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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. IV, No. 5 , 
Leptj’sma marginicollis Serville, has been recorded onh’ from 
Florida, South Carolina and central Indiana. A single immature 
female was captured July ii, 1903, on Cedar Point near Black 
Channel. 
Melanoplus viridipes Walsh-Scudder, reported hitherto onl}’ 
from western Indiana and Illinois. A colony of these was found 
in Highland county and they are fairl}' common in Franklin 
county. They are one of our spring locusts, almost never being 
found after the finst of August. 
Melanoplus blatchleyi Scudder. The range of this grasshopper 
is west of the Mississppi river, Marion county, Indiana, being 
the most easterh- point from which it has been recorded. During 
the past summer it was captured in Franklin and Erie counties, 
Ohio, a single specimen being secured in each, and a careful 
search failed to reveal any others. 
Conocephalus palustris Blatchlej'. This species was described 
from Indiana and has not been reported from any other state. 
Specimens are in the collection at the State University from 
Columbus and Castalia. 
Xiphidium nemorale Scudder. This is another southern form 
that is found quite plentiful around Sandusky Bay. 
Xiphidium strictum Scudder. The general range of this insect, 
as heretofore recorded, is to the west and southwest ; but it is 
common in central and northern Ohio. 
Orchelimum volantum McXeill, has been recorded onh- from 
Indiana and Illinois, but two adult specimens were captured on 
Cedar Point in August, 1903. 
Xemobius maculatus Blatchley, reported onh' from Indiana, 
was captured in several localities in hranklin countv, Ohio, this 
fall. 
Grj'llus americanus Blatchle}-, a recenth- described species from 
Ind’ana, was found near Georgesville, Franklin count}- in May. 
The rest of the species are such as one would expect in the 
state, from their known range in adjacent regions. 
At present there are 99 species to record for Ohio, distributed 
among the families as follows : 
Forficnlidae, 2. Acrididae, 33. 
Phasniidae, i. Locustidae, 29. 
BlaUidae, 5. Gr}dlidae, 19. 
Tettigidae, 10. 
The following is a list of the species so far collected in, Ohio. 
Those marked with a *, 38 in number, have been found on Cedar 
Point. 
FORl'ICULIDAE. 
*Forficula aculeata Scudd. Labia minor L. 
PHASMID.\E. 
*Diapheromera femorata Say. 
