1919] Morse — A List of the Orthoptera of New England 33 



wherever there is a thick and succulent growth of herbage. Adults 

 from early June till mid-November. 



88. Striped Sedge Locust, Mecostethus lineatus Scudder. 

 Locally plentiful in cold wet sedge meadows and bogs, probably 



throughout New England, at all elevations from sea-level to the 

 summit of Katahdin, Adults have been captured from July 21 

 to Oct. 6. 



89. Northern Sedge Locust, Mecostethus gracilis Scudder. 



In the same habitats as the preceding but restricted to the 

 northern tier of States and high elevations in Massachusetts. 

 Locally common, July 12 to Sept. 6 and probably later. 



90. Broad-winged Sedge Locust, Mecosteihus platypterus Scudder. 

 A rare species ha\nng the same haunts as lineatus, recorded as 

 yet (in New England) only from Sherborn, Mass., and Thompson, 

 Ct., in August. It probably inhabits at least the southern half of 

 New England. 



Subfamily (Edipodinse, Band-winged Locusts. 



91. Autumn Yellow- winged Locust, Arphia xanthoptera 

 Burmeister. 

 Locally common in dry pastures from late July to November in 

 the warmer parts of the Transition zone, from middle New Hamp- 

 shire (Scudder) southward, including Nantucket and Marthas 

 Vineyard. 



92. Spring Yellow-winged Locust, Arphia sulphurea Fabricius. 

 Common and widely distributed in dry bushy pastures and wild 

 land in spring and early summer, from May till August. It is 

 probably found throughout New England, though as yet not re- 

 corded from north of Deering and Norway, Me., Berlin Falls and 

 Hanover, N. H. The young are active on warm days in winter. 



93. Green -striped Locust, Chortophaga viridifasciata DeGeer. 



Generally distributed throughout New England in pastures and 

 mowing-lands. x\dults appear in mid-April and linger till frost, 

 though most plentiful from May till July; rarely, freshly matured 

 individuals are seen in the fall. The young are plentiful and often 

 conspicuous in their haunts on warm days in winter. 



