﻿142 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Voi. in. 



Watchogue and Beulah Land have been industriously explored in 

 quest of Orthoptera, and none collected have proved more interesting 

 than the small wonderful jumping cricket, Tridacytlus te?-miiiaiis. 

 These little creatures occur along Old Place brook and in the damp 

 ditches by the road side, from May to September. Their power of 

 leaping is so remarkable that they seem to disappear quite mysteriously 

 and one wonders which way they have gone. It is seldom that their 

 departure can be accurately followed by the eye. 



Among tree-crickets, (Ecantlius, nivei/s, angiistipennis, nigricornis 

 and latipeni'.is have been found, the latter being the most local of the 

 four. The best way to collect tree-crickets is to become acquainted 

 with their notes, after which simply walking through the woods and 

 over grown pastures, especially about the hour of sunset, will disclose 

 what kinds are to be found in the district. They are energetic though 

 faint songsters, and even the cold summer storms that seem so discour- 

 aging cannot hush their tingling lays. 



Another interesting Cricket is Phylloscirtiis pulchelliis. It is not a 

 good jumper, but has a comely shiny coat of mail that makes it ever a 

 pleasing insect. It runs about the tree branches, especially those of 

 the sweet gum, and in the fall, when it is chilly, it will often be found 

 hidden in a curled leaf, from whence issues its continuous rolling 

 song. 



Four kinds of cone-headed Katydids reside about Old Place creek ; 

 three of them, ensiger, dissimilis and robiistiis, often occupying the dry 

 dunes. When they live in such situations they are more often protec- 

 tively sand colored than their fellows which reside in the green pas- 

 tures. The fourth species, Couocephaliis exiliscanorus, lives in the tall 

 meadow grass along the creek itself, and sings its lazy slow song from 

 July until the cold nights of autumn. This is also a common insect on 

 the Newark meadows. 



Atlauticiis padiymerus is a loud singing Katydid that resides in the 

 tussocks of grass in the moist meadows near \Vatchogue. It has no 

 wings, but is a fairly good jumper and makes an amusing pet. I kept 

 one during the summer of 1S92, from his youth to old age. At first he 

 was an energetic singer, but he finally became decrepid, and it was 

 hard for him to get about. No doubt in his native pasture he would 

 long before have been killed by some powerful enemy. 



The large har\-est fly, Cicada viargiuata, has only been taken on 

 the Island at Watchogue and vicinity. On the 19th of July, 1892, Mr. 

 Beutenmliller and I found one on a post oak growing on a sand dune, 



