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. They may have flovna up to these heists. Aeropedellus clavatus Thos. and 
Melanoplus dodgei Thos. were perhaps the two most important native species 
of these hipest altitudes, althoughj this is not definitely known. 
! ; In jthe Dissosteira longipennis area, this species has decreased 
sharply in numhers. In the 1939 fall egg survey, only 100 known egg beds, 
totaling l,9l0 acres in area, were located. This involved some 164,000 
acres altogether in 6 counties— Adams, 'CSheyenne, las Animas, Lincoln, 
Otero, and.Puetilo, In the western slope area there were 4 counties 
having heavy local infestations in the irrigated sections, with M. hivit~ » 
tatus the dominant species. 
