34 ACRIDIDAE 



S. alutacea Harr. and S. alutacea form rubiginosa Scudd. The striped form, W. 

 Nyack, Aug; the brown form, White Plains, Sep. The latter is reported also 

 from Sparkill, Rockland Co. (Baird). SI: The striped form, greenish in color 

 with a lighter dorsal stripe, is found in moist meadows among rank vegetation : 

 Old Place ; Watchogue ; Long Neck ; Richmond ; Arrochar ; Richmond Valley. 

 The all-brown or brownish form, rubiginosa, is confined more to dry areas : 

 Richmond Valley; Kreischerville ; Long Neck; Watchogue. Aug 5-Oct 20. 

 LI : The striped form, Central Pk. ; Wyandanch ; Yaphank ; Wading R. ; 

 Riverhead. The all-brown form, which is the more common, Rockaway; 

 Aqueduct ; Jamaica ; Central^ Pk. ; Wyandanch ; Cold Sp. ; Coram ; Yaphank ; 

 Smithtown ; Wading R. ; Riverhead ; Calverton ; Amagansett ; and Montauk. 

 Jl-Sep. 



Hesperotettix Scudder 



H. brevipennis Thomas. LI: This beautiful pink and green species has usually been 

 found among sweet fern, Comptonia, though it occurs also among other plants. 

 On Jl 27, 1909, a large colony was found at Yaphank in an almost circular clump 

 of Comptonia about 36 feet in diameter. On Aug 31, 1912, it occurred in the 

 same locality chiefly on goldenrod flowers, though also on sweet fern. Other 

 localities are : Central Pk., Aug ; Coram, Aug ; Riverhead, Bald Hill, Aug ; 

 Bellmore, Calverton, Sep, Eng. 



Dendrotettix Riley 



D. quercus Pck. LI: on Sep 3, 1912, a single short-winged male was collected at 

 Yaphank. This is the only record from NY of this sometimes very destructive 

 grasshopper which is known on occasion to defoliate large forest trees. 



PODISMA Latreille 



P. glacialis Scud, and form variegata Scud. Summit of Mt. Whiteface, Jl, nymphs 

 (Ds), adults, Aug 22, Kngt, and Sep, Lg; L. Placid, Sep, on hazel bush, Eng; 

 summit of Mt. Marcy, Aug; Saranac Inn, "on bushes in openings in the 

 woods", Ndm; Slide Mt., Sep. The considerable series from Slide Mt. 

 approach variegata, but the antennae in the male are not longer than the hind 

 femora. Variegata is regarded as a variety by Morse. In his Review of the 

 Melanopli, Scudder reports glacialis from Mt. Marcy and Chateaugay L., and 

 describes variegata from Ithaca and Enfield Falls. 



Paroxya Scudder 



P. clavuliger Serville. Van Cort. Pk., Aug; Pine I., Sep, Brh. SI: Found in 

 grassy swamps, and generally distributed; also along the edge of the salt 

 meadows. Jl-Nov. LI: Maspeth, Sep; Flushing, Sep; Aqueduct, Sep; 

 Canarsie, Sep, Ols; Riverhead, Aug. 



MeLANOPLUS Stal 



M. viridipes eurycercus Hebard. Groton, Je 11, 1914, EAChapman, one male, 

 three females (Ds) ; Mix Cr. Valley, Cattaraugus Co, Je 11, 1915 (Ds, Bdy), 

 two males, one female (Ds) ; Rock City, Je 6, 1915 (Ds, Bdy), one female 

 (Ds) ; Seneca Jet., Je 7, 1915 (Ds), two females (Ds) ; Ithaca, one female 

 (Hebard); W. Danby, May 30, 1915 (Ds), one male (Ds) ; (Hebard in 

 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. 46, p. 396, 1920). Slaterville, May 30, 1925, 

 Cy&Seeley. 



