September, 1900.] 



PSYCHE. 



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land. . . . Prefers sedgy meadow lands" 



(Morse) . 



Tettix ornatiis (Say). Occurs 

 throughout New England in localities 

 like the last, but is not so common. 



Paraicttix cucuUatus (Burm.). Oc- 

 curs only in the southern part of New 

 England, in Connecticut and rarely in 

 Massachusetts. It seems to be found 

 generally near water. 



Tcttlgldca parviponiis (Harr.). 

 Abiuulant tliroughout New Ensfland. 

 Prefers " moist, grassy and sedgy 

 meadows, particularly on rather light 

 soil " (Morse). 



Tryxalinae. 



OrpJiulella pelidna (Burm.). Com- 

 mon in tiie three southern states, espe- 

 cially near the seaboard. 



Orpliulella speciosa (Scudd.). Very 

 abundant throughout the district. 



OrpludcUa olivacca (Morse). 

 Known in New England only from 

 southwestern Connecticut. 



DichroDiorpha viridis (Scudd.). 

 " Found tliroughout Connecticut, in 

 Rhode Island, and in central ami south- 

 western Massachusetts" (Morse). 



Cliloealtis conspcrsa Harr. Thiough- 

 out New England and not uncommon, 

 near woodland. 



Steiiobothrus ciirtipcntiis (Harr.). 

 Most abundant and thoroughly dis- 

 tributed, being everywhere one of the 

 commonest species. 



Mecostethus lineatns (Scudd ) . 

 "Rather common in southern New Eng- 

 land in wet, sedgy meadows " (Morse) . 



It has also been taken at elevated points 

 in Massachusetts, such as Williams- 

 town, and at Norway, Me. 



Mecostethtis gracilis (Scudd.). In 

 northern and elevated parts of New 

 England, from the summits of the 

 White Mts. to the Berkshire Hills. 



jMecostethiis platypteriis (Scudd.). 

 Much the rarest species of the genus 

 and so far only definitely known from 

 New England, in Massachusetts and 

 Connecticut. 



Oedipodinae. 



Arpliia XiDitlioptera (Germ.) Found 

 in the southern half of New England in 

 no great abundance. 



Arphia sulphinea (Fal)r.). Com- 

 mon in pastures throughout New Eng- 

 land. 



Cliortophaga virid.ifasciata (De 

 Geer) . Abundant everywhere. 



E>icoptolop]uts sordidiis (Burm.). 

 Very common throughout. 



Caniniila pclliicida (Scudd.). Com- 

 mon, often excessivel}' common in 

 northern New England, especially on 

 diy hilliides, but rarely occurring in 

 the southern half of the district, though 

 it has been taken in Connecticut. 



HippiscHS rugosiis (Scudd.). Oc- 

 curs rarely in Maine (Norway) and 

 eastern Massachusetts. 



Hippiscus t2iberctilaiiis (Palis.). 

 Found throughout New England, but 

 never very common, apparently more 

 abundant in the northern than in the 

 southern portions. 



Dissosteira Carolina (Linn.). 



