PSYCHE 



VOL. XXVI APRIL, 1919 No. 2 



A LIST OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



By Albert P. Morse, 

 Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. 



Eighteen years ago Mr. S. H. Scudder published in this journal 

 a briefly annotated list of the Orthoptera of New England (Psyche, 

 Vol. 9, September, 1900, pp. 99-106) enumerating 98 species, and 

 on page 119 following added six more from data supplied by Mr. 

 Samuel Henshaw. 



Since that date much work has been done upon the group, 

 greatly increasing the number of species known from New England 

 and changing their scientific nomenclature. In a Manual of the 

 New England Orthoptera soon to be published I have enumer- 

 ated 130 species from the district. The following list is intended 

 to serve as a short memorandum of these. 



Order DERMAPTERA,— Earwigs. 



1. Maritime Earwig, Anisolahis maritima Gene. 

 Nearly cosmopolitan. Introduced and established at various 

 points on our seabord, living as a scavenger among the shingle and 

 sea-wrack at or near highwater mark. Hibernates as an adult. 

 Eggs laid in summer. Reported from Maine, Massachusetts, 

 Rhode Island, and Connecticut. 



2. Ring-legged Earwig, Euborellia annulipes Lucas. 

 Introduced. Taken in .slaughter-house at Brighton, Mass., 

 Feb. 1909 (A. P. M.), and by Walden among shipments of plants 

 in Connecticut. 



3. Little Earwig, Labia viinor Linne. 

 Generally distributed and probably occurs in small numbers 

 throughout New England. Has been captured from May 25 to 

 Nov. 4 under various circumstances, in gardens, manure-heaps, 

 and fungi. Nocturnal, flying at dusk, and to lights in evening. 



