148 



ORTUOPTERA OF MAINE. 



Norway, Eastport and Calais ; very abundant among grass in meadows and 

 low ground, from the first of August to late November. " Chamberlain Farm" 

 on the Penobscot, Packard. 



iStenobothrus maculipennis Scudd., 1. c, p. 458. The Spotted-winged Locust. 



Stenobothrus cequalis Scudd., 1. c, p. 459. 



S. bilineatus Scudd., 1. c, p'. 460. 



The three species described by Mr. Scudder seem to pass imperceptibly into 

 each other. They vary almost as much in the length of the wing-covers as 

 S. curtipennis, and in coloration, even more, there being a complete gradation 

 from the brown varieties of S. cequalis to S. bilineatus. I have several times 

 taken individuals with the coloration of S. bilineatus paired with undoubted 

 individuals of S. cequalis. Individuals of both the green and the brown va- 

 rieties frequently have the inner half of the wing-covers dull, or even bright 

 rose-red, and the wings are sometimes tinged with red. The form and sculp- 

 turing of the head and thorax give no characters by which we can separate 

 the varieties. 



Measurements. 



No. 



Sex. 



Length 

 of Body. 



Antennae. 



Hind 

 Femora. 



Wing- 

 covers. 



Locality. 



516 



Male. 



.60 



.26 



.36 



.47 



Norway, Me. 



517 



" 



.57 



.25 



.36 



.43 



" « 



519 



(i 



.56 



.26 



.37 



.43 



tc tt 



520 



a 



.54 



.25 



.35 



.41 



ft tt 



521 



it 



.53 



.23 



.35 



.39 



ft If 



522 



tt 



.55 



.24 



.35 



.37 



tt ft 



523 



Female. 



.72 



.25 



.45 



.62 



ft tt 



524 



it 



.70 



.24 



.44 



.60 



tt it 



525 



t< 



.73 



.24 



.44 



.54 



it tt 



526 



" 



.74 



.22 



.42 



.50 



tt tt 



527 



tt 



.75 



.21 



.43 



.48 



a « 



528 



" 



.72 



.22 



.40 



.47 



ct tt 



629 



tt 



- .73 



.21 



.41 



.46 



tt it 



530 



tt 



.70 



.21 



.41 



.45 



ft tt 



531 



It 



.63 



.24 



.40 - 



.44 



it tt 



532 



tt 



.73 



.21 



.43 



.52 



ft tt 



534 



" 



.74 



.22 



.41 



.45 



tt tt 



Norway : very abundant, especially in hilly pasture land, late July to the 

 last of September. " Maine, (Packard)," Scudd. 



Tragocephala viridifasciata Harr., Report, p. 182, PI. 3, fig. 2 ; Scudd., 1. c, 



p. 461. The Goat-headed Locust. 



Tragocephala infuscata and T. radiata Harr., Report, pp. 181, 183. GompJio- 

 cerus infuscatus, G. viridifasciatus and G. radiatus Uhler in Harr., Report, p. 181. 

 Tragocephala infuscata Scudd., 1. c, p. 461. 



T. infuscata does not seem to be distinct from T. viridifasciata. The colora- 

 tion offers no constant differences, the brown varieties sometimes having the 

 green stripe on the wing-covers, or part of the brown of the head and thorax 

 replaced by green. 



Norway : common in dry pastures from the last of May to the first of July ; 

 " Maine, ('Packard)," Scudd. • 



Acyptera gracilis Scudd,, 1. c., p. 463. 

 Norway:. "Maine, (Packard)," Scudd. 



