Notes on New England Acrididae. —III. Oedipodinae. —V

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Jul 2018

Albert P. Morse

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Notes on New England Acrididae. —III. Oedipodinae. —V

International Journal of BY ALBERT P. MORSE WELLESLEY 0 MASS. 0 . CAMNULA St 0 0 Camnula St1 i873. thopterorum , i, 114 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). - tSc,CHEo 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)


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Albert P. Morse. Notes on New England Acrididae. —III. Oedipodinae. —V, Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 8, DOI: 10.1155/1897/34313