Oct., '04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 267 



lake shore, woods near marsh), 27, 31 ; August i, 5, 6, 9, 

 9, 1 6 (meadow), 21 and 31. 



" This species did not appear till about the middle of July. 

 They were to be found most plentifully in fields of tall grass, 

 but in one spot among the driftwood at the foot of " The 

 Point" I found a colony, restricted to a small area but con- 

 taining many specimens. The males fly well, jumping up 

 with alacrity, but never fly more than fifteen to twenty feet ; 

 the females also fly, but are very clumsy. 



These specimens have the posterior tibiae uniformly blood 

 red, varying slightly in intensity, thus placing them in fcmo- 

 ratns. The form of the cerci is also that figured by Scudder 

 as typical femomtus. Personally I believe fcmoratns and />/;//- 

 tatus to be geographic forms of the same species, very closely 

 related, but still typical of each other over large areas. 



TETTIGONID.E. 

 Scudderia pistillata Brunner. 



Thirty-five specimens ; twenty-seven males, seven females. 

 Pequaming, August 20 (road along lake), 21 (meadow), 31 ; 

 September 5 and 6. Baraga Co., August 21 (meadow), 30 

 (woods) ; September 5 (on hazel). 



" I heard the first Katydid about the i2th of August, and 

 as this is the only large Locustid found in this region I knew 

 what species was producing the sound ; before this date there 

 was no insect which made a loud noise at night, now in the 

 evenings " zikk-zikk-zikk-zikk" " zikk-zikk-zikk-zikk" could 

 often be heard. A week later they were plentiful, and in the 

 meadows and pastures their daytime note of "/zikk" was to 

 be heard on all sides. In spite of the cold weather before I 

 left, I found them as plentiful as ever on the last day on which 

 I collected, and on the very cold days before that they were 

 stirring, and several specimens were taken. Having found 

 that they preferred the tops of bushes, where they could .-tin 

 themselves, eat and stridulate, I found them easy to capture, 

 for approaching slowly and cautiously, one could usually -rt 

 within a few feet of the musician before it took alarm and 

 ceased its music. I took numbers while beating the buslu-.s 



