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PSYCHE. 



[October i?94. 



the larger part, at least, and probably 

 occurs in the whole of the district. I 

 have taken it at Fryeburg and Norway, 

 Me.. Jackson, N. H., and have received 

 it from Brattleboro, Vt. (Mrs. J. B. 

 Powers). In Mass. I have taken it at 

 Beverly, Winchendon, Wellesley ant! 

 several towns in its vicinity ; in Con- 

 necticut at Thompson ; and ofl' shore 

 on Martha's Vineyard, and Block 

 Island, R. I. It is most plentiful in 

 April, May and October, but I have 

 taken it in every month in the year ex- 

 cept November, in which also it can 

 doubtless be found. I have taken young 

 specimens in M^ss. in October, — com- 

 mon, of small or medium size, and in 

 June about half-grown; in northern 

 Vermont in the middle of July — very 

 small and one in the last stage. 



The carinatus form is very rare. I 

 have captured but nine specimens, at 

 Beverly, April 24, and at Wellesley, 

 Mass., April 10, 13. Oct. 6. These 

 were in company with the cristatus 

 form, five being secured in one after- 

 noon in a locality where the latter was 

 particular!}- abundant, and two in 

 another locality under similar con- 

 ditions. 



Outside New England Blatchley 

 reports the species as rare in Indiana ; 

 I have received it from western Penn'a ; 

 Bolivar reports it from Georgia, and I 

 have recently seen a specimen from 

 Florida. 



It is found e\'er\'where on light soils, 

 but especially in dry pastures and other 

 wild land sparsely covered with a 

 scanty growth of curling tufts of Dan- 

 thonia grass, scraps of Cladonia lichens 



and the leathery leaves of Antennaria. 

 It is perhaps somewhat more plentiful 

 in the damper portions of such localities, 

 but differs much from the other species 

 of the subfamily in this particular, the 

 others preferring soils perpetually moist 

 or even the shores of lakes or streams. 

 This difference in habits as well as 

 structure lends weight to the argument 

 for generic distinction, and the name 

 proposed alludes to this preference. 



Search in such situations in early 

 spring and late fall is almost certain to 

 result successfully. I have generally 

 found it easiest to secure by sweeping as 

 close to the ground as possible, drag- 

 ging the net, as it were, rapidly along 

 on the ground. Where abundant it is 

 found advantageous to abandon the net 

 and crouch or even to go over the 

 ground on the hands and knees. In 

 localities where it is plentiful it is prac- 

 ticable to capture 50-200 specimens in 

 an afternoon within tlie area of a few 

 square rods. 



2. Tettix Charp. 



Tcttix Cliaipentier 1S41. Gerniar. 



Zeitsclir. III. 315. equivalent to Teliix 



Lati-eille, Hist. Nat. d. Crust. Ins . XII, 

 161-164. 



2. Tettix ornatus Sav. Figs. 2, 2a, 2b. 2c. 



Acrydiiim oynntiim Say, 1S24. Anier. 

 entom., i, pi. v. 



Acritlium oyiiatnm Say, 1859- Ent. N. A., 

 ed. Lee, i, 10. 



Tctti\ oriiata Say. Scudder, 474. 

 " " Scudd. Thomas, 183. 



" ornatus Say. Fernald, 46. 

 " ■' Scudd. Bolivar, 258, 264. 



" " Say. Morse, 54, 106. 



Not Te/iix arci/osn Bunii. Scudder, 474. 



