OF LANCASTER COUNTY 



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Mantis Liim. 

 ^Carolina Linn. 



AMBULATORIA. 

 Slow walkers; sometimes wiugiess; habits 

 herbiverous. 



Phasmiad^. 

 Spectrum Stll. 

 femoiatum Say. 



"Spectres." 



SALTATORIA. 

 Hind limbs fonned for leaping; wings and 

 wing-covers generally deflexed; oviposi- 

 tor generally exserted. 



AcHETADuE. " Crickets." 



Gryllotalpa Lat. 



borealis Wm. 



brevipennis Srv. 

 AcHETA Fab. 



abbreviata Har. 



tripunctata Har ? 



nigra? JSfob. 



sei-vilis ? Har ? 

 2domestica Linn. 

 Nemobius Ser. 



vittata Har. 



americana? Nob. 

 CEcANTHUS Serv. 



niveus Har ? 



bipunctatns Har ? 



Grtlliadje. " Grasshoppers." 



Phalangopsis Bur. 



lapidicola Bur. 



maculata Har. 

 Platyphyllum Har. "Katy-did." 



perspiculatum Fab. 



concavum? Har. 

 Phyllopteka Har ? 



oblongifolia DeG. 



angustifolia Har. 

 Phaneroptera DeG. 



cui-vicauda DeG. 



fasciata? DeO. 

 agilis? DeO. 

 attcnnata? Nob- 

 ORcniLiUM Ear. 

 vulgarc Bar. 

 gracilc Har. 



COKOCEPnALCS. ? 



ensiger? Har. 



LOCUSTIAD.E. " Locusts. 



Opsomala Har. 



americana? Nob. 

 Truxalis? Har. 



pcnsylvanicus? Nob. 

 ACRYDIUM Lat. 



alutaceum Har. 



americannm DeO. 

 Caloptencs EuJi 1 



bivittatus Say. 



femnr-rubrnm DeG. 



ditferentialis VM. 



obscurus ? Fab. 



sanguinipes? Fab. 

 Oedipoda Euh. 



Carolina Linn. 



sulphurea Fab. 



aequalis Say. 



latipennis Har. (Var.) 



marmorata Har. 



eucerata Har. 



nebnlosa Har. 

 GOMPHOCERUS Euh. 



infuscata Har. 



viridifasciata Har. 



radiata Har. 

 Chlcealtis Har. 



curtipennis Har? 



abortivis Har? 



conspersa Har? 

 Tetrix Ijat. 



ornata Say. 



dorsalis Har. 



bilineata Har. 



lateralis Say. 



sordida Har. 



IMantis Carolina cannot properly be regarded, perhaps, as native to ^^^ncastcr county I vra. 

 found alive within the limits of Lancaster city on one or two occasions, he eggs having •'^en °'J^ 

 duced from the State of Maryland. After a year or two however the brood ^^^-^^ '%»'»;! '^''^'f^; 

 tinct. Perhaps it may be found yet in that part of the county whk-h borders on Maryland It Is 

 common ir Baltimore city and vicinity, and even as far north as Cecil county, Maryland, which Lor- 



";r.rrrjrh:jbeen found in this county.but rarely; .^ 



This species must have been introduced Into this country ^^'^'^.f ^I^' ''"; J /.^^ h^J^.^'^"^^^^^^ 

 hearth " In my boyhood, when I lived in the country, I was quite familiar with the chirping of a cricket 

 of the hearth, but I cannot say it was the species under consideration. 



