ORTHOPTERA OF NOVA SCOTIA. — PIERS. 8ol 



Measitrcuicnt.s. — Nova .Scotian spociiiiciis. Male: bofly, 10 mm.; 

 l)roiiotum, 1.9 mm.; wing-covers, 4.5 mm.; hind femora, 5.5-0 mm.; hind 

 tibia', 4-5 mm. Female: body, 10-12 mm.; pronotum, length 1.9 mm., width 

 2.6 mm.; win^-cover.s, 3.5-4.5 mm.; hind femora, (j.0-(j.2 mm.; hind tibitc, 

 4.0-5 mm.; ovipa.'^itor, 7.4-S mm. (1.07-1.29 times lenfuth of hind femora). 

 Blatchley (IntHana) and Walden (Cono.) give the length of pronotum aa 

 3 mm. in both sexes, whereas the Nova Scotian specimeas before me are 1.9 

 or vbout 2 mm. in that measurement, which agrees closely with Walker'.s 

 (Ontario) 1.5 mm. for male and 2 mm. for female. (In the extralimital long- 

 winged form the inner wings are about 13 mm. long). 



Range. — United States and Canada east of the Great Plains; from Nova 

 Scotia, Quebec, Montreal, Ont. and Minn., south to Maryland, Ind., and 

 Kans. The range therefore extends from the southern part of the Canadian 

 to the northern part of the Upper Austral zone in the east. The long-winged 

 form seems to be generally more or less rare. Very strange to saj', this sjiecies 

 was not reported from Prince Edward Island by B. Long (vide E. M. Walker) 

 in 1912, and it must be trulj^ remarkable if this very common insect does not 

 extend its range there, and one could hardlj^ expect it to be overlooked by 

 any collector. It has not been taken in Newfoundland. 



Occurrence in Nova Scotia. — The very common and 

 familiar short-winged Striped Ground Cricket was first 

 reported from Xova Scotia by F. AValker in 1869, as N. 

 vittatus, no doubt from specimens collected b}^ Lieut. Redman 

 about 1821. 



It is a social species which is excessively abundant in 

 pastures and damp grassy places, as well as along grass- 

 grown roadsides in Nova Scotia; it being one of, if not the 

 most numerous of all the species of Orthoptera of this region. 

 I have seen specimens from Tatamagouche, Col. Co., and 

 have noted it at Westville, Pict. Co. (10 Sept., 1901), and 

 in the counties from thence southward and southwestward, 

 and suppose it must also occur commonly in Cape Breton 

 Island. Neither C. B. Gooderham nor I have ever seen 

 the typical long-winged form ( N. fasciatus fasciatus as 

 it has been occasionally termed) in this province, although 

 I have often looked for it in the field and in such collections 

 as have come before me. It, however, occurs northward 

 to Maine, and I think also to Ontario. 



A few newly-hatched nymphs of a cricket, species un- 

 determined, but which were either N. ^fasciatus vittatus or 

 Gryllus pennsyhanicus neghclus, were observed by Mr. 

 Gooderham at Truro on 5 June, 1915. They were very 



