THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 



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SCHISTOCERCA Stal. 



S. alutacea Harr. Extends throughout the State south of the Piedmont 

 Plain; most common in the pine barrens VII-IX; also Staten Island 

 VIII-X (Ds); Middlesex Co. VIII (Sm). 



According to Rehn this species occurs in two color-phases, which in- 

 clude the "obscura" Burm. and "rubiginosa" Harr. of the previous list. 

 It is found in dry oak scrub, the undergrowth of pine woods, on bogs and 

 near swamp land. It is sometimes abundant about and on weedy cran- 

 berry bogs and is occasionally accused of feeding on berries. 

 S. americana Dru. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Ang) ; Staten Island V, VI, 

 VIII, X-XII (Ds) ; Lahaway VII, Lakewood VIII, Anglesea VIII (Coll) ; 

 Seaside Park IX (Long); Cape May VII, VIII (div). Our largest 

 grasshopper, with very long wings and powerful flight, whence it is 

 termed the "bird locust." 



S. damnifica Sauss. Westville V (Sk) ; Woodbury VIII (Vk) ; Clementon 

 IV, V (div) ; Florence IV (C) ; Lucaston X, Hammonton IX, Manu- 

 muskin VI (Dke) ; Medford IX (Stone); Speedwell VI, Staffords 

 Forge XI (Rehn) ; Lakehurst IV, V, Lakewood XI, Manasquan IX 

 (Ds). "One of our earliest arid also one of our latest grasshoppers, 

 appearing IV-XI, frequenting pine woods undergrowth and dry grass 

 lands" (Rehn). 



HESPEROTETTIX Scudd. 



H. brevipennis Thos. Lakehurst VIII (Ds) ; Stafford's Forge VIII-X 

 (Rehn); Mt. Pleasant IX (Fox); Anglesea VIII (Coll). "Not uncom- 

 mon in the cranberry fields of Atlantic County" (Uhler). 



DENDROTETTIX Riley. 



D. quercus Riley. Bamber VIII, 17 (Dke). .This is the only record of the 

 species in the eastern United States (Rehn). 



MELANOPLUS Stal. 



Fig. 77. The stages of a grasshopper: a, young nymph; b, nymph 

 further advanced; c, pupa; d, winged adult. 



M. atlanis Riley. More or less common throughout the State in grassy 

 areas and along roads, VII to frost. 



