24 Tettigoniidae 



CONOCEPHALUS Thuiiberg 



C. fasciatus DeG. Rye, Oct ; W. Nyack, Aug ; West Pt., Sep ; Callicoon, Jl ; Keeiic 

 Val., Aug-Sep, Not; Saranac Inn, Ndm; Lowville ; Ithaca, Aug-Oct (CU) ; 

 Batavia, Aug-Sep, Kiigf. In addition, Rehn and Hebard (1915) report it from 

 Chateaugay L., Aug-Sep, Scudder; Clifton Sps. (CU) ; Cattaraugus, Sep 

 (CU). SI: Generally distributed and found both along the margin of the 

 salt meadow and inland, Jl-Oct. LI: Found from Brooklyn to Montauk and 

 Orient on the salt meadow and inland, Jl-Sep; Gardiners I., Aug, 1918. 



C. brevipennis Scud. White Plains, Sep ; W. Nyack, Aug-Sep ; Ft. Montgomery, 

 Sep, Schott; West Pt., Sep; Debruce, Sep; Onteora Mt., How; Oliverca, 

 Sep; E. Jewett, Aug; Lowville; Ithaca, Aug-Oct (CU) ; Geneva, Aug, 

 HBShcrman; Batavia, Aug-Sep, Kngt; Chatham, Aug (Morse);, Niverville. 

 Aug (Morse). SI: Common both on the salt meadows and inland, Aug-Nov. 

 Found as late as Nov 17 in 1888. Has a very faint little song, not to be heard 

 unless one's ear is very close to the singer. As with other Orthoptera, this 

 species eats and sings at the same time. LI: Found from Brooklyn to Montauk 

 and Orient, Jl-Sep. Some of the inland localities are Selden, Pinelawn, and 

 Yaphank ; Gardiners I., Aug. 



[C. ncmoraUs Scud. "Eastern slope of the Palisades" (Bt). While taken on the 

 NJ side of the state line, it probably extends into Rockland Co, NY.] 



C. strictus Scud. SI: With the clearing of the wooded areas of the island and the 

 consequent drying of the soil, the beard-grass, Andropogon, has become gen- 

 erally distributed and with it this grasshopper. It was first observed at 

 Arrochar, Oct 1, 1904, by Woodr. Both long- and short-winged examples 

 are found, but those having wings of intermediate length are rare. LI: Central 

 Pk., Aug. 



C. nigropleurum .Bruner. Ithaca (CU & Morse Coll. ace. to Rehn & Hebard, 

 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1915); Junius, Aug; Rochester, Devcson; Batavia, 

 Aug-Sep, Kngt. 



C. attenuatus Scud. Ithaca, Oct 27, 1912, two males, three females (CU-Rehn 

 & Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1915). One female from same locality, 

 Jl 28, 1906. in collection of Zool. Mus., Univ. of Mich. 



C. nigropleuroides H. Fox. SI: On the salt meadows, Oakwood, Sep 14, 1914, Ds; 

 Old Place, Sep 8, 1920, HH Johnson. LI: Wading R., Aug, in salt meadows, 

 and at Long Pond. 



C. spartinae H. Fox. SI: Abundant and generally distributed on the salt meadows, 

 Old Place, W^atchogue, Tottenville, Jl-Sep. Long-winged form sometim(!S 

 attracted to lights at a distance from the meadows. LI: Rockaway, Sep; 

 Montauk, Aug; Bergen Beach, Dozv; Sands Pt., Sep-Oct, Bs; Sea Cliff, Aug, 

 Oh; Gardiners I., Aug 23, 1918, a female nymph. 



C. saltans Scud. White Plains, Sep; LI: East Meadow, Central Pk., Sep 8, 1911. 

 This insect may be either brownish or green in color, and there are occasional 

 long-winged examples. 



C. viridifrons Blatch. LI: Central Pk., Sep 8 (Ds). Also known from other 

 localities outside the State. 



AtlanticuS Scudder 

 A. testaceus Scud. White Plains, Jl, JMFarlcy ; Croton-on-Hudson ; West Pt., 

 Je-Sep, Rohn & Ds. SI: On June 26, 1892, very common in a low wet 

 field at Watchogue ; found also in Oct. LI: Half Way Hollow Hills, Jl; 

 Yaphank, Jl, Eng ; Wading R., Je-Jl, on Jl 26, 1914, two males on bushes sev- 

 eral feet from the ground and singing; Riverhead, Aug. 



