74 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOME INDIANA ACRIDID^. 



BY W. S. BLATCHLEY, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. 



But little attention has heretofore been given to the Acrididce inhabit- 

 ing Indiana by the working scientists of the State. No record of any pub- 

 lished paper relating to them can be found, and it is believed, we suppose, 

 that because Indiana lies next to Illinois, where Dr. Cyrus H. Thomas 

 did much of his work, that post if not all of the species of the family 

 found in this State are included m the two lists of the Orthoptera of 

 Illinois prepared by him. 



That such belief is an erroneous one, is shown by the fact, that in the 

 single county of Vigo, which lies adjacent to the eastern border of Illinois, 

 and midway between the north and south boundaries of this State, seven 

 species have been taken by the writer which are not given in either of 

 Thomas's lists, three of which have not heretofore been recorded nearer 

 Indiana than New England, or the Gulf States, and the remaining four 

 no nearer than Kansas. 



Believing that a list of those taken in the county would prove of value 

 as a basis for a more complete list of those inhabiting the State, the one 

 below has been prepared. The nomenclature is that agreed upon by the 

 most prominent authorities of the present time, and is for the most part 

 derived from the works of Scudder and Saussure. In order that it may 

 not confuse beginners who may use the list for reference, I give the 

 synonymy of the descriptions of the different species as gathered from the 

 literature to which I have had access. Brief notes relating to the com- 

 parative abundance, places of resort, and variations where noted, of each 

 species are also given. 



My especial thanks are due to Prof Lawrence Bruner, of I-incoln, 

 Nebraska, and to Mr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for 

 the verification of doubtful species and for information regarding the 

 heretofore known range of the rarer ones. 



The following works have been consulted in the study of the species 

 listed, and to them reference is made in the synonymy given : — 

 Harris, Dr. T. W. — Treatise on Some Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 



3rd edition. 1862. 

 Riley, Packard and Thomas. — Reports of the U. S. Entomological 



Commission, 1877, 1S78, 1883. 

 Riley, C. V. — Report of U. S. Entomologist in U. S. Agricultural Report 

 for 188^. 



