MORSE: ORTHOPTERA OF NEW ENGLAND. 363 
Measurements. 
Hind 
Total 
Body Tegmina 
femora 
Ovipositor Antenna 
Male 
25-30 
15-18 18-22 
14-16 
40-58 
Female 
.... 26-32 
17-29 19-23 
14-16 
7 37-55 mm, 
This Grasshopper may usually be recognized at once by its 
slender form, dusky face, and somewhat dingy general coloring, 
and salt-marsh habitat. In the central part of the country it 
frequents freshwater marshes as well, but in the eastern States it 
is found only coastwise. While occasionally met with in the 
shorter growth of the densely grassed portions of the salt-marsh, 
it is usually more at home among the tall cord-grass along the 
tidal runways and ditches and about pools and depressed spots, 
where, though very local, it often occurs in abundance. Though 
alert and nimble it is easily captured with the net, and then often 
shows a secretive disposition in trying to escape notice by remain- 
ing quietly hidden among the debris in the net instead of trying 
actively to regain its freedom. 
I am not aware that any account of its stridulation has been 
published, but observations thereon could readily be made by 
keeping it captive. 
In New England it is known from Rye Beach, N. H. (Hebard), 
the vicinity of Boston, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Block 
Island, and along the coast to Greenwich, Ct. Extralimitally its 
distribution extends on the Atlantic coast to Florida, and west- 
ward to Ontario, Minnesota, Montana, eastern Colorado, and 
south-central Texas. Adults have been taken in New England 
from July 22 to September 6, dates which could probably be much 
extended by persistent collecting, at least in the autumn. 
THE SMALLER MEADOW-GRASSHOPPERS— CONOCEPHALUS. 
These are the smallest and daintiest of our green or long- 
horned Grasshoppers, some of the species living in countless num- 
bers in the grass of wild meadows, marshes, and the moister parts 
of mowing-fields. Their stridulation in such places, under 
favorable conditions, is almost incessant, and often attracts 
attention. Much has been written about their songs, but in the 
published accounts the insects are usually referred to the genus 
Xiphidium or Xiphidion, a name formerly in general use for them, 
