280 ORTHOPTERA OF NOVA SCOTIA.— PIERS. 



I have found it common about Halifax and elsewhere; 

 and C. B. Gooderham has specimens taken by himself at 

 Avondale, Pict. Co., Truro and Black Rock, Col. Co., Kent- 

 ville, Kings Co., and Round Hill, Ann. Co.; by W. E. White- 

 head at Wilmot, Ann. Co.; and by E. C. Allen at Deerfield, 

 Yar. Co. I have also noted specimens collected at New 

 Glasgow and Westville, Pict. Co., (Piers), Elmsdale, Hants 

 Co., (Piers), Church Street, Kings Co. (D. Hogan), Middle- 

 ton, Ann. Co. (I. Cox), Brooklyn, Yar. Co. (D. Marrell), 

 and Yarmouth, Yar. Co. (E. C. Allen). It has also been 

 reported from Cumberland, Hants, Digby, Lunenburg, and 

 Queens Counties. Several specimens are in the collection 

 of the Agricultural College, Truro. 



The first adults are noted near Halifax about 24 July 

 (1897, North West Arm).* In October they are seldom 

 observed and only on fine days; the last being usually seen 

 on a warm day about the middle of October (5 Oct., '97, 

 12 Oct., '15, 28 Oct., '17). In 1917 single individuals were 

 seen about Halifax, on bright days, on 8th, 14th, and 28th 

 Oct., the last being a very slothful, half-perished female 

 taken at noon on a sunny day when the temperature was 

 53°F. Oviposition probably takes place about the middle 

 of September, as on the 12th of that month, 1897, I observed 

 near Melville Island, North West Arm, Halifax, a number 

 of the species which were particularly attracted to a warm 

 spot where a load of sand had been left and which had become 

 overgrown by grass on some parts, and there a female was 

 evidently engaged in depositing eggs. 



Frequently this insect makes a faint rustling or fluttering 

 sound when flying. It usually proceeds in an erratic zig-zag 

 manner when flushed, and on alighting, is apt to select a 

 spot of ground with which its colour harmonizes, so that it 

 is very difficult to detect until it is again put to flight. It 



♦Strange to say, I did not happen to note adults of this species in 1917 till about the 

 and of August at Halifax, after which a fair number was seen each fine day. 



