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PSYCHE. 



[September, 1900. 



Everywhere common, especially by 

 roadsides, and so much in evidence. 



Spharagcmon colUtrc (Scudd.). 

 Common, but lather local, on dry up- 

 lands throughout all but the northern- 

 most portions of New England. 



SpharageDioii saxa^i'IeMorse. Com- 

 mon on rocky hillsides in Massachusetts 

 and Connecticut. 



Sfhai-agemon bolW&cwAA. Common 

 on barren ground throughout the 

 greater part or all of New England, but 

 not definitely recorded from the north- 

 ermost portions. 



Scirtctica tnarmorata (Harr.). 

 Along southern seacoast, not very 

 common. 



Psinidia fcnest rails (Serv.). "A 

 common and widely distributed species, 

 occurring nearly everywhere in sandy 

 spots in southern New England, and 

 probably throughout the entire district" 

 (Morse). It has been taken as far 

 north as Fryeburg, Me., and North 

 Conway, N. H. 



Trimerotropis inaritiftia (Harr.). 

 Common on the sands along the imme- 

 diate seashore, from the southernmost 

 corner of Maine southward. 



Circotettix verruculatus (Kirby). 

 Common on bare ledges in northern 

 New England, rarely occurring so far 

 south as Massachusetts, though it has 

 even been reported from Canaan, 

 Conn. 



ACRIDIINAE. 



Pseudopomala b)-achypte7-a{Scn(\d^ 

 Not uncommon locally ... on waste 

 lands. ... It doubtless occurs in all 



of the New England States" (Morse), 

 but has not yet been reported from 

 Vermont, New Hampshire or Rhode 

 Island. 



Schistocerca rubigi)iosa (Harr.). 

 The seacoast, from central Massachu- 

 setts southward ; not uncommon. 



Schistocerca ahitacea {Harr.). 

 Southern seaboard ; not uncominon. 



* Schistocerca amcricaiia (Drury). 

 An immigrant colony from the south 

 settled on the seaboard in eastern Mas- 

 sachusetts some years ago, but seems 

 now to have disappeared. The spe- 

 cies will probably be found occasionally 

 in southwestern Connecticut. 



Hesperotettix brevipennis (Thom.) . 

 Eastern Massachusetts, not uncommon 

 locally. It will doubtless be found in 

 Connecticut, in suitable localities. 



Podisma glacialis (Scudd.). West- 

 ern Maine, northern New Hampshire 

 at high elevations; Summit of Gre\- 

 lock, Mass. 



Melanoplus atlanis (Riley). Abun- 

 dant everywhere, sometimes destruc- 

 tive. 



]\Iela)iophis scudderi (Uhl.). South- 

 ern Massachusetts and Connecticut. 



Melanoplus mancus (Smith). El- 

 evated localities in Maine and New 

 Hampshire. It is also reported from 

 Nortli Madison and Wootlstock, Conn. 



Melanoplus d aiv so /li {Scudd.). This 

 is a western species found from Assini- 

 boia to Nebraska; but it has occurred 

 near Toronto, Canada, and a single 

 specimen has been taken at Brunswick, 

 Me. It inay be looked for in northern 

 New England. 



