428 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA 



(Harris). Meadows and along fence rows. Eggs laid in 

 standing and prostrate stems of composites; 4a, 45, and 47/. 



123. Green Meadow Grasshopper Orchelimum glaberrimum 

 (Burm.). Meadows and borders of ponds; Eggs often laid in 

 stems of composites. 



124. Field Grasshopper Orchelimum campestre (Blatchley). 

 Meadows and prairies; 10 and 52. 



125. Black-legged Grasshopper Orchelimum nigripes (Scud- 

 der). Wet meadows, at border of lakes and ponds, frequent- 

 ing tall grasses and other aquatic plants; 3a, 4a, and 10. 



126. Small Indiana Grasshopper Orchelimum indianense 

 (Blatchley). Margins of tamarack swamps on grasses and 

 sedges; 22d. 



127. Delicate Grasshopper Orchelimum delicatum (Bruner). 

 Wet meadows and margins of ponds and streams; 4a and 10. 



128. Gladiator Grasshopper Orchelimum gladiator (Bruner). 

 Wet meadows and marshes; 9 and 10. 



129. Nimble Grasshopper Orchelimum volantum (McNeill). 

 Margins of lakes and ponds frequenting aquatic plants such 

 as knotweed and Sagittaria; 3a and 4a. 



XIV. Shetjb Inhabiting Species: Thamnocolous. 



130. Fork-tailed Katydid Scudderia furcata (Brunn.). 

 Margins of thickets and wet meadows. Eggs inserted be- 

 tween the upper and lower epidermis qf leaves of shrubs, 

 from one to five eggs in row along the margin; 10 and 40. 



131. Oblong- winged Katydid Amblycorypha oblongifolia 

 (DeGeer). Margins of thickets, woods, and wet meadows; 

 32, 39, 40, and 45. 



132. Round-winged Katydid Amhlycory,pha rotundifolia 

 (Scudder). Margins of thickets and in ravines; 39 and 40. 



133. Woodland Grasshopper Xiphidium nemorale (Scudder). 

 Borders of woods and thickets and along fence rows. Eggs 

 supposedly laid in old wooden posts and fence rails, a departure 

 from the usual habits of the members of this genus; 32 and 42. 



134. Sworded Grasshopper Xiphidium ensiferum (Scudder). 

 Margins of thickets. Eggs frequently laid between the scales 

 of the erect conical galls of a certain speciSs of willow; 406. 



135. Broad- winged Shrub Cricket CEcanthus latipennis 

 (Riley). Margins of thickets and in fields. Eggs frequently 

 laid in drilled holes in the pithy interior of blackberry shrubs 

 and grape-vines. As many as two hundred eggs are said to be 

 laid by one female; 40, 47. 



136. Snowy Shrub Cricket CEcanthus niveus (DeGeer). 

 Shrubs along borders of thickets, in orchards, fields of black- 

 berries, grape-vines; eggs laid frequently in stems of black- 

 berry shrubs; 37, 40, and 47. 



