380 STUDIES IN AMERICAN TETTIGONIIDAE (oRTHOPTERA) 



When an individual was alarmed while singing the note ceased 

 abruptly, the singer dropping or leaping down to the ground and 

 remaining motionless there, perfectly concealed. One specimen 

 was noticed to have fallen on its back, in which position it re- 

 mained motionless several seconds, then turning over quickly it 

 sought the nearest grass stem. The abundant green color phase 

 of this insect blends perfectly with the broader green leaves of 

 Spartina patens, while the brown individuals of pale to very dark 

 shades blend as perfectly with the brown and yellowish bases 

 of the same plant and the bare dark muck beneath. ^"^ The insects 

 were seen to fly but short distances. While singing, individuals 

 were observed to be resting motionless on the grass or climbing 

 nervously about. 



The species is confined to the salt marsh; we have never found 

 it even on the borders of the salt marsh near the mainland in 

 areas of Juncus and high marsh grasses, one of the localities in 

 which lyristes is often abundant. 



The present species is known only from the type locality and 

 Tuckerton, New Jersey, besides the localities listed below. In 

 addition to the two specimens mentioned above we have exam- 

 ined the following series of 169 specimens; 149 males, 19 females 

 and 1 immature female. 



MuUica River flats, Burlington County and Atlantic County, New 

 Jersey, VIII, 24, 1914, (H.; in low grasses of salt marsh flats), 55 d", 1 9 . 



Ocean City, New Jersey, VIII, 21, 1914, (H.; rare in Sparti7ia patens 

 on tidal flats), 1 cf . 



Ocean View, New Jersey, VII, 23 to VIII, 30, 1911, (H. Fox; in Spartina 

 and Ivafrutescens), 7 cf , 1 9,^'' [A. N. S. P.]. 



Van Gilder's Landing, New Jersey, VII, 13 and 24, 1910 and 1911, (H. 

 Fox; in Spartina), 5 d^,i^ [A. N. S. P.]. 



Sea Isle Turnpike, New Jersey, VIII, 20, 1910, (H. Fox; salt marsh), 



4 0^,1' [A. N. S. P.]. 



Goshen Landing, New Jersey, VIII, 22, 1910, (H. Fox; in Spartina), 



5 c^, 1 9,'' [A. N. S. P.]. 



Cape May Court House, New Jersey, VIII, 14 and 21, 1914, (H.; in 

 Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata on tidal marsh flats), 71 cT, 15 9, 

 Ijuv. 9. 



" In the entire series of 171 specimens, 26 are dark brown, 16 pale brown 

 while the remaining 129 are green. 



1^ Recorded by Fox as Conocephalus lyristes, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1914, p. 524 (1914). 



