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specialization of the ovipositor in the female, have led entomologists to 

 classify the Gri/llidii' as the highest family of the Orthoptera. 



Representatives of nine genera and sixteen species of these interesting 

 insects from Indiana are in the writer's collection, several of which are ex- 

 ceedingly abundant throughout the state. 



A belief that a brief and popular description of the leading characters of 

 each of these species, together with some account of their habits, as noted 

 during a number of years of observation, would prove acceptable to per- 

 sons interested in the study of such creatures, has prompted the prepara- 

 tion of this paper. In order to render it as complete as possible for refer- 

 ence purposes, and thereby aid the younger entomologists of the state, a 

 synonymy of each species has been compiled from such works as were ac- 

 cessible and appended to the name of that species. The following is a full 

 list of the authors and publications to which reference is made in the syno- 

 nymy given : 



Comstock, J. H. — An Introduction to Entomology, I, 188S. 



Fernald, C. H— The Orthoptera of New England, 1888. 



Fitch, Dr. Asa. — Third Report on the Noxious Insects of New York, 1856. 



Glover, Townsend. — Report of U. S. Entomologist in the U. S. Agricul- 

 tural Report for 1874. 



Harris, Dr. T. W. — Treatise on Some Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 

 Third edition, 1862. 



McNeill, Jerome." A List of the Orthoptera of Illinois, Psyche, VI, 1891. 



Packard, A. S., Jun. — Guide to the Study of Insects. Eighth edition, 188:5. 

 Fifth report V. S. Entomological Commission, 1890. 



Rathvon, S. S. — In the U. S. Agricultural Report, 1862. 



Riley, Dr. C. V.— Orthoptera in the Standard Natural History, II, 1884. 



Say, Thomas. — The Entomoltry of North America. LeConte edition, 

 1859. 



Scudder, Samuel H.— Materials for a Monograph of the N. A. Orthoptera, 

 in the Boston Journal of Natural History, VII, 1862. Catalogue of the 

 Orthoptera of N. A., 1867. The Distribution of Insects in New Hampshire, 

 in the first volume of Final Report upon the Geology of New Hampshire 

 1874. 



Thomas, Cyrus H. — Insects Injurious to Vegetation in Illinois, in the 

 Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society, V, 1865. 



Uhler, Philip R. — Orthopterological Contributions in the Proceedings of 

 the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, II, 1864. 



