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long and nearly straight. Lives in communities under 

 stones in damp woods, and beneath the loose bark of dead 

 trees. It appears to be carnivorous, as I have taken it in 

 cans baited with meat. 



Anticosti, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Yerrill. ; Quebec, com- 

 mon, Provancher; Montreal, common, Caulfield; Ontario, 

 generally, to north of Lake Superior, Brodie. 



Udeopsylla nigra, Scudd. Resembles in form the preced- 

 ing species, but is shining black, and is heavier and stouter. 

 The ovipositor is rather short and thick at the base. 



Common in Manitoba, Brodie and Scudder. 

 ' The next group contains the typical insects of the family, 

 the green grasshoppers or Katydids. Most of these possess 

 ample wings and can fly well. Some spend their lives on 

 trees and shrubs, while others inhabit meadows and pas- 

 tures. They are pretty and inoffensive creatures, not being 

 numerous enough to be injurious, and owing to their retir- 

 ing habits, and the similarity of their color to the leaves 

 and grasses amidst which they live, are but seldom seen, 

 even in the localities where they are most abundant. 



The narrow-winged Katydid, Phaneroptera curvicauda, De 

 Greer, is not uncommon in Canada, and during the latter part 

 of summer, may often be observed resting on shrubs and 

 young trees, occasionally taking a short flight from tree to 

 tree. It may be recognised by its narrow and straight wing- 

 covers, and by the male having a cylindrical style curving 

 from below upwards, and resting in the forks of a furcate 

 appendage which projects from the end of the abdomen. 



The ovipositor of the female is rather short and curved 

 abruptly upward, the extremity toothed on both sides. The 

 female deposits her eggs in the edges of leaves of trees. I 

 have never seen this species shrilling, although 1 believe that 

 I have often heard it. Prof. Biley describes its note as a soft 

 zeep-zeep, sometimes uttered singly, but generally thrice in 

 succession. The call is occasionally responded to by a faint 

 chirrup from the females, produced by stretching out their 

 wings as if for flight, and is as often heard in the day as at 

 night. 



While passing through its earlier stages, this species wears 



