MORSE: ORTHOPTERA OF NEW ENGLAND. 523 
nected ventrally. Hind tibiae green, at base black, pale-ringed, 
and slightly darkened beyond; spines black. 
Measurements. 
Body Tegmina Hind femora Antenna 
Male . 15-17 5-5.8 9- 9.5 7-8 
Female 20-22.5 5-6 10-11 6-7 mm. 
This is a variable species, both in coloration and in form of 
cerci, but the New England examples which I have seen are 
fairly constant in characters. 
This dainty little Locust escaped detection in our territory 
until Mr. C. W. Johnson, Curator of the Boston Society of 
Natural History, captured it on the foothills of Mt. Greylock at 
North Adams, Mass., while engaged in studying the insect 
fauna of western New England. Since that time he has taken 
it (and he alone has found it in New England) near Bashbish 
Falls in southwestern Massachusetts, at Great Barrington, a 
little farther north; at Manchester and St. Albans, Vt. It will 
thus be seen that it occurs, so far as known, only in the extreme 
western part of New England and forms one of the special links 
biologically uniting that part of our territory with the central 
States. The nearest point from which it has been reported is 
Ohio. Apparently it should inhabit much of New York State, 
and it is probably only a question of* attentive search before it 
will be found there. 
One of the main reasons why it so long escaped notice in New 
England is the fact that it matures very early in the season, 
dying out in midsummer, and no student of Orthoptera or other 
person especially interested in the New England insect fauna 
had collected carefully in that section so early in the season; 
another reason is that, even if one were captured, it would be 
extremely likely to be discarded by all but the critical person 
as an undesirable juvenile specimen owing to its abbreviated 
tegmina and generally juvenile appearance. It is apparently 
quite local in its station, also, and not abundant even where found. 
Mr. Johnson tells me that it seems to be partial to thickets 
of raspberry bushes and other low shrubs in pastures, openings in 
woods, and the edges of woodlands, usually on dry soil; and that 
the males are active and good leapers, while the females are slug- 
