THE 



CANADIAN RECORD 



OF SCIENCE. 



VOL. II. JULY, 1887. NO. 7. 



Canadian Orthopteea. 



$ ea R A r 



By F. B. Caulfield. 



{Concluded.) 



Nemobius vittatus, Harris, is our most abundant species. 

 Its colour is greyish-brown, marked with lines of black. It 

 is of social habits, being found in swarms in the fields during 

 the summer months. I have not heard them shrilling ear- 

 lier than the beginning of August. Should the season be 

 fine, individuals may be heard as late as the beginning of 

 November. Quebec, common. — Provancher. Montreal, 

 common. — Caulfield. Toronto, common. — Brodie. 



Nemobius fasciatus, De Geer. May be distinguished from 

 our other Nemobii by the length of its wings. Montreal, 

 not common : also given in the Quebec and Toronto lists. 



Nemobius (Anexipha) septentrionalis, Scudd. Is also on our 

 list. Provancher records one specimen from Quebec, and 

 it is recorded from Eat Portage by Brodie. 



All the foregoing species live on the ground, but we have 

 another kind of cricket which spends its life among the 

 leaves and branches of tall weeds and shrubs. It is the 



