ORTHOPTERA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



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Batrachidea cauinata. Scudder. 

 The head much as in B. cristata, with the eyes slightly larger 

 and more prominent ; the median carina of the pronotum sharp, 

 regularly arched, the pronotum extending backward quite a dis- 

 tance behind the tip of the abdomen, a little upturned towards the 

 tip, with slightly longer wings ; the lateral grooves are narrower 

 and less distinct than in B. cristata, and the upper surface is 

 more coarsely scabrous than in that species ; markings the same 

 as in B. cristata. Length of body, one-third of an inch ; of 

 pronotum, .43 of an inch. 



FAmLY PHASMID^. 

 The WaUdng-sticJcs. 

 But a single member of this family is known to occur in New 

 England, and it has been placed in the genus Diapheroynera. 



Genus Diapheromera. Gray (1835). 

 Body long, slender and cylindrical. Head oval and slightly 

 inclined. AntennsB long, slender, and composed of numerous 

 joints, and are inserted in frout of the eyes. Palpi short, cylin- 

 drical. Legs simple, the anterior pair similar to the others. 

 Tarsi five- jointed. Elytra very short, or wanting. 



Diapheromera femorata. Say. 

 The Common Walking-stick. 



Length of body, from two and one-half 

 to three inches. Color, green or greenish 

 brown, but varying much, becoming quite 

 brown towards the eud of the season. 



Head of the male with three brown 

 stripes, the female with only two, one on 

 each side, extending backward from the 

 base of the antennae. 



Fore and middle femora armed with a 

 short acute spine on the under side, near 

 the outer end. Elytra entirely wanting. 



This insect feeds on the foliage of oak, 

 hickory, locust, and has been known to 

 attack the peach and rose bushes. 



The eggs, which are black, and oval in 

 outline, are dropped loosely on the ground 

 in the fall, and do not hatch till the suc- 

 ceeding year, and sometimes not till the 

 second year. They change but little ex- 

 cept in size and color during theii* early 

 life, and molt but twice. 



(Fig. 19.) 



Fig. 19. 

 Diapheroiaera femorata. 



