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recovered in 1699." The reddish brown form of both males and females is 

 much less common at Central Pk. and on Gar diners I. than dark fuscous 

 examples. 



SCIRTETICA Saussure 



S. marmorata Harr. SI: Tottenville, Sep; Rossville, Aug; Sand Ridges, Richmond 

 Valley, Sep; Watchogue, Sep-Oct. On Sep 20, 1919, three males and one 

 female were collected near the corner of Hughes Ave. and Lambert's Lane, 

 but this beautiful species seems now nearly extinct on the island. Both sexes 

 crackle their wings in flight. LI: Generally distributed on the sandy parts of 

 the island. Central Pk., Aug ; Cold Sp. Harb., in a sandy field, Sep ; Smith- 

 town, Aug ; Selden, Aug-Sep ; Wading R., Aug ; Yaphank, j 1, Sep ; Patchogue, 

 Sep; Riverhead, Aug; Calverton, Sep; Amagansett, Sep; Promised Land, 

 Sep ; Greenport, Aug ; Shelter I., Aug ; Orient, Aug, Nov, Lath. 



PSINIDIA Stal 



P. fenestralis Serville. SI: On sandy ground and on the up-beach of the seashore. 

 Mature individuals from Jl-Oct. Arrochar ; South Beach; Oakwood; Crooke's 

 Pt. ; Great Kills ; Richmond Valley ; Tottenville ; Kreischerville ; Rossville ; 

 Bogardus Corners; Price's L; Long Neck; Watchogue. Irrespective of the 

 sex, the central part of the hind wings may be red, yellow, or some inter- 

 mediate color. LI: Generally distributed, and found wherever there are sandy 

 areas. Jl-Oct. Aqueduct ; Coney I. ; Rockaway ; Fire I. ; Patchogue ; Yaphank ; 

 Riverhead ; Calverton ; Amagansett ; Springs ; Montauk ; Bayville ; Cold Sp. ; 

 Center L, in Oyster Bay; Selden; Coram; Wading R. ; Southold; Greenport; 

 Shelter L ; Orient ; Gardiners L 



Trimerotropis Stal 



T. maritima Harr. SI: On the beach from the Fort at the Narrows to Tottenville. 

 Mature individuals as early as Jl 1 ; they continue into Oct. On Jl 16, 1912, 

 a female was found under an electric light at Egbertville, about one and a half 

 miles from the beach or any other sandy area. LI : Generally distributed along 

 the sandy beach on the south shore, and occasionally on sandy areas farther 

 inland. Jl-Oct. Coney L ; Barren I. ; Rockaway Beach ; Fire L ; E. Quogue ; 

 Amagansett; Bayville; Sea Cliff (Bks) ; Wading R., both along the beach and 

 on the sandy shore of Long Pond about two miles inland ; Southold ; Greenport ; 

 Shelter L; Orient, Nov 10, 1914, Lath; Gardiners I.; at Riverhead, Aug, 1917, 

 individuals with pinkish hind tibiae were collected. 



CiRCOTETTIX Scudder 



C. verruculatus Kby. L. Mohonk, Sep, Eng ; Karner, Jl (NYS) ; Onteora Mt., Aug, 

 How; E. Jewett, Aug; Keene Val., Aug, Not, Sep, Eng; Wilmington, Jl ; 

 Mt. Whiteface, Aug (Kngt) ; Chateaugay L., Bowditch (Morse) ; Little 

 Valley, Sep, Sherm. 



SCHISTOCERCA Stal 



S. americana Drury. SI: Our largest grasshopper. Not known to breed on the 

 island; all individuals recorded supposed to be adventive from the South. 

 Occasionally found in May, but more often in Sep and later. On Dec 23, 

 1894, a male was collected on Todt Hill, and on Dec 28, 1907, a female at 

 Woodrow. The last record is Nov 27, 1923, of a male collected on Todt Hill, 

 it having flown from the ground into a tree, as they often do when disturbed. 

 LI: Aqueduct, Schott. 



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