36 ACRIDIDAE ACRYDIIDAE 



M. keeleri luridus Dodge. E. Jewett, Aug; Johnstown, Sep (NYS) ; Ithaca, Oct, 

 hOPearce. SI: Richmond Valley, Sep 2; Watchogue, in a barren sandy field, 

 Aug-Oct, but not found in recent years. On Sep 17, 1887, two males and two 

 females were collected at this locality and a note was made that they were 

 plentiful. Lrl: Generally distributed, Aug-Sep : Central Pk; Pinelawn; 

 Wyandanch; Cold Sp. ; Selden; Coram; Smithtown; Wading R. ; Yaphank; 

 Patchogue ; Riverhead ; Calverton ; Amagansett ; Promised Land ; Montauk. 



M. differentialis Thomas. On Aug 30, 1924, a male was found in the salt meadow 

 among rank vegetation near Old Place on the north shore of SI. This was 

 the first record for the State (Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Dec, 1924). Now well 

 established at Old Place. 



M. bivittatus Say. Ft. Washington Pk., Manhattan I., Aug; Bronx Pk. ; Hastings, 

 Jl, Joittel; Croton-on-Hudson, Jl; West Pt., Aug, Rohn; Debruce, Sep; Calli- 

 coon, Jl; Slide Mt., Sep; E. Jewett, Aug; Albany, Jl (NYS); Wilmington, 

 Jl; Cranberry L., Jl (H-Mus. Zoo. U. Mich) ; Ithaca, Jl-Sep (CU) ; Roches- 

 ter, Jl-Aug, Deveson; Batavia, Jl-Aug (Kngt). SI: Common in both dry and 

 moist situations ; most plentiful Jl-Aug, but continuing into Oct. LI : Generally 

 distributed, Je-Sep. Aqueduct; Rockaway ; Fire I.; Maspeth, Ols\ Flushing; 

 Hempstead ; Central Pk. ; Pinelawn ; Coram ; Selden ; Yaphank ; Wading R. ; 

 Riverhead; Southold; Orient; Amagansett; Montauk; Gardiners I. An early 

 date was a mature male. Deep Pond, Wading R., Je 26, 1913. 



M. punctulatus Scud. Ellenville, Sep. Bt; Ithaca, Aug-Oct, Cy, OEPcarce (CU). 

 SI: Rare in recent years. Found in Aug, Sep, Oct, usually on pines but some- 

 times on oaks. Sep 23, 1893, a male in grounds of the August R. Grote home- 

 stead, Egbertville, where many pines had been planted by the naturalist's 

 father. Aug and Sep, 1899, a number near Richmond, mostly on oaks ; Oct 8, 

 1911, a female on a white pine in the Moravian Cemetery; Eltingville, Sep 27, 

 1922, a male. LI: Cold Sp., Sep; Coram, Aug-Sep, some discovered feeding 

 at night on pitch pines; Yaphank, Sep. 



Family ACRYDIIDAE: The Grouse or Pygmy Locusts 



NOMOTETTIX Morse 



N. cristatus Scud. Mosholu ; White Plains, Jl ; W. Nyack, Sep ; Ramapo, May-Je ; 

 Sufifern, May, Bell; Pearl R., May, Wat; Rye, Oct; Hastings, Joiitcl; 

 Haverstraw, Oct, Nic; Ft. Montgomery, May, Jl ; West Pt., May 9, long- 

 winged fem.ale, Je ; Callicoon, Jl ; Oliverea, Je, nymph; Ithaca, Aug-Sep (CU) ; 

 Rock City, Je, Jl 5, one female, long-winged form; Conesus L., Je. SI: 

 Mature individuals in every month from Ap to Oct. Specimens with long 

 pronotum and wings are rare. LI: Generally distributed and collected from 

 Ap-Oct; nymphs found in Jl-Sep. Forest Pk. (Hebard) ; Central Pk. ; 

 Massapequa; Pinelawn; Wyandanch; Huntington, Schott; Cold Sp. Harb. ; 

 Coram; Kings Pk. ; Wading R. ; Baiting Hollow, Cy; Yaphank; E. Quogue; 

 Riverhead; Calverton; Amagansett; Promised Land; Gardiners I. 



ACRYDIUM Geoffroy 



A. granulatum granulatum Kby. West Farms, Mar, Joutel: W. Nyack, Mar, Beq; 

 Pine I., Sep, Brh ; Saranac Inn, Ndm ; Saranac L., Sep ; Mt. Whitef ace, 22 

 individuals found on summit, Jl 10-13, 1914; Keene Val., Aug, Not; McLean, 

 May; Ithaca, Ap-May (CU) ; Tarbel, Je; Portage, May, Kngt; Batavia, 

 May-Je, Sep, Kngt. SI : Rare ; adults found from Mar-Oct. Buck's Hollow, 

 border of pond, May 20, 1920 (Bs). LI: Brooklyn, Ap 17, 1915 (Shoe); 

 North Beach, Ap 1, 1917, Schott. 



