Wyoming; not nearly so abundant as it was four 

 or five years ago. 



Mestobregma hiowa Thom. — A grass-infesting locust that occurs everywhere between 

 the Missouri Kiver and Rocky Mountains, but chiefly on high ground. 



Mestobregma pardalinum Sauss. — A grass insect found chiefly in western Nebraska, 

 northeastern Colorado, and eastern and central AVyoming. 



Schistocerca alutacea Harr. — This insect was reported to be present in large numbers 

 at Xeligh, Albion, Haigler, Ogallala, and throughout the sand hills of central Nebraska 

 generally. 



Ilexperotettix pratemis Scudd. — Antelope, Holt, and Wheeler counties on the 

 prairies, but usually on low ground, where certain species of golden-rod abound. 



Ilesperotettix viridis Thom. — Eastern Colorado and Wyoming and western Nebraska, 

 w T here it is restricted to certain localities. 



Ilesperotettix speciosus Scudd. — Western Kansas and Nebraska and eastern Colo- 

 rado, among different species of sunflowers. 



^Eoloplus turnbullii Thom. — In the same general region as the preceding, w r here it 

 seems to be partial to chenopodiaceous plants. 



JEoloplns regalis Dodge. — Northwest Kansas, southwest Nebraska, and eastern 

 Colorado, on rather high grounds. 



Melanoplus bowditchi Scudd. — Western Kansas and Nebraska and eastern Colorado 

 and Wyoming on Artemesia longifolia. 



Melanoplus flavidus Scudd. — This insect was noticed in numbers at Culbertson, 

 Sidney, Scotts Bluff, North Platte, Ogallala, and Neligh, Nebr., and at Guernsey, 

 Wyo. It appears to be partial to low, sandy soil. 



Melanoplus packardii Scudd. — McCook, Culbertson, Haigler, Ogallala, Sidney, 

 North Platte, Crawford, and Harrison, Nebr., Wray and Sterling, Colo., and Guern- 

 sey, Douglas, and Caspar, Wyo. The rufous form usually mentioned as M. foedus is 

 by far the most numerous. 



Melanoplus coccineipes Scudd. — Fairly abundant at Culbertson, Sidney, Ogallala, 

 North Platte, and Fort Robinson, in Nebraska, where they seemed to choose the 

 Cleome serrulata as a food plant, or at least upon which to perch. 



Melanoplus infantilis Scudd. — On the high prairies in western Nebraska and eastern 

 Wyoming. 



