CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 407 



Family PHASMID^. 



DIAPHEROMERA, Gray. 

 D. femorata, Say. 



The " Walking Stick." I have taken a few specimens of this 



peculiar creature. Caldwell, not common — Crane. 



Family MANTID^. 



STAGMOMANTIS, Scudd. 



S. Carolina, Burm. 

 S. dimidiata, Burm. 



Family GRYLLIDiE. 



TRIDACTYLUS, Oliv. 

 T. terrainalis, Scudd. 

 T. apicalls, Say. 



I took a specimen of one of these odd little crickets in Ocean 

 county the present season. 



GRYLLOTALPA, Latr. 

 G. borealis, Burm. 



The mole cricket. Lives in dams and along ditches, and has 



been recorded as injurious in potato fields. August — Davis. 



Caldwell, not common — Crane. 



G. Columbia, Scudd. 



Habits like the preceding. August — Davis. 



GRYLLUS, Linn. 

 G. abbreviatus, Serv. 



Caldwell, common — Crane. Common also on cranberry bogs, 

 where it is supposed to eat into the fruit. 



