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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



LocaHties : Pt. Pelee, Aug. 8, 1901; Arner, Essex Co., Aug. 9, 1901; 

 Sarnia, Aug. 14, 1901 ; Walpole Id., River St. Clair, Aug. 13, 1901. 



2. ScuDDERiA CURVICAUDA, De Gcer. The Curve-tailed Katydid. 



Locusta curvicauda,, De G., Mem. pour, serv, a I'hist des ins., iii., 

 i773» 446. 



Phaneroptera curvicauda, Burm., Handb. Ent., ii., 1838, 690. 



Phaueroptera angustifo/ia, Harr., Ins. Inj. to Veg., 1841, 129. 



Scudderia curvicauda, ^\i\\., Rec. Orth., ii., 1874,30. 



Scudderia angusti/olia, Scudd., Ann. Rep. Ent. Soc. Out., 1892,67. 



Scudderia furcu/ata, Bl., Proc. Ind. Acad. Sc, 1S93, ^°°- 



This katydid varies considerably in size, according to locality 

 Blatchley's measurements of Indiana specimens are too large for Ontario 

 specimens, except those from the south-west. 



The species diminishes in size northwards, as seen from the following 

 measurements : 



I have but a single pair from Arner, so that their measurements may 

 not be typical for that locality, but they are probably nearly so. I give 

 the total range in size of the Severn River specimens, as I have but 4 

 (J 's and I 5, and of the former two are considerably smaller than ihe 

 other two. 



The Arner specimens were taken in company with S. Texensis and 

 other Locustidie from the long grass and sedge of an open marsh bordering 

 a small creek. The Toronto specimens all come from trees and bushes in 

 more or less open, jjartly wooded country at High Park, or from the 

 borders of woods. The soil here is sandy everywhere, and the growth is 



