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PSYCHE. 



Canaan, Ct., 3S, by Spharageinon 

 saxalile, a species having precisely 

 similar liabits which covers the south- 

 ern part of New Enghmd. C.vemtcu- 

 latus occurs at Palmer, 24, Mass., and 

 is recorded from Cambridge, 17, but 

 seems not to be found there now, while 

 saxatile is plentiful. C. pellucida 

 reaches So. Kent, 39, in western and 

 Thompson, 33. in northeastern Con- 

 necticut on high hills, outposts of the 

 highlands of western and central Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



So much for boreal species. Passing 

 to the austral we find a group of three, 

 Tryxalis brevicorfiis, Cluioceplialus 

 elegans, Orphiila olivacea, occurring 

 in swamps and salt-marshes in the 

 vicinity of New York (Ravenswood, 

 L. I., 42, Stamford, 40, and Greenwich, 

 41, Ct.) but perhaps extending further 

 to the northeast. A fourth, ScJiisto- 

 cerca americana, is found not infre- 

 quently about New York, and has been 

 taken once near Boston. This is, 

 however, an insect of exceptionall}' 

 powerful flight and strong migratory 

 tendency and is entirely adventitious in 

 New England. 



The remaining species inhabit a 

 much larger portion of the district. 

 Schistocerca alutacea is common in 

 swamps in southern Connecticut and 

 reaches Martha's Vineyard. 30. Mcla- 

 noplus scudderi is found in western 

 (So. Kent, 39), southern (New Haven 

 37), and southeastern (Deep River, 

 31) Connecticut, and is reported from 



*The reported occurrence of this species in Brunswick.. 



Springfield, Mass., 25.* Dichromor- 

 pha viridis is common in all quarters 

 of Connecticut, 33, 36, 3S, 40, and at 

 Amherst, 23, Mass., and is reported 

 from New Hampshire which it probably 

 reaches in the Connecticut valley. It 

 is found at Wickford, 31, R. I., and 

 probably throughout most of the State 

 but is absent from the vicinity of 

 Wellesley, 20, and Boston, 16. Par- 

 oxya Jloridana, common in southern 

 Connecticut, reaches 'Boston, iS, and 

 Cambridge, 17. Scirteticamarmorata 

 is found in southern Connecticut, 36, 

 on Martha's Vineyard, 30, and at 

 Provincetown, 29, Mass. Schistocerca 

 rubiginosa is found in northeastern 

 Connecticut, 33, at Provincetown, 29, 

 Dedham, 28, and Wellesley, 20, Mass. 

 Orphula ntaculipennis, also common 

 in northeastein Connecticut, is found 

 along the coast at least as far as Lynn, 

 21, Mass., but for some reason is practi- 

 cally absent from the vicinity of Wel- 

 lesley, 20. Paratettix ciicullatus 

 occurs in extreme northwestern, 38, 

 southern, 37, and northeastern, 33, 

 Connecticut and has been repotted 

 from the vicinity of Boston. Arphia 

 xanthoptera, Spharagetnon saxatile, 

 and Sph. collare scudderi cover much 

 or all of Connecticut, a large part of 

 central Massachusetts, are common 

 about Boston, and probably extend 

 considerably farther to the north and 

 east, probably reaching southwestern 



Me. (Scudder, 1-iev. Melanopli, p. 214) is erroneous, the 

 specimen proving to be anotlier species — MtlanopUis 

 dawsoni^ not previously known to occur in New England. 



