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where it may be heard singing its krerr, krcrr, krcrr from late Jl until Oct. 

 The long-winged form Columbia Scud, is occasionally attracted to light. 

 Rarely individuals are found running about on roads, etc., during the day. LI: 

 Yaphank, Sep, four nymphs 5 mm. long, which would probably pass the 

 winter in an immature state ; Calverton, Sep ; Amagansett, Sep ; Gardiners I., 

 Je 13, 1911, nymph, Aug 7, 1918. 

 [G. gryllotalpa L. European Mole Cricket. This imported insect has been reported 

 from Rutherford, NJ, as well as from Mass, so it may be looked for in 

 NY.] 



TridacTYLUS Olivier 



T. apicialis Say. Ithaca, Jl, Pcarce (Scudd). SI: Old Place, Je, Sep, on damp 

 ground. lA: Rockaway Beach, Je, Ewg ; Deep Pond, Wading R., May 31, 

 mature individuals; Fort Pond, Montauk, Sep. 



Family ACRIDIDAE: Short-Horned Grasshoppers 



Tryxalis Fabricius 



T. brevicornis L. LI: Ravenswood Swamp, Long Island City, collected many years 

 ago (Bt). 



PSEUDOPOMALA Morse 



P. brachyptera Scud. SI: Watchogue, Sep 17, 1911, Grossbeck ; Old Place, on 

 salt meadow, Sep 8 and 13, 1920, two females, one caught in the web (of a 

 spider (H. H. Johnson). LI: Central Pk., Aug 13, 1913 (Fulton); Bay 

 Shore, Jl, 1915, Ols; Orient, Jl 1, 1917, a nymph, on sandy beach, Lath; Cedar 

 Beach on Gardiners I., Aug 28, 1918, often in clumps of stunted bayberry 

 bushes. 



Eritettix Bruner 



E. simplex Scud. LI: Top of High Hill, West Hills, Je 21, 1917, a considerable 

 colony; Yaphank, May 28, 1911, Jl 8, 1916, several in thick grass; Wading R., 

 May 30, 1913, colony on hill near the great split rock in a one-time asparagus 

 bed, neglected and overgrown; Bellport, Je 23, 1913, Nic. 



ChlOEALTIS Harris 



C. conspersa Harr. Bronxville, Jl-Sep. Woodr; Ft Montgomery, Oct 20, Schotl; 

 Callicoon, Jl ; E. Jewett, Aug; Mt. Whiteface, Jl ; Ithaca, Jl-Aug (CU) ; 

 Rochester, Jl, Deveson; Portageville, Je, three nymphs; Otto (CU). SI, 

 from early Jl to the middle of Sep. (3n Sep 15, 1888, a female was found 

 laying eggs in an old fence rail. The males stridulate while sitting on the 

 ground. At one time not uncommon in Clove Valley, but of late years found 

 principally on the low ground about Watchogue ; Moravian Cemetery, Jl ; near 

 Egbertville, Jl 21, 1922, a male. LI: Half Way Hollow Hills, Jl ; Wading R., 

 Je-Aug, at both Deep Pond and Long Pond; Shelter I., Aug; Orient, Jl, 

 Lath ; Yaphank, Jl, Sep ; Riverhead, Aug ; Patchogue, Jl ; Calverton, Sep ; 

 Montauk, Sep; Gardiners I., Jl-Aug. 



Orphulella Giglio-Tos 



O. pelidna Burm. Van Cort. Pk., Bronx, Aug ; W^hite Plains, Sep ; W. Nyack, 

 Aug; E. Jewett, Aug; Ithaca, Jl-Aug (CU) ; Rochester, Jl, Dcvcson. SI: 

 Generally distributed, Jl-Oct. One female at light, Jl 16, 1912. Occurs in 

 both dry and moist situations, and is often common along the edge of the salt 

 meadows. Males generally brownish, many green females, also some females 



