NO. 2176. NOTES ON VIRGINIA ORTHOPTERA—FOX. 217 



SPHARAGEMON COLLARE WYOMINGIANUM (Thomas). 



Tappahannock, July 23, 1 female (wheat stubble field), July 25, 

 1 male. 



Small area of coarse sand bordering woods, vegetation open and 

 scanty, consisting of short, coarse grasses and other dry herbage. 



Apparently very rare in tidewater Virginia. 



DISSOSTEIRA CAROLINA (Linnaeus). 



Portsmouth, October 3; Churchland, August 8-9, September 15 to 

 October 7; November 4, 1914, July 11, 1915; Deanes, September 26, 

 Franklin, September 18, November 5; Tappahannock, November 9- 

 12, 1914, June 1 (nymphs), June 24 to October 24, 1915; Naylors, 

 September 17; Sharps, October 13 ; Ottoman, August 8, September 27. 



Fredericksburg, September 5; Bells Cross Roads, October 26; 

 Republican Grove, November 2; Charlottesville, June 13-15 

 (nymphs), June 17-25 (male adults, nymphs), June 26 to July 3 

 (male and female adults, nymphs), July 4 to October 31, 1914, 

 October 27 to November 26, 1915. 



Jarman Gap, July 30, August 1. 



Monterey, August 16-31; Meadowdale, August 19; Trimble, Aug- 

 ust 15; Bolar, August 15; Hot Springs, September 5-7. 



Common throughout, possibly rather more abundant in the moun- 

 tain sections than in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont. Frequents 

 bare or nearly bare areas of compact earth, occurring on highwa37's, 

 weH-troddcn paths, cultivated fields, and less frequently in dry grass- 

 lands; avoids tt) some extent areas of coarse or loose sand, apparently 

 prefering silty, loamy, or clayey soils. 



PSINIDIA FENESTRALIS (Servilie). 



Churchland, August 8, 1 male; Virguiia Beach, August 9, Septem- 

 ber 20; Cape Henry, September 27; Tappahamiock, July 25 to Octo- 

 ber 11; Naylors, September 17; Sharps, June 22 (nymphs), October 

 13; MiUenbock, August 8. 



Of regular occurrence on sand dmies of ocean beaches and the sandy 

 beaches of tidal estuaries, usually associated in such situations with 

 the sand bur, Cenchrus; occasionally found a short distance uiland 

 in sandy fields or on barren areas of coarse sand. 



TRIMEROTROPIS CITRINA Scudder. 



Chm-chland, August 8, September 15 to October 1, November 4-5, 

 1914, July 11 (male), 1915; Deanes, September 26; Gilmerton, Octo- 

 ber 1 ; Deep Creek, October 1; Franklin, September 18, November 5; 

 Tappahamiock, August 25 (1 male); Wares' wharf, October 3 (1 

 female); Sharps, November 14, 1914 (1 male, 1 female); Millenbeck, 

 August 8 (1 male, 1 female), September 27 (1 male). 



