Measurements. 
Total 
Body 
Tegmina Hind fem. 
Ant. Ovip. 
Male 
. 38^3 
23-26 
31-34 17-22 
35^0 
Female . . . 
. 39^8 
23-28 
30-38 19-25.5 
35- 25-35 
MORSE: ORTHOPTERA OF NEW ENGLAND. 357 
and far surpassing the ends of the closed tegmina, straight or 
curving gently but decidedly upward. 
Ovip. Ovip. passes Teg. 
5-13 mm. 
This is a common species locally at least, in southern Connecti- 
cut, where it has been taken from August 29 to October 3 at 
New Haven and Westville. Walden found it ''in tall grass along 
a ditch which contained water only in wet seasons" and I am 
indebted to him for the opportunity to study a series of specimens. 
Rehn and Hebard speak of it as follows: "It is an inhabitant 
of the grasses in waste fields, along the borders of marshes and in 
the drier portions of the marshes proper, and is usually to be 
found in large numbers. The song is ... a continuous 
zeeeeeeeeeee. In New Jersey the species is the last of the genus 
to appear, reaching the adult condition toward the end of Au- 
gust." Beyond our borders it extends to Florida, Mississippi, 
Tennessee, and Missouri. 
Unmusical Conehead. 
Neoconocephalus exiliscanonis (Davis). 
Plate 15, fig. 18-22. 
Conocephaltis exiliscanorus Davis, Can. Ent., vol. 19, p. 57 (1887). — 
Walden, Bull. Geol. Nat. ffist. Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 134 (1911). 
Measurements (from N. Y. and N. J. specimens). 
Total Body Tegmina Hind femora Ovipositor Vertex 
Male — — 33.1-46.5 19.3-24.8 4.2-6.1 
Female — — 40.1-50.7 23.9-30.4 35-47 5.3-7.2 mm. 
A single specimen of this Conehead is recorded by Walden from 
New Haven, Ct. It is common in the vicinity of New York, 
where captures are recorded from early in August onward, and 
extends to Georgia and Texas. 
The species is described as very local but often found "in large 
numbers in the heavier tangles of weeds, low bushy plants or 
heavy reeds in both fresh and saltwater marshes." The "song 
is rather loud — 'ziit, ziit, ziit,' a vibrant rattling note rising and 
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