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PSYCHE.
NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND ACRID1DAE.-111.
0EDIPODINAE.-VI.
BY ALBERT P. MORSE, WEI-LESLEY, MASS.
Dissosteira Scudder 1876. U. S.
Geog. Surv. W. of 100th merid.,
Wheeler, arm. Rcp't, 1876, appendix
JJi pa 291.
Saussure, while a~kn~wledging the
priority of Spharageraon, refers to Dis- sosteira the species here treated under
the names of Dissosteira, Sphai-agemon,
and Scirtetica. As genera are now
recognized both Dissosteira and Sphar-
agelnon sl~odcl receive generic rank,
Scirtetica perhaps being excepted.
23. Dissosteira carolina Linn.
Loczcsta Carolina. Harris, 176.
Oeaoda carolina. Scudder, 468 ;
Smith, -Me., 150, - Conn., 371 ;
Thomas. 117.
Dissosteria carolina. Cornstock,
104.
Dissosieira carolina. Saussure,
137 ; Fer~ylcl, 43 ; Morse, 105 ; Beut-
ennitiller, 298.
Antenna : 8, 9.5-1 I ; 5 , 1 I .5-13.
Hind fein.: 3, 12.6-14.7 ; 9, 15.5-
20.5. Teg. : 3, '8-33.5; 5, 36-43.
Body : 8, 24-28 ; 2 , 33-42. Total
length : 8, 34-3-42 ; ?,43.5-53. mm.
Though quite variable in appearance
this species is readily recognized by its black wings with pale border. The
border varies from dull white to yellow- ish buff. The most striking variation,
however, is in the ground color of Ilie
body, which varies in examples from
the same locality from light yellow to
dark fuscous or even blight reddish
brown. The tegmina are sometimes
tnarkeilly trifasciate, sometimes evenly maculatc or almost unspotted.
This is a very common and widely
distributed species, and probably the
best known of any of the group, owing
to its conspicuous black wings and habit of frequenting roadsides. From the
prevailing brown tints of its coloring it has in some localities received the name of b' Quaker." In con-elation with its
large wing expanse its flight is power-
ful and erratic, and in hot August
afternoons it may often be seen hover-
ing motionless in the air or dancing up
and down above a particular spot and
stridulating, an act which is doubtle~s
to be looked upon as a sort of court-
ship. It is an alert species, well able
to take care of itself, and on warm days rather difficult to secure.
It appears early in July, -I have
taken it on the 7th-and is common
until late in the fall. It is found over the whole of New England with the
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88 PSYCHE. LJuls 1897.
probable exception, as noted by Mr.
Scudder, of the highest mountainous
portions. I have examples from various
parts of all of the New England States
and from Martha's Vineyiircl, Penikesc,
and Cuttyl~unk Ids.
Spharagemon Scudcler 1875. Proc.
Boston soc. 11at. hist., xvii, 467.
The treatment of the New England
species of this genus in my two recent
. pt~pers* is so full that a mere outline need be given here.
points in Conn. and eastern Mass., in-
cluding Martha's Vineyard and Nan-
tucket Ids.
25. Spharagemon saxatile Morse.
Figs. 25, 2.521.
Sflaragemon saxatile. Morse, Proc.
Boston soc. nat. hist., xxvi. 229 (1894). Morse, 105 ;-also Psyche, vii, 294 ;
Beutenmilller, too.
Antenna :
J' , I 2-14.5 ;
9 , I 2-14.
H. fern.: 3, 11.5-14; 9, 14-17.
Teg. : 8 , 31.5-25.5 ; 9 , 25-31. Body : J', 20-24 ; 5 , 28-34. Total length :
3, 27-32.5 ; 9 ,32-39 mm.
24. Spharagemon collare scudderi
A handsome species, common from
Morse. Figs. 24, 24a.
the latter part of July till October on
oedipocza co~a,,;$. Scu&ler, Final
the bare ledges of rocky hills in Mass.
~~~~~t ~ ~ ~ 1 . sLlrv. N&,, 250 (1871). and Conn., and only occasionally found
,ypfiaragemon aeyuale subsl>. scud- on sandy ground. In appearance and denMorse, proc. ~~~t~~ sot. nat. hist., habits it resembles mcotettix vcr- xsvi, 22 5 (I 894).
ruculahf-s, with which it is sometimes
Spharctg^emon collare subsp. scud-
found associated.
deri. Morse, Psyche, vii, 297.
