﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  TERSEY. 
  

  

  183 
  

  

  SCHISTOCERCA 
  Stal. 
  

   S. 
  alutacea 
  Harr. 
  Extends 
  thvoughout 
  the 
  State 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  

   Plain; 
  most 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens 
  VII-IX; 
  also 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   VIII-X 
  (Ds); 
  Middlesex 
  Co. 
  VIII 
  (Sm). 
  

   According 
  to 
  Rehn 
  this 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  two 
  color-phases, 
  which 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  the 
  "obscura" 
  Burm. 
  and 
  "rubiginosa" 
  Harr. 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  list. 
  

   It 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  dry 
  oak 
  scrub, 
  the 
  undergrowth 
  of 
  pine 
  woods, 
  on 
  bogs 
  and 
  

   near 
  swamp 
  land. 
  It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  abundant 
  about 
  and 
  on 
  weedy 
  cran- 
  

   berry 
  bogs 
  and 
  is 
  occasionally 
  accused 
  of 
  feeding 
  on 
  berries. 
  

   S. 
  americana 
  Dru. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt); 
  Newark 
  (Ang) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  VI, 
  

   VIII, 
  X-XII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  VII, 
  Lakewood 
  VIII, 
  Anglesea 
  VIII 
  (Coll); 
  

   Seaside 
  Park 
  IX 
  (Long); 
  Cape 
  May 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  (div). 
  Our 
  largest 
  

   grasshopper, 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  wings 
  and 
  powerful 
  flight, 
  whence 
  it 
  is 
  

   termed 
  the 
  "bird 
  locust." 
  

   S. 
  damnifica 
  Sauss. 
  Westville 
  V 
  (Sk) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  VIII 
  (Vk) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  

   IV, 
  V 
  (div); 
  Florence 
  IV 
  (C); 
  Lucaston 
  X, 
  Hammonton 
  IX, 
  Manu- 
  

   muskin 
  VI 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Medford 
  IX 
  (Stone); 
  Speedwell 
  VI, 
  Staffords 
  

   Forge 
  XI 
  (Rehn) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  IV, 
  V, 
  Lakewood 
  XI, 
  Manasquan 
  IX 
  

   (Ds). 
  "One 
  of 
  our 
  earliest 
  and 
  also 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  latest 
  grasshoppers, 
  

   appearing 
  IV-XI, 
  frequenting 
  pine 
  woods 
  undergrowth 
  and 
  dry 
  grass 
  

   lands" 
  (Rehn). 
  

  

  HESPEROTETTIX 
  Scudd. 
  

   H. 
  brevipennis 
  Thos. 
  Lakehurst 
  VIII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Stafford's 
  Forge 
  VIII-X 
  

   (Rehn); 
  Mt. 
  Pleasant 
  IX 
  (Fox); 
  Anglesea 
  VIII 
  (Coll). 
  "Not 
  uncom- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  the 
  cranberry 
  fields 
  of 
  Atlantic 
  County" 
  (Uhler). 
  

  

  DENDROTETTIX 
  Riley. 
  

  

  D. 
  quercus 
  Riley. 
  Bamber 
  VIII, 
  17 
  (Dke). 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States 
  (Rehn). 
  

  

  MELANOPLUS 
  Stal. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  77. 
  — 
  The 
  stages 
  of 
  a 
  grasshopper: 
  a, 
  young 
  nymph 
  

   further 
  advanced; 
  c, 
  pupa; 
  d, 
  winged 
  adult. 
  

  

  b, 
  nymph 
  

  

  M. 
  atlanis 
  Riley. 
  More 
  or 
  less 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  grassy 
  

   areas 
  and 
  along 
  roads, 
  VII 
  to 
  frost. 
  

  

  