PSYCHE. 



[May iS<;7. 



it on the 24th, but it can probably be 

 found earlier — is abundant in Ma>' and 

 June, common in July, scarce in 

 August, and has been taken in Sept., 

 Oct., and Nov. in the adult state. 

 Beutenmiiller repots it as double- 

 brooded at New York. The three 

 specimens which I have taken at Wel- 

 lesley on Nov. S and 17 are females in 

 good condition and probably had gained 

 their wings within a short time. The 

 young may be readily found in the 

 latter part of August and during the 

 remainder of the season in the haunts of 

 the adult. On mild sunny days in 

 winter when the ground is bare they 

 may be met with along the edges of 

 woodlands on southward-facing slopes 

 and in sheltered nooks. Here, in com- 

 pany with the young of H. iitber- 

 cidatus and A. sidphurea, they may 

 be found hopping gaily about on the 

 approach of a stranger, pattering like 

 hailstones on the dry leaves underfoot. 

 This locust is doubtless found 

 throughout New England. .Smith 

 reports it from Norway, Me. I have 

 specimens from various points in Vt. , N. 

 H., Mass-., Conn., and from Martha's 

 Vineyard and Penikese Ids. Among 

 these are two worn males from Tucker- 

 man's liavine on vSept. 6. 



13. Encoptolophus Scudd. 

 Encoptolophus S>c\xAdex 1S75. Proc. 

 Boston soc. nat. hist., xvii, 47S. (Also 

 in Ent. notes, iv, 77.) 

 10. Encoptolophus sordidus Burm. 

 Fig. 19. 

 Oedipoda sordida. Burmeister, 

 Handbuch der Entomologie, ii, 643, 



(1S3S). Scudder, 473; Smith, — \Ie.. 

 151, — Conn. ,373; Thomas, 116. 



Locusta ncbiilosa. Harris, iSi. 



Encoptolopiuis sordidus. Saussure, 

 77; Fernald, 41; Comstock, 103; 

 Morse, 105 ; Beutenmiiller, 296. 



Antenna : ^ , S-g ; 9 , S-9. H. 

 fern.: (J, 11-13; 9, 14- 1 5. 5. Teg.: 

 i, 16-19.5; 9, 20.5-24. Body: (?, 

 19-21. 5; 9,24-35. Total length :<? , 

 21-2S.5 ; 9 , 2S-32.5 mm. 



This species is easily recognized, not 

 only from the venation of the tegmina, 

 but from its superficial appearance. 

 Though very plentiful in numbers its 

 range of variation is relatively small even 

 in color, the grountl tint being either 

 dull rusty, yellowish, or smoky brown. 



It is a very common and wiilely dis- 

 tributed locust and is found most plen- 

 tifully in the drier portions of okl fields 

 and pastures in late summer and fall, 

 at which season the dull rattling of the 

 countless numbers which rise before the 

 feet of the stroller on a sunny daj' is 

 almost continual. Its flight is but short, 

 seldom more than a rod or two in 

 length. Owing to its abundance it can 

 readily be obtainetl in numbers by 

 sweeping. 



I have taken it on various dates from 

 Aug. 9 to Nov. 17. It is doubtless 

 found throughout New England ; I have 

 examples from Fryeburg and Deering, 

 Me. ; Hanover, (Weed), and Kingston, 

 (S. W. Denton), X. H. ; Brattleboro, 

 Vt. (Mrs. J. B. Powers) ; Belmont 

 (Maynard), Adams, Wellesley and 

 vicinity, Mass. ; Canaan, Greenwich, 

 So. Kent, New Haven, Stamford, and 

 Thompson, Ct. 



