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M. punctulatus Scudd. Newfoundland IX, Staten Island VIII, IX, Lake- 

 hurst VIII-X (Ds) ; Stafford's Forge IX (Hebard) ; Brown's Mills X 

 (Dke); Ocean County, about cranberry bogs (Sm). 



PAROXYA Scudd. 



P. floridiana Scudd. Throughout the pine barrens, extending along the 

 shore into the coastal strip, and on the west into the Delaware Valley 

 fauna. Have no records from the Piedmont Plain, but Mr. Davis finds 

 it on Staten Island VIII-IX. It is one of the species on and near 

 cranberry bogs, and the records under "atlantica" Scudd. in the pre- 

 vious edition belong here. 



P. scudderi Blatchley. Jamesburg VIII-IX, Lakehurst VII-X (Ds) ; 

 Atsion X (Hebard) ; Speedwell VIII, Stafford's Forge VIII, IX (div) ; 

 Bear Swamp VIII (Rehn). More of a strictly pine barren species than 

 the preceding, and also sometimes on cranberry bogs (Rehn). 



Family LOCUSTIME. 



These are the long-horned or meadow grasshoppers and the katydids, 

 which are generally more or less obviously green in color. The antennae 

 are thread-like, always as long, and often two or three times as long, as 

 the body. The hind legs, also formed for leaping, are much longer and 

 proportionately more slender than in the Acridiidse, the entire insects 

 indeed being less robust in build. In the females the ovipositor is pro- 

 longed into a blade made up of six flat pieces, the whole sometimes 

 straight, sometimes curved or sickle-shaped. In the males the wing-covers 

 overlap at the base and are modified into a sound-producing organ, by 

 means of which they produce either a shrill continuous call, or a chirping 

 or rasping, which is characteristic for each species, so that, after some 

 experience, they may be recognized by this character alone. Although 

 only the males are musicians, both sexes are provided with ears in the 

 tibiae of the anterior legs. The head in most of the species is pointed, 

 and the mouth parts are well developed, the mandibles being especially 

 long and sharp pointed. This makes it possible for them to dig into tissue 

 or to eat seeds, as many do, of grases and other plants. Several species 

 occur on cranberry bogs, and some eat into the berries to get at the seeds, 

 species of "Scudderia" being the principal offenders. 



Fig. 78. A species of Microcentrwm. 



