September 1S96.I 



PS 7 CHE. 



421 



development, is readily recognized by 

 the presence of foveolae visible from 

 above. The length of tegmina and 

 wings is verv variable and conse- 

 quently of very slight importance, 

 several marked color varieties being 

 either long oj- short winged. The 

 wings, while often verv small, are 

 probably always capable of being 

 expanded sufficiently to serve as para- 

 chutes at least, being in neailv exeiv 

 case almost as long as the tegmina, 

 not abortive as in Chi. co)tspcrsa. 

 While the larger proportion of indi- 

 viduals captured fall into one of two 

 series, being either long or short 

 winged, no sharp line of demarcation 

 exists between tlie series. In the 

 short-winged the tegmina of the $ 

 usually do not reach the end of the 

 hind femora by 2 to 3 mm., in the 9 

 by 3 to 5 mm. ; in the long-winged 

 thev equal or exceed the femora i to 

 2 mm., but inteimediate examples 

 are not uncommon. Short-winged 

 individuals are somewhat the more 

 numerous. The three most striking 

 color varieties are the following: (i) 

 dorsal half of sides of pronotum and 

 cheeks fuscous, darkest above ; { 2) 

 sides of pronotum gray, crossed half- 

 way down by a broad, irregular, 

 fuscous band ; cheeks somewhat in- 

 fLiscated above and below a pale band 

 at level of lower margin of eye; (3) 

 face, sides of head and body green. 

 Each of these forms may be either 

 long or short winged, light gray, 

 yellowish, reddish, or fuscous above, 

 or of intermediate shade. 



Antenna. H. fem. Teg. Teg. vs. H. fera. 



(f S.5-10.S 10.5-11.8 8-5-15 — .!-4-3 



9 ').5-8 ,,.5-, 4 -J -,6.5 -7--^2 



Body. 



Total. 



■S -24-5 iz^-z.l 



This is a sprightly, wide-awake 

 little "hopper" of no mean ability, 

 which also freely makes use of its 

 wings when needful; an artful dodger, 

 and an adept in all descriptions of 

 tumbling and vaulting. While com- 

 mon wherever there is a thick and 

 succulent growth of herbage, it is 

 especially plentiful in the long grass 

 and sedge of meadows, by the side of 

 ditclies, etc., becoming even abimd- 

 ant locally. 



The season during which it may he 

 procured in the atlult state is probably 

 the longest of all of our locusts ; I 

 have captured specimens from June 

 24 to Nov. 17. Not only is its season 

 a protracted one but it is one of the 

 most thoroughly distributed of our 

 species in area, and can probably be 

 fountl in every township of New Eng- 

 land wherever there is a grassy area 

 of some extent. About 700 specimens 

 in my collection are from the follow- 

 ing localities : Deering, Portland, Frye- 

 burg, Hudson, (F, P. Briggs), Nor- 

 way, and vSpeckled Mt., Stoneham, 

 Me. ; No. Conway, Kingston (S. W. 

 Denton), Hanover (Prof. C. M. 

 Weed), summit of Mt. Washington, 

 N. H. ; Hyde Park, Stowe, Mont- 

 gomery, Jay, Newport, Haitland 

 (Prof. C. M. Weed), Brattleboro 

 (Mrs. J. B. Powers). Vt. ; Kings- 

 ton, and Block Id., R. I. ; all ciuarters 



