1894-1 231 lMoisc. 
margin a broad sliort shoot about lialf yvtiy to base, the apical margin of 
the liand being roughly, straight. Apical third of wing transparent, the 
veins and venules mostly fuscous, the apex more (J) or less ($) infus- 
cated, either fumose or maculose, if the latter the spots often fenestrate. 
The apical fuscous portion is sometimes connected with the transverse 
band by streaks along the median and axillary veins, especially the latter. 
Hind femora ash-gray on the outer side, yellowish on the inner side, 
with four transverse blackish fuscous bands, the two proximal more or 
less incomplete ventrally, and usually connected on the inner side of 
femora. Hind tibiae slightly pubescent, the base black followed by a 
pale annulus, coral-red beyond, sometimes with a slight infuscation 
distad of the annulus on the outer side. Spines tipped with black. In 
one specimen tlie left hind tibia is normally colored, while the otlier has 
the pale annulus replaced by fuscous. Hind tarsi pinkish above, luteous 
below. Legs 1 and 2 ash-gray, punctate with fuscous. 
91 3^,60 ?. Measurements in mm. Antennae : ^ , 12-14.5 ; $,12-14. 
Hind femora: $, 11.5-14; ?, 14-17. Tegmina: J, 21.5-25.5; ?, 25-31. 
Body : J , 20-24 ; ? , 28-34. Total length : J , 27-32.5 ; ? , 32-31). 
It will be seen that the species is quite variable iu size, averag- 
-ing larger than bolli or scudderi, and with longer antennae. 
I have taken it at various dates from July 24 to iSept. 20 : — in 
Massachusetts at Blue Hill, Needham, Sherborn, Waltham, and 
Wellesley; in Connecticut at Greenwich, New Haven, and 
Thompson. Si.\ specimens in Mr. Henshaw's collection are from 
Blue Hill, Jamaica Plain, and Maiden, Mass. In Mr. Scudder's 
collection there is a (J from Maryland, taken by Uhler. 
I have named this species saxatile for the reason that it seems 
to find life most to its taste in unsettled, somewhat wooded dis- 
tricts of a rocky, often elevated character. Here it finds a con- 
genial home and may be seen during the latter half of the season 
crawling actively about over the lichened ledges, whose tints 
harmonize with its own, or Hying from one to another, stridulat- 
ing loudly as it goes. 
In its fresh state it is one of the handsomest of our New Eng- 
land locusts, and even cabinet specimens vividly recall the cool 
gray of the rocks, the glory of the goldenrod, and the tints of 
reddened stems of trailing vines. So well do the colors of its 
body match those of its chosen haunts, — the pale greenish gray 
and ashy of the paler rock-constituents and their lichen cover- 
ings, the brown and black of other lichens and the darker 
elements hornblende and mica, or iron-stained disintegrated 
particles, — that it is quite difficult to distinguish when at rest, 
