306 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [July> '^5 



Records of Orthoptcra from Newfoundland. 



By Morgan Hebard, Philadelphia, Pa. 



In a recent trip to Newfoundland, Mr. G. P. Englehardt col- 

 lected a number of specimens of Orthoptera. Through the 

 kindness of Mr. Charles Schaeffer we are now able to record 

 this material, the first series of the Order collected on that 

 island, which is the property of the Museum of the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



ACRIDIDAE. 

 Tryxalinae. 

 Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris). Cape Ray, Nfd., VIII, 17, 1912, 

 1 5, 1 ?. 



These specimens are short-winged and both have the sides 

 of the head, lateral lobes of the pronotum and the pleurae, 

 dark green. 



Mecostethus gracilis (Scudder). Cape Ray, Nfd., VIII, 17, 1912, 

 1 juv. $. Port aux Basques, VIII, 1912, 1 juv. $. 



Oedipodinae. 

 Circotettix verrucullatus (Kirby). Port aux Basques, Nfd., VIII, 

 1912, 2 S, 3 9. 



Locustinae. 

 Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker). Stephenville, Bay St. George, 

 Nfd., VIII, 1912, 1?. Cape Ray, Nfd., VIII, 17, 1912, 2$, 

 2?. Port aux Basques, Nfd., VIII, 1912, 5$, 4 ?, 1 juv. 

 9. 



These specimens are all very robust for the species and are 

 short-winged. None show the brilliant type of coloration 

 sometimes found in the species. 



Melanoplus femoratus (Burmeister). Port aux Basques, Nfd., 

 yill, 1912, 1$. 



This specimen is brilliantly colored, with caudal tibiae and 

 tarsi bright nopal red. 



TETTIGONIIDAE. 

 Stenopelmatinae. 

 Ceuthophilus terrestris Scudder. Htimber Mouth, Bay of Islands, 

 Nfd., VII, 1912, 1 juv. $. Spruce Brook, Nfd., VIII, 10 and 

 16. 1912, 1 $,2 9. Stephenville, Bay St. George, Nfd., 

 VII, 14, 1912, 1 juv. $. 



The adults recorded above are very large for this species. 

 Length, of body, $ 15.5, $ 14.2 and 15.; of caudal femur, 

 S 14., 9 13. and 14.; of caudal tibia, $ 14.8, 9 13.9 and 

 15. 1 mm. 



