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LIST OF ORTHOPTERA TAKEN IN THE VICINITY OF 



MONTREAL, P. Q. 



BY F. B. CAULFIELT). 



BLATTIDiE. 



*StyIopyga orientalis, Linn. Common in houses ; have also taken it 

 under stones in a lane behind a bakery in summer. 



Ischnoptera pennsylvanica, De Geer. Not common. I took a specimen 

 under bark of a stump on Montreal Mountain some years 

 since, and on June 4th, 1885, I took three specimens under 

 bark of a stump at Abbotsford, P. Q. 



Temnopteryx marginata. Rare. Two specimens taken under bark of a 

 fallen tree on Montreal Mountain. 



*Ectobia Germanica, Stephens. Common in houses in the city of Mon- 

 treal. Has been so to my knowledge for the last fifteen 

 years ; how much longer I cannot say. 



PHASMID/E. 



*Diapheromera femorata, Say. Common at Montreal. 



GRYLLIDiE. 



Gryllus neglectus .? Scudd. Abundant Specimens in the larval stage 

 may be found under stones as soon as the snow has melted. 

 Have passed through their moults by the end of May, when 

 they may be heard " shrilling." Have not heard them during 

 July. Again heard beginning of August and from that to end 

 of the season. Several heard shrilling October 30th, 1886. 



Gryllus luctuosus, Serv. Very rare ; only two specimens taken. 



Gryllus domesticus, Linn. Common in bake-houses. 



Nemobius vittatus ? Harr. Abundant. Its song commences about the 

 first of August and lasts until the end of season ; heard 

 shrilling October 30th, 1886. 



Nemobius fasciatus De Geer. Not so common as last species. 



Gicanthus niveus, Serv. Very common ; season from about the first of 

 August to about the middle of October. 



