NO. 2176. NOTES ON VIRGINIA ORTHOPTERA—FOX. 207 



Family MANTIDAE. 



STAGMOMANTIS CAROLINA (Johannsen). 



Tappahannock, September 6 to 19, 3 males, 3 females; Naylors, 

 September 17, 1 male. Apparently a denizen of marshes, showing a 

 preference for areas of tall reeds, Spartina cynosuroides, but also 

 occurring in grassy (HomalocencTirus oryzoides, Sagitteria, etc.) inland 

 bogs and occasionally straying to thickets on the adjoining dry land. 



Family ACRIDIIDAE. 



Subfamily Tettiginae. 



ACRYDIUM (TETTEX) ARENOSUM ANGUSTUM (Hancock).i 



Tappahannock, April 22-30, 3 males, 4 females. 



Charlottesville, March 28, April 12-22, May 1, 25, 31, June 15, 

 July 4, 1914. Locally frequent, showing a marked preference for 

 patches of bare, damp earth, occurring in open woodland and in open, 

 grassy pastures. 



Jarman's Gap, August 1, 1914, 1 female. 



NEOTETTIX FEMORATUS (Scudder) [=N. bolivari Hancock].2 



Tappahannock, September 9, 1 male. 



Charlottesville, May 18, 1 male, June 27, 1 female, 28, 1 male, July 

 3-17, 1 male, 3 females. Occasional, prefering areas of damp or 

 relatively firm ground, either bare or covered with short grasses, in 

 pastures and stream bottoms. 



TETTIGIDEA LATERALIS (Say) 



Virginia Beach, September 20, 1 female. Occasional in open grove 

 of pine (P. taeda) and sweet gum on fixed dmies; Tappahannock, 

 April 23, 1 female. 



Charlottesville, April 12, 17, 19, 22, May 19, 31, June 17, 20, 25, 

 July 4, 8, 11, 17, September 10, 1914. Common, but somewhat local, 

 havmg the same general habitat preferences as the other tettigids, 

 occurring m both woodland and campestral locations. 



Monterey, September 1, 1914, 1 male. (Dry, open woods on moun- 

 tain slope.) 



Subfamily Truxalinae. 



TRUXALIS BREVICORNIS (Johannsen). 



Churchland, September 16, 2 males (in thick growth of goose grass, 

 Meusine indica in low, sandy field adj oining ' ' branch' ' ) . Tappahan- 

 nock, August 2, 2 males, 1 female juv., August 10 1 female juv., 



1 Typical specimens determined by Mr. Hebard. 

 « Determinations by Mr. Hebard. «» 



