326 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [DeC, '04 



ACRIDID^. 

 Nomotettix cristatns (Scudder). 



Atsion, Oct. 8, 1903 (Hebard). 



Acrydiam obscnrnm (Hancock). 



"N. J." (Academy coll.). 



The separation of obscurum, arenosum and gibbosum is a task 

 which is practically hopeless. The extremely slight differen- 

 tiation of these "species" is by no means sufficient to entitle 

 them to full specific rank. There is, of course, some evidence 

 in favor of regarding obscurum as a geographic race of arenosum, 

 but there appears to be no question but that gibbosum is in- 

 separable from obscurum. Blatchley (Orth. of Indiana, p. 225) 

 has presented his views on the case, and my experience with all 

 available material has been the same. 



Paratettix cucnllatas (Burmeister). 



Boonton, January 10, 1901 (G. M. Greene). 



Tettigidea parvipennis (Harris). 



Atsion, Oct. 8, 1903 (Hebard). Ortley, Ocean Co., May 

 16, 1903 (Viereck). Ocean City, Cape May Co., April 19, 

 1903 (Viereck). 



Tettigidea lateralis (Say). 



Cape May, June 4, 1903 (Viereck). 



It is rather interesting that the extreme southern point of 

 New Jersey should be the home of true lateralis, while its 

 northern congener parvipennis should reach as far south as 

 Ocean City. It is quite likely that the two forms overlap or 

 intergrade along the coast of southern New Jersey, but at all 

 events the Cape May specimens are typical lateralis. 



Tettigidea armata Morse form depressa Morse. 



"N.J." (Academy coll.) 



Trnxalis brevicornis (Johannson). 



Near West Creek, Sept. 6, 1903 (Rehn). Not common, 

 taken iu tidal marsh. 



