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differ from the type in being paler, ochraceous, with no dark mark- 

 ings except an irregular spot of dark brown on the thorax and 

 abdomen. Clypeus strongly emarginate in front. The types were 

 from the N. American Bluebird and Wax-wing. 



m. — Orthoptera. (Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, etc.) 



The only orthopterous insects mentioned by the early writers were 

 cockroaches and a grasshopper. (Seep. 737.) The Grasshopper was 

 probably the green Conocephalus dissimilis (fig. 191), which is still 

 common in summer. 



Spotted-winged Grasshopper. (Stenobothrus maculipennis Scud.= 

 Orphula maculipenn is. ) 



This small American grasshopper was recorded by Uhlei', from 

 Heilprin's collection. 



S. bilineatus Scudder, a common North American species, was 

 identified by Scudder from Jones' collection, 1876. 



Carolina Grasshopper • Quaker. (Dissosteira Carolina Scudder = 

 (Edipoda Carolina Burm.) Plate xcix ; figure 18. 



This large species, which is abundant in all parts of eastern North 

 America, from Canada to Texas and New Mexico, and also occurs in 

 the West Indies, was recorded bv J. M. Jones, in 1876. It is usually 

 found in dry or sandy places, or in roads where its dull gray-brown 

 color imitates the color of the ground. When it flies its large yellow 

 and black wings are conspicuous. Its name " quaker " probably 

 alludes to its loud quaking note, made during flight, as well as to 

 its dull external colors. 



Green Grasshopper. [Conocephalus dissimilis Serv.) Figure 191. 



This species, when living, is bright light green in color and the 

 female has a very long, flat ovipositor ; there is a fusiform, trans- 

 verse, blackish spot across the front of the obtusely conical head. 



This species, which has been determined by Mr. Samuel Henshaw, 

 is one of the very numerous species known from the West Indies 

 and tropical America, though it probably reached Bermuda by natural 

 agencies, before the settlement. Still it is not easy to explain how 

 an insect of this kind could have been transported to this distance 

 by ordinary natural causes. 



