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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XV, No. 1 
ADDITIONS TO THE KNOWN ORTHOPTEROUS FAUNA 
OF OHIO. 
W. J. Kostir. 
The first attempt to catalog the known Orthoptera of Ohio 
was made by Charles S. Mead in 1904. His list was published in 
the Ohio Naturalist for March of that year. It was based 
upon the collection of Orthoptera of the Ohio State University 
and the results of his own collecting in several parts of the state. 
The list contained nearly one hundred names. No additions 
to this list have been published up to the present time. 
At intervals during the past three years the writer has 
collected in various parts of the state, and has also examined all 
the private and college collections of Orthoptera that were avail¬ 
able. The literature has been carefully gone over for possible 
Ohio records, though little information was obtained in this way. 
Much help was received through the kind co-operation of 
numerous friends, and for this the writer wishes here to express 
his deep obligation. As a result of this work the species and 
varieties listed below have been added to the known Orthopterous 
fauna of Ohio. Much has also been learned about the distribu¬ 
tion within the state of many of the other forms, and this informa¬ 
tion the writer hopes to incorporate in a short descriptive catalog 
of Ohio Orthoptera, upon which he is at present working. 
Records of exotic species taken in the state have not been 
included in this list, except in cases where they seem to have 
become established. 
Acknowledgment should here be made of assistance in identi¬ 
fication kindly given by Mr. A. N. Caudell, Prof. A. P. Morse, 
and Mr. Morgan Hebard. Except where otherwise noted, all 
identifications have been made or verified by the writer. 
Family FORFICULIDAE. 
Vostox (Spongiphora) brunneipennis Serv. 
One c?, taken by Mr. Charles Dury at Cincinnati. 
Family BLATTIDAE 
Ischnoptera borealis Brunn. 
All but one of the specimens referred by Mead to I. uhleriana 
belong to I. borealis. This one exception is the only specimen 
of I. uhleriana from Ohio that the writer has seen. It is a typical 
efi, and was taken at Vinton, Vinton County, by Prof. James S. 
Hine. I. borealis has been taken in various parts of the state. 
Ischnoptera couloniana Sauss. 
One $ , taken by Prof. J. S. Hine at Hanging Rock, Lawrence 
County. 
