Mar., 1904.] A List of the Orthoptera of Ohio. 109 



A LIST OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF OHIO.* 



Chari.es S. Mead. 



A little over a j-ear ago the writer, at the suggestion of Prof. 

 Herbert Osborn, began to work over the Orthoptera in the 

 Entomological collection at the Ohio State University, with a 

 view of eventually publishing a list of those found in Ohio. During 

 the spring and fall, collecting was done in central Ohio and during 

 the summer in northern Ohio, mostly in the neighborhood of 

 Sandusky. Heretofore, very little work has been done on the 

 grasshoppers of Ohio and nothing published. Very few references 

 are found in the literature to Orthoptera collected in this state. 

 The Orthoptera, in general, reach their adult condition in late 

 summer and early fall, onl}' a few species maturing and dying 

 before the first of August. Some of the species listed below are 

 fairly common in parts of Ohio and others are quite scarce. 



Syrbula admirabilis (Uhler). This is a southern form with its 

 northern range about the center af Ohio. On September 23 three 

 females were captured at Buckeye Lake. 



Orphulella speciosa (Scudder). Blatchley reports having 

 captured but a single pair in Indiana, where it is quite scarce. 

 Morse writes of its being common in the New England states. 

 It is fairly plentiful in the vicinity of Columbus and Sandusky. 



Hippiscus rugosus (Scudder). On September 23, a coral 

 winged form of this species was captured at Buckeye Lake. It 

 agrees with the descriptions of ' ' rugosus ' ' in all particulars except 

 the color of the wings, which are usually lemon or orange. No 

 mention could be found in the literature of a coral winged form. 



Trimerotropis maritima (Harris) This is a very abundant 

 species on Cedar point, where three well marked color forms 

 occur: a light, ashy red form with the mottling on the tegmina 

 and body indistinct ; a form with the dorsal portion of the 

 tegmina cinnamon red ; and a dark gray form, the last being the 

 most common. Specimens agreeing with "maritima" and 

 " citrina " are present and also so many intermediate forms that 

 it is impossible to draw a line between the two. Both have been 

 included under " maritima " in the state list. 



Spharagemon wyomingiana (Thomas). Specimens of this species 

 were quite plentiful on Cedar Point in the woods about midway 

 between the laboratory and the steamer landing. They could 

 be captured there nearly any time during the summer, and were 

 found in no other locality, either on the Point or on the mainland. 



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