NORTH AMERICAN ACRIDIID^E. 29 



Metmiria alacris Scudd. 



? North Carolina: (Salisbury, July II, juv. 2). 



Georgia: Waycross, Aug. n. 



? Florida: (Live Oak, Aug. 10, juv. 4). 



The young specimens are referred to this species with some 

 doubt. 



Lower (?) Austral. Campestrian ; in old fields on bunch- 

 grass. 



Metmiria bivittata Serv. 



Florida : Fort Barrancas, Aug. 3. 



Lower Austral. A single male was taken in the spear-grass 

 (Juncus) fringing the inlet shown in PI. 4, Fig. 2. 



Mctmiria inter texta Scudd. 



Georgia: Tybee Island, Aug. 12, (juv. 5). 



Lower Austral. This fine locust was plentiful in a swamp 

 among the dunes near the south end of the island, inhabiting a rank 

 growth of coarse grasses and herbage. It is a shy and active 

 species, flying freely and far, and on alighting dodges quickly 

 around the grass stems to escape observation, or, slipping nimbly 

 downward and backward, seeks to hide itself. 



Syrbula admit abilis Uhl. 



Virginia : Appomattox, Sept. 6 ; Cape Henry, Sept. 7 ; Norfolk, Sept. 8 ; 

 Roanoke, Sept. 6 ; Virginia Beach, Sept. 7. 



North Carolina : (Eure, July 5, juv. 2, 4, 5) ; (Greensboro, July 10, juv. i, 

 2 3. 4) 5 (Morganton, July 20, juv. 2, 4, 5) ; (Raleigh, July 8, 9, juv. I, 

 2, 5) ; (Salisbury, July u, juv. 3, 4) ; (Selma, July 7, juv. 2, 4) ; (Tar- 

 boro, July 6, juv. 3, 4). 



South Carolina : Denmark, Aug. 14, 15, (juv. 5) ; Spartanburg, Aug. 16, 17, 

 (juv. 5). 



Georgia: (Bolton, July 29, juv. 5) ; Jasper, July 25, 26, (juv. 3, 4, 5) ; 

 (Marietta, July 27, juv. 3, 5) ; Sand Mountain, Aug. 25 ; Savannah, 

 Aug. 14, (juv. 4) ; Stone Mountain, July 28, (juv. 3, 4, 5) ; Waycross, 

 Aug. u, (juv. 4) ; West Point, July 30, (juv. 5). 



Florida: De Funiak Springs, Aug. 5, (juv. 4, 5) ; Live Oak, Aug. 10, 

 ( J uv - 5) i Marianna, Aug. 6, 7, (juv. 3, 5) ; Tallahassee, Aug. 8, (juv. 5); 

 (Warrington, Aug. 4, juv. 5). 



Alabama : Flomaton, Aug. i, 2, (juv. 3, 5) ; Greenville, July 31, (juv. 3). 



Tennessee : Chattanooga, Aug. 24 ; (Johnson City, Aug. 27, juv. 5) ; Look- 

 out Mountain, Aug. 23 ; Morristown, Aug. 27; Roan Mountain Station, 

 Sept. 3, (juv. 5). 



Austral zones. A widely and generally distributed campestral 

 species, common in upland fields amid Andropogon and other 

 coarse grasses. 



