SUBFAMILY VI. GRYLLACRINJE. 



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they showed wonderful control of the long antennae, which after being 

 pulled clown one at a time by the fore legs, by great muscular power at the 

 base were slowly drawn between the mandibles for their whole length. The 

 dexterity with which they manipulate these seemingly unwieldy appen- 

 dages (which are about five times the length of the body), leaves the ob- 

 server in no doubt as to how they stow them away in the cramped con- 

 fines of their improvised retreats. Leaving the locustids in darkness for 

 a while, no change was noticed upon returning except that the male had 

 ensconced himself in his old cell in a pod that had been left lying on the 

 floor of the receptacle. From it he was reluctantly dislodged. They were 

 then left for the night. In the morning it was found that both females 

 had made cells for themselves, not however in the pods, but in leaves. 

 Although the three specimens were afterwards confined for two days with 

 uninjured pods and no leaves, not a pod was disturbed. Hence it is not 

 proven that the locustids enter them through openings of their own mak- 

 ing. Nevertheless, it is very probable that they do so; certainly they have 

 mandibles equal to the task." 



Fig. 202. Pod of bladder-nut with walls of cell cut away, showing a Caiup- 

 tonotus within. At upper left hand part there is a woven sheet closing the 

 entrance to cell. (After McAtee.) 



The known range of C. carolincusis is southern, extending from 

 Is'ew Jersey west to southern Indiana and southwest to riarks- 

 ville, Term., Thompson's Mills, Ga., Agricultural College, Miss. 

 and St. Augustine, Fla., a single male from the last named place 

 being the only record for Florida. For so wide a known range 

 the records are very few and usually based upon single specimens, 

 though about Washington, P. C., it appears to be common. I'run- 

 ner (1888, 381) records it also from Mexico, but probably confused 

 it with the species since described as C. affiiiix Kehn. 



