336 ORTHOPTERA OF NOVA SCOTIA. — PIERS. 



Colour.— Nova. Scotian specimen (male, Truro, Col. Co., 12 Aug. 1915). 

 Head dark brown \\'ith yellowish markings on vertex; front slightly darker 

 than vertex or cheeks; eyes dark, hghter on upper edge; antennse dark brown 

 on three basal joints and distal third, middle portion light brown. Pronotum 

 disk mottled with spots of light and dark brown; lateral lobes dark browTi, and 

 sparsely clothed with dark coarse hairs. Wing-covers uniform yellowish 

 brown. Femur light brown, the outer face with darker transverse markmgs; 

 tibia light brown, thickly clothed with minute dark hau-s; base of spines dark 

 brown. — The coloration usually given is, head and pronotimi varying from 

 dull yellow to dusky brown, the pronotum usually more or less mottled with 

 dark; wing-covers brownish yellow with a blackish bar on the upper third 

 of the lateral field; legs dull brownish-yellow, often mottled with blackish. 



Measurements.— Nova Scotian male (Truro, 12 Aug., 1915): body, 8.3 

 mm.; pronotimi, length, 1.6 mm.; wing-covers, 5.6 mm.; hind femora, 5.3 

 mm.; hind tibise, 4.0 mm.; wing-covers 0.2 mm. shorter than abdomen; 

 hind' wings absent. — The measurements of the species usually given are: 

 male: body, 7 mm.; wing-covers, 4.2 mm.; hind femora, 5.3 mm. Female: 

 body, 8.5 mm.; wing-covers, 3.5 mm.; hind femora, 6.2 mm.; ovipositor, 3.8 

 mm. (Blatchley). 



Range. — Nova Scotia, Maine and other parts of New England, south 

 to Florida and Texas, and westward to Neb. It is not common in the northern 

 part of New England (Scudder). Dr. E. M. Walker (1904) does not report 

 it from Ontario, although his common N. angusticollis seems to be a somewhat 

 related form. 



Occurrence in Nova Scotia. — This small, light-coloured 



species has not hitherto been reported from Nova Scotia; 



although it occurs, but not commonly, in Maine. C B. 



Gooderham has in his collection a single male specimen 



collected by himself at Truro, Col. Co., on 12th August, 1915, 



which was identified by Dr. E. M. Walker of Toronto. 



Prof. W. S. Blatcheley of IndianapoHs has also examined 



the specimen and states it is the "male of what I described 



as Nemohius exiguus, but which according to Rehn is Nemo-. 



hius carolinus Scudder." Mr. Gooderham is convinced that 



the specimen is correctly determined as A^. carolinus. It 



is a pity that Mr. Gooderham's specimen is not a female, as 



the specific characters are most decisive in that sex. The 



species is apparently very rare in this province, although it is 



possible that closer search may show it to be less so than the 



capture of a single specimen would lead one to suppose. 



It should be looked for in grass in somewhat similar situations 



to those frequented by the common N. fasciatus, and on 



sunny grass-covered banks of streams and about fences. 



Its note is said to be a long, continuous, soft, rolling lohirrrrr. 



