Notes on New England Acrididae. —III. Oedipodinae. —V
International Journal of
BY ALBERT P. MORSE WELLESLEY 0
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Recensio oroccasionally prolonged for several rods in a straight line. It begins to appear in the winged state about July ISt and may be found during the rest of the season. I have taken it from July 2 till Sept. 6. I have collected it at Fryeburg, Norway, and on Speckled Mr., Stoneham, Me. at various points in the White Mrs., N. H., including the sumnit of Mr. Washington; at Jay, Hyde Park and St. Johnsbury, Vt. at Winchendon, _A_dams, and on Oreylock Mr., Mass. a single specimen (on a rainy day) at So. Kent, Ct., in the extreme western part of the State, and several at Thompson, in the extreme northeastern part. In the latter place it was not uncommon in a locality on.the north side of a high drumlin a mile east of the village. I have also received it fl'om Hanover, N. H. (Weed) and Florence, Mass. (S. W. Denton).
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z x. Hippiscus tuberculatus Pal. d.
Beauv. Figs. zI, z xa.
Acrydium tuberculalum. Palisot de
Beauvois, Insectes d’Afr, et d’Amer,
I45, pl. 4, fig" ., (pt. 9,) (I8r7).
(2esle Saussure, 87. )
Locusla corallina. Harris, 76.
Oedipoda phoenicoptera. Scudder,
468; Snaith,--Me., I51 --Conn.,
37; Thomas, 135.
tIi2@iscus tuberculatus. Saussure,
87;--Addit., 27 (var.) Fernald, 42;
Scudder, Psyche, (189z), 3o3; Morse,
to5 Beutenmtt,ller, 2.97.
Antenna: ,d lO.5-12 ?, 11.5-.i3.5,
H. fern.; o i4-6 ?, x8.5.-2o. 5.
Teg.: d’, 24-3o; ?, 3o-32. Body:
d’, 25-28; ?, 36-44 Total length:
d’, 32-38; q, 39-43.
Yellow-winged examples of this
species have been taken but are very
i-are. Oftentimes the head, pronotum
and hind femora, even in the half grown
nymph, are largely greenish.
This is the largest and most striking
locust of the present group. Owing to
its gaily colored wings it is a
conspicuous object in flight, but it is sufficiently
alert and active to snake its capture a
matter of some difficulty, being, both
very ready to take wing and flying a
considerable distance. The 9 is much
less active than the and is difficult to
flush snore than once or find unless
marked down with great care. Both
are occasionally secured in sweeping.
The stridulation of the o is a rapid
rattle, louder, but similar to that of
Arphia su@hurea, with which species
this is commonly found associated. It
is found in bushy pastures and untilled
land of light soil or elevated location.
The young, which may be found as
early as the latter part of August, are
curious little depressed, toadlike objects
usually purplish leaden in color. They
may be found, under suitable conditions,
in the fall, winter, and early spring
months in localities frequented by the
adult.
This species appears in the winged
state about the first of May, probably
sometimes in the last week of April,
and may be found until the middle or
latter part of July. I have taken it on
May 8 and July 3.
I have seen it fi’om Norway, Me.
and have examples from Keene, N. H.
(Prof. Weed); Brattleboro, Vt. (Mrs.
J.B. Powers); Winchendon,
Marlboro, Sudbury, Wellesley and several
towns in the immediate vicinity, in
Mass. Thompson, and So. Kent
(young), Ct. It is also very widely
distributed outside of New England.
:. Hippiscus rugosus Scudd.
Fig. zz.
Oedipoda rz.tgosa. Scudder, 469
(t86z). Smith, Me., 5I; Thomas,
I32.
IIippiscus rugosus. Saussure, 85;
Fernald, 4; Scudder, Psyche, (892-,
z87 Morse, o5 Beutenmiller, z98.
This species does not differ materially
in size from its congener, the preceding,
which is the only one with which it is
likely to be confused, and from which
it is readily distinguished by the form
of the head and pronotum. The wings
are usually yellow, often pale
yellowishwhite, sometimes orange or even red.
This is our rarest Oedipodine, and
the only one which I have not met in
the field in an extended experience in
collecting the New England locusts.
Reported from Norway, Me., by Smith,
and eastern Mass. by Scudder, nothing
is recorded concerning the date of
capture or character of the locality where
found. It probably occurs, however,
in localities similar to those frequented
by itscongener. Numerous specimens
which I refer to this species were found
by Mr. S. W. Denton in Ohio and
Illinois in midsummer.
THE
LARVA
OF
LYCOMORPHA
PHOLUS.
BY HARRISON G. DYAR Nt’V YORK.
t839. Harris, Silliman’s Journ. Sci. Arts.
XXXVI, 318.
I862. Harris, Ins. Inj. veg. 341.
1869. Melsheimer, Harris’ ent. corresp, p.
1882. Packard, Papilio III, 18I.
1896. Dyar, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist.,
XXVII, 136.
Harris states that the larva lives on lichens
growing on rocks.
Melsheimer found them on lichens on the
trunks of hickory trees.
The full grown larvae occurred to me not
uncommonly on an old stone fence at
Jefferson Highlands N. H. in the middle of June.
Eggs were obtained a month later.
/grgr. Laid singly, adherent. Oblately
spheroidal, the lower half more flattened
than the upper, both well rounded; a little
elongated in one diameter, (...truncated)