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3f d 



Fig. 69.— 



The stages of a grasshopper : a, young nymph ; b, nymph, further 

 advanced ; c, pupa ; d, winged adult. 



M. scudderi Uhl. Middlesex Co, (Sm), Almonesson, IX, 18 (W), "New 

 Jersey," VIII-X (Bt), Staten Island, VIII-X (Ds), Riverton, IX, 5 (Jn). 



M. fasciatus Wlk. Jamesburg on Cranberry bogs, VII, VIII (Bt), "New 

 Jersey " (Ss). 



M. femur-rubrum DeG. Common everywhere and at almost all seasons : it 

 is the grasshopper that is almost universally seen. 



M. minor Scudd. Along the Palisades in dry grassy places, VI and VII (Bt), 

 Atco (Ss), Westville, VI, 19 ( Jn ) 



M. collinus Scudd. August and September on dry grassy places (Bt), James- 

 burg on Cranberry bogs (Sm), Riverton, IX, 10, (Jn). 



M. differentialis Thos. Newark, Jamesburg, VII, on Cranberry bogs (Sm), 

 Camden Co. (Ss), Westville, IX, 12 (Jn), Riverton, X, 11 (Rehn). 



M. femoratus Burm. = edax Sauss. Recorded as occurring in New Jersey, 

 but I have no accurate data. 



M. bivittatus Say. Common in most sections (Ss), New Jersey (Bt), Staten 

 Island, VII-X (Ds), Caldwell (Cr), Newark, Monmouth, Burlington, 

 Atlantic and Ocean Counties on cranberry bogs, Anglesea (Sm), Med- 

 ford, VIII, 13 (Rehn): it is the clumsiest of our bog species and rarely 

 abundant until after the middle of August. 



M. punctulatus Uhl. In pine woods, VIII, IX (Bt), Ocean County about 

 cranberry bogs (Sm), "New Jersey" (Ss). 



SCHISTOCERCA Stal. 



S. americana Dm. Fort Lee (Bt), Newark ( Ang), Staten Island, VIII-XI 

 (Ds), Anglesea, VI, Lahaway, VII, Lakewood, VIII (Sm), Cape May 

 (Ss): our largest "grasshopper" with very long wings and powerful in 

 flight, whence it is termed the "bird locust." It is closely allied to the 

 famous migratory locust of Egypt. 



