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becomes noisy as soon as the afternoon sun gets low, and continues to 

 striclulate into the evening. These katydids sometimes congregate in 

 small colonies of half a dozen or more in favorite spots. It is a persistent 

 singer, though its notes are delivered at rather rare, irregular and infre- 

 quent intervals, a characteristic of most species of Scudderia." 



The eggs of tr.frnnix are laid in the edges of leaves between 

 the upper and lower epidermis, and at first are so thin (hat they 

 are not noticeable except when the leaf is held between one's self 

 and the light. They are loosely inserted in these pockets made 

 by the ovipositor of the mother, and as they swell in coming in 

 contact with the ruptured tissues of the plant, they are held tight- 

 ly in place. In the northern states the winter of this, as well as 

 of the other species of the genus, is passed in the egg stage, the 

 young appearing about the last of April. 

 213. SCUDDERIA PISTILLATA Brunner, 1878, 240. Broad-winged Bush-katydid. 



Size medium for the genus. Color as in curvicauda to which it is 

 closely allied. It is, however, shorter-bodied, broader-winged and shorter- 

 legged. Tegrnina broader than in any other species, with heavy veinlets 

 which give them a very leaf-like appearance. Notch of dorsal abdominal 

 process oi ! male very similar to that of male curvicauda, but its lateral pro- 

 cesses subtriangular, distinctly tapering instead of well rounded and of 

 subequal breadth as in the latter species. Subgenital plate shorter than 

 in curvicauda. The short, broad tegmina and short hind femora of pistil- 

 lata are the characters which most readily distinguish the two. Length of 

 body, $ and 9, 19 20; of pronotum, $ and 9, 4.7 5.7; of tegmina, $, 

 2933, 9, 25.5 28; of hind femora, $, 2129, 9, 19.521; of ovipositor, 

 6.5 mm. Greatest width of tegmina, , 9 11, 9 , 8 9 mm. 



This is apparently a scarce insect in Indiana, having been 

 taken in small numbers only about the peat bogs and borders of 

 lakes in Steuben, Fulton and Kosciusko counties; Aug. 13 Oct. 7. 

 Specimens are at hand from the White Mountains, N. H., Sher- 

 born, Mass., DeGrassi Point, Ont., and Tecumseh, Mich., July 25 

 Sept. 3. It is a species of northern range, its known distribution 

 extending from Nova Scotia and New England north and west to 

 Fort Williams, Ont., Regina, Sask., and Bozeman, Mont., and 

 south and west to Monterey and Bolar, Ya., southern Illinois and 

 northeastern Nebraska. 



Piers (1890) has given an interesting account of pistillata as 

 it occurs in Nova Scotia as follows : 



"This handsome katydid is very common about Halifax. It is found 

 upon the foliage of bushes, chiefly alders, in or near swampy places. Al- 

 though plentiful, its protective similitude to a leaf, both in color and form, 

 and its usual slow movements, make it very difficult to detect. Usually 

 it can be readily captured with the fingers while it clings to a leaf. Oc- 



