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BY W. E- BRIlTON, NEW HAVEN, CONN.
THE hllowing species of Orthoptera, from the collection of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station at Xew Haven, the writer believes have not hitherto been reported from Connecticut. Mr. A. P. AIorse of Wellesley, Mass. has recently c~a~nined the doubtful material which the collection contained in this order, and I am indebted to him for making the determinations. Two adults :
one taken by my assistant, Mr. B. H. Walden, at Southington June 30,1903, in a dry field of grass and weeds. The other was taken at New Haven, June ~6, 1902, by &fi. E. J. s. &loore: a temporzry field assistant. Mr. Moore also
took half grown specimens on October 31, 1902, at &It. Camel, nine miles north of New Haven, and on October 30, and Nowniber 2, 1902, at Maltby Park, in the town of Orange about three miles west of New Haven. Mr. Morse states (in Lift.)
that this is the first New England record for the species. Cofioce~haZu.~ triiofs Linn.
A single specimen taken by Mr. Walden in dry open fields near the Experi- ment Station at New Haven, October 3, 1902. This is the first undoubtedly native example to be recorded.
WOK REVIEW.
The Orthoptera of Indiana.
An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the species known to occur in the state, with bibliography, synonymy, and descriptions of new species. By W- S. Blatchley, State Geologist. Author's separate (Sept., 1903) from 27th ann. rep. dep. geol. and nato res. Ind., 1902, pp. 123-471 + index, 3 pl., 122 cuts. Indianapolis, I nd.
This is distinctly the best account of the orthopterous fauna of a singIe state, prepared by a state official, and issued by the state, that has yet appeared, and forms an excellent example for others to follow. A similar work from each of the
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larger states is a great desideratum.
This is, however, impmcticab1e.
Prof.
Hatchky has made a special study of the group for a number of years and brings to the preparation of this work experience such as few have and that can be gained in no otber way.
The work is practical in plan, dear and simple in diction, attractive, readable, and aItogether we11 adapted for use by the average person seeking information upon the subject. It cuntains much biological information secured at first hand during an extended experience in the field, and wil1 be found invaluabie to any we1L It contains a map
of the
state
showing
where
collecting has been done, an
student of the group as
fwnd
in the
central
states,
and to the special student as
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introductory chapter on the external anatomy, life history and enemies of orthop tera,a very full bibliographyy a brief but adequate gIossaq, and a chapter on the Iiie qnes of the state. Under each species are given its scientific and common .
name$ a brief synonymy with references to the more important literaturey its 1
description, distribution, and bioiogy.
New species are described in Ehttidae,
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Acridiidae, LmustidaeY and Gryllidae. The plates and figures? derived chiefly 1
' from other sources, ilhstrate more or less effectiveIy the more important genera and species, diagnostic characters, etc., and the pink form of a katydid in color. The typography, though equal to the average in works from such sources, %ht have been much ~IYIP~QV~. A few errors and inadvertencies need correction, notably the use of tegmina for tegmen (pp. 135-6) and the repeated misspelling of Dkhromoxpha .
The chapter on the life zones is the only onc which calls for especial remark or criticism here. The btaternmts regarding the sources of the Indiana fauna and &e relation of the species composing it to the life zones must be taken tentatively in details until fuller knowledge is avaihble. Though several families of the group, -the Acridiidae in particular-are exceptionally vahable for the study of this pmbIem it is impossible to draw correct conciusions on such points from study of a #
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limikd area, and the extrahital distribution of several of the species is ~videl~ at 6.
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