352 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 'lO 



Some New England Orthoptera Observed in 



Late October. 



BY H. A. ALLARD, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



During a late October trip to central New England in 1909, 

 I spent a few days observing and collecting the Orthoptera oc- 

 curring at this season on and near Fort Hill, Oxford, Massa 

 chusetts. 



At this time the nights were cold and frosty, with more or 

 less thin ice forming on quiet water. The leaves, for the most 

 part, were brown and withered, and many trees and shrubs had 

 become entirely bare. In the low grounds and marshes bor- 

 dering the ponds and streams the luxuriant grasses and sedges 

 of summer were entirely dried and shrunken. The pastures 

 and grass fields, however, were still fresh and green. 



During the warm, sunny days, the following Orthoptera were 

 observed or collected, almost entirely in the green, upland fields 



and pastures : 



1. Ceuthophilus inaculatus Harris. Beneath rocks in stone piles. 



2. Orphulella speciosa Scudder. In open, sunny grass fields. 



3. Encoptolophus sordidus Burmeister. In open grass fields and 



pastures. 



4. Stcnobothrus curtipennis Harris. Extremely common in grass 



fields. 



5. Melanoplus feniur-rubrum DeGeer. In open fields and pas- 



tures. 



6. Orchelimwm agile DeGeer. A single specimen in a pasture 



swale. 



7. Cryllus pennsyk'anicus Burmeister. Thousands everywhere in 



dry fields. 



8. Neniobius fasciatus var. vittatus DeGeer. Extremely common 



in fields. 

 g. Nemobius palustris Blatchley. In cold, damp situations beneath 



leaves, etc. 

 10. Occanthus niveus DeGeer. Rarely heard at this season. 



Only two specimens of Ceuthophilus maculatus were found. 



* The writer is indebted to Mr. A. N. Caudell of the U. S. National 

 Museum for the identification of the Orthoptera listed in this paper. 



