38 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



( ). vuLGARE Harris. The Meadow Grasshopper. Found in 

 dense vegetation where there is moisture. Sec. 20, Aug. 30 

 (Dethier). 



• Ionocsphalus Thunberg 



( '. iasciatus (DeG.). Slender Meadow Grasshopper. S. \V. 



Harbor, Sept. 6. Station F184, Sept. 13. Occurs from July 



L5 to frost. 

 C. brevipennis (Scud.). Short-winged Meadow Grasshop- 



per. Although the juveniles are found in June, the adults 



were not taken until about August first and from then until 



frost they are found sparingly. 



Acbididae. The Short-horned Grasshoppers 

 Chloealtis Harris 



C. conspersa Harr. Sprinkled Locust. Long Pond, Aug. 21. 

 Found sparingly in pastures. 



Orphulella Giglio-Tos 



0. speciosa (Scud.). Pasture Locust. Eden, Aug. 11; Peni- 

 kese, July 31. 



Chorthippus Fieber 



C. curtipennis (Harr.). Meadow T Locust. Common, July 16- 

 Aug. 23. 



Mecostethus Fieber 



M. lineatus (Scud.). Striped Sedge-locust. Meadow near 

 Salisbury Cove ; Breakneck Pond, Aug. 9-Sept. 8. Sections 

 17 and 20. It keeps to wet sedgy meadows where water 

 stands on the ground. 



M. gracilis Scud. Northern Sedge-locust. Great Heath; S. 

 W. Harbor; Meadow Brook; Section 16; Shea's Corner, 

 Aug. 6-Sept. 13. 



C'hortophaga Saussure 



C. viridifasciata (DeG.). Green-striped Locust. Salisbury 

 Cove, June 9. Not common. 