(see .y ae+e in 26. Spharagemon bolli Scudd. Figs. Psyche, vii, 293.) 26-260.
Antenna : <?,1r.5-12.5 ; 9, 1I-I1.5 ;
~ f h ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ bz2-i. scudder, proc, 'Iind fern. : 8, 13-I4 ;
3 14-iG.5-
&ston sot. rlat. hist., xvji, 46,3 ( 187j). Teg.: 3, 23-24.5; 9, 25.5-28.5. Morse, 105, -Psyche, vii, 290 ;- Bod~ : 2'"23 ; 7 '7-'9' Total Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., xxvi, 227. length : 3% 28.5-30.5 ; 9 3 3'-35'5 S'harag-emon 60ZL-i.i. Bculenmiller, niin.
loo, Fernald, 43 ; Saussure, 140.
A common hut rather local species Spharagemon aepale. Cornstock, found from early in July till October;
I 04.
it occurs in open fields on dry uplands, A~~~~~~~ : 8, ; , n-13. H. preferring sandy soil. It is recorded fclll. : 8, 12,1;-135 ; 9 , iz+i'?s from southern Maine, Vt., and various T~,..: 8, 20.s-i"; 9, 23-28. ~ ~ d ~ : p~
3, 20.5-22 ; $ , 27.5-33. Total length : * Proc. Boston soc. nat, hist., xxvi, 320-240 (1894);- Psyche, vii, 237-299 (1893).
3, 26-30.5 ; 9, 29-38 inn?.




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July 1897.1 PSYCHE. 89
A common and widely distributed so in markings even in the same locality, species found throughout New England
some examples being chiefly ashy, more
from early July to late October in bushy pastures and barren grounds on dry
upland soil.
I 8. SCIRTETICA Sauss.
Scirtettca Saussui e 1884. Prodro-
mus Oeclipodiorum, 135 (subg. nov.).
27. Scirtetica marmorata Harr.
Figs. 27-27 b.
Locasta marmorata. Harris, Re-
port, p. 145, (1841) ; Treatise, 3rd ed, 179.
Oedipoda marmorata. Scudder,
472 ; Smith, Conn., 372; Thomas, 111.
Dissosteim marmorata. Saussure,
141 ; Femalil, 44.
Scirtettica marmorata. Morse,
10; ; Beuteniniiller, 303.
Antenna: J', 10.5-12.; ; 9, 9.5-10.5.
H. fem.: (?,9.3-10.7; 9, 10.5-12.5.
Teg. : J'.17-20 ; 9 ,zo.j-22.5. Body :
8, 15-19 ; 9 , 22-25. Total length :
J', 21.5-25 ; 9, 25-29 mm.
While usually recognizable by the
markings of the tegmina this species is
extremely variable in color and widely
or less maculate with black; others
chiefly blackish fuscous, marked with
white, yellowish, or reddish-brown ;
others again entirely bright rufous,
sometimes of the tint of red hematite.
It is one of the handsomest of our
locusts, but next to flippiscus rug'osus is probably the least known of our
Oedipodinae, since, though widely dis-
tributed, it is extremely local.
Like the species of the preceding
genus it is a wide-awake and rather shy
locust, best securcd by marking down
and cautiously approaching, capturing
it with a swift sweep of the net as soon as within striking distance. Its stridu- lation and flight are very similar, per- haps indistinguishable, from those of
S1>ha7-agemon boll/.
I have met with it in but three local-
ities ; in each of these it is common and is found on sandy barrens but scantily
clothed with vegetation. My specimens
were securcd between the dates of Aug.
2 and Sept. ; at Provincetown, Mass.,
West Chop, M. V., and North Haven,
ct.
NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN COCCIDAE FROM FLORIDA. BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. M. AGR. EXP. STA, sent to me by M,.. A. L. ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , Coccid with, in the adult 9, rudimentary legs and antenn~e; secreting a profusion of cot- who gives below the particulars as to
tony matter, which completely covers and their occurrence. hides it. Skin not chitinous. Apparently



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