﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
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  M. 
  punctulatus 
  Scudd. 
  Newfoundland 
  IX, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VIII, 
  IX, 
  Lake- 
  

   hurst 
  VIII-X 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Stafford's 
  Forge 
  IX 
  (Hebard) 
  ; 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  X 
  

   (Dke); 
  Ocean 
  County, 
  about 
  cranberry 
  bogs 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  PAROXYA 
  Scudd. 
  

  

  P. 
  floridiana 
  Scudd. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens, 
  extending" 
  along 
  the 
  

   shore 
  into 
  the 
  coastal 
  strip, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  into 
  the 
  Delaware 
  Valley 
  

   fauna. 
  Have 
  no 
  records 
  from 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  Plain, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  finds 
  

   it 
  on 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VIII-IX. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  on 
  and 
  near 
  

   cranberry 
  bogs, 
  and 
  the 
  records 
  under 
  "atlantica" 
  Scudd. 
  in 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  edition 
  belong 
  here. 
  

  

  P. 
  scudderi 
  Blatchley. 
  Ja^mesburg 
  VIII-IX, 
  Lakehurst 
  VII-X 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

   Atsion 
  X 
  (Hebard) 
  ; 
  Speedwell 
  VIII, 
  Stafford's 
  Forge 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (div) 
  ; 
  

   Bear 
  Swamp 
  VIII 
  (Rehn). 
  More 
  of 
  a 
  strictly 
  pine 
  barren 
  species 
  than 
  

   the 
  preceding, 
  and 
  also 
  sometimes 
  on 
  cranberry 
  bogs 
  (Rehn). 
  

  

  . 
  Family 
  LOCUSTID.^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  long-homed 
  or 
  meadow 
  grasshoppers 
  and 
  the 
  katydids, 
  

   which 
  are 
  generally 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  obviously 
  green 
  in 
  color. 
  The 
  antennae 
  

   are 
  thread-like, 
  always 
  as 
  long, 
  and 
  often 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long, 
  as 
  

   the 
  body. 
  The 
  hind 
  legs, 
  also 
  formed 
  for 
  leaping, 
  are 
  much 
  longer 
  and 
  

   proportionately 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Acridiidse, 
  the 
  entire 
  insects 
  

   indeed 
  being 
  less 
  robust 
  in 
  build. 
  In 
  the 
  females 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   longed 
  into 
  a 
  blade 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  six 
  flat 
  pieces, 
  the 
  whole 
  sometimes 
  

   straight, 
  sometimes 
  curved 
  or 
  sickle-shaped. 
  In 
  the 
  males 
  the 
  wing-covers 
  

   overlap 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  are 
  modified 
  into 
  a 
  sound-producing 
  organ, 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  produce 
  either 
  a 
  shrill 
  continuous 
  call, 
  or 
  a 
  chirping 
  

   or 
  rasping, 
  which 
  is 
  characteristic 
  for 
  each 
  species, 
  so 
  that, 
  after 
  some 
  

   experience, 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  by 
  this 
  character 
  alone. 
  AKhough 
  

   only 
  the 
  males 
  are 
  musicians, 
  both 
  sexes 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  ears 
  in 
  the 
  

   tibiae 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs. 
  The 
  head 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  pointed, 
  

   and 
  the 
  mouth 
  parts 
  are 
  well 
  developed, 
  the 
  mandibles 
  being 
  especially 
  

   long 
  and 
  sharp 
  pointed. 
  This 
  makes 
  it 
  possible 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  dig 
  into 
  tissue 
  

   or 
  to 
  eat 
  seeds, 
  as 
  many 
  do, 
  of 
  grases 
  and 
  other 
  plants. 
  Several 
  species 
  

   occur 
  on 
  cranberry 
  bogs, 
  and 
  some 
  eat 
  into 
  the 
  berries 
  to 
  get 
  at 
  the 
  seeds, 
  

   species 
  of 
  "Scudderia" 
  being 
  the 
  principal 
  offenders. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  78. 
  — 
  A 
  species 
  of 
  Microcentrum. 
  

  

  