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searched at night with a lantern. There is a female, however, 

 among some Orthoptera collected by Mr. G. Marshall in the 

 eastern part of Annapolis County. I have noted the species as 

 late as October 17th, (1895). This insect has not heretofore 

 been reported from Canada. 



Xiphidium fasciatum (De Geer). 



Slender Meadow Grasshopper. 



This fragile, apple-green species, with a long, straight ovi- 

 positor, is very common about Halifax, and I have also collected 

 specimens on the meadows at Windsor. The species has a very 

 wide range, perhaps the widest of any of the North American 

 Locustidse, being found, according to Redtenbacher, from Canada 

 to Buenos Ayres. It frequents damp situations, and numbers 

 were observed among the rank marsh grass on Marsh Lake, at 

 Sackville, N. S., on September 3rd, 1895. The last individual 

 noted in 1895 was seen on September 10th. Females are 

 observed much more frequently than males. The stridulation of 

 this grasshopper is rather weak. One observed in September 

 produced a song which may be represented thus, plee-e-e-e-e-e-e-e- 

 e-e-e-e, tcit, tcit, tcit, tcit. This was produced by rapidly vibrating 

 the tegmina for the first note, plee, and doing the same at 

 intervals for the remaining ones, tcit, (imitated by suddenly 

 drawing in the breath, with the tongue applied to the roof 

 of the mouth). 



ACRIDID^E. 



Stenobothrus curtipennis (Harris). 



Short-winged Locust. 



Abundant in Nova Scotia among grass in meadows. Both 

 the green and the more sober coloured varieties are found. The 

 species is easily known by its short tegmina. Its stridulation is 

 frequently heard in the country, and hundreds rise from about 

 the feet when walking through short grass. The last individuals 

 of 1895 were noted on October 19th. Several were seen on 

 October 25th, 1896. 

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