Measurements.-Male: Length of body, 18 mm. ; pronotum, 4 mm.; posterior femora, 18 mm. ; wing covers, 25 mm. Female Length of body, 21 mim.; pronotum, 4 mm. ; posterior femora, 17 mm.; wing covers, 21-23 mm. Expanse, male, 61 mm.; female, 50 mm.

Types: three males and three females, Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Collected at West Woodstock, Windham Co., Conn., on pine trees, September.

Scudderia truncata, sp. nov.

Somewhat resembles Scudderia pistillata in general appearance, but is considerably smaller. The wing covers are narrower and of almost equal width, with the costal margin curved; apex rounded; the eyes are larger and more protruding; pronotum narrower in front than behind, not much longer than broad. Supra-anal plate of male with no elongated process, but abruptly pointed with the apex truncate and minutely notched. The subanal process is long and slender, and abruptly turned upwards; much less curved than that of S. pistillata. Measurements.-Male: Length of body, 15 mm. ; wing covers, 26 mm.; posterior femora, 19 mm.

Described from a single male taken by the late Henry Edwards at Vineland, N. J. Type, Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.

This is probably the insect referred by Brunner von Wattenwyl to Scudderia angustifolia Harris (Monograph Phaneropteriden, 1878, p. 241). His description of the insect agrees with the specimen before me. Harris's angustifolia, however, was recently determined for me by Prof. Lawrence Bruner and Mr. W. S. Blatchley, and their determinations are alike, but differ from Brunner von Wattenwyl, and I am inclined to believe the former are correct. Harris's angustifolia is allied to S. furcata, while S. truncata is allied to S. pistillata. The figure of angustifolia in Harris's Report on Insects Injurious to Vegetation' agrees better with Bruner's and Blatchley's determinations than it does with that of Brunner von Wattenwyl.

Melanoplus punctulatus (Scudder).

The babits of this species are very different from those of the other members of the same genus. Instead of being an active creature, and living on the ground amongst grass like other species of Melanoplus, it inhabits pine trees, and is sometimes found in numbers on the same tree. It is quite sluggish, and may be easily taken without it making any or much effort to escape capture. Found during August and September.

Article XII.-DESCRIPTIVE

CATALOGUE OF THE

ORTHOPTERA FOUND WITHIN FIFTY MILES
OF NEW YORK CITY.

By WILLIAM BEUTENMÜLLER.

The object of the present paper is to enable those interested in the study of Orthoptera to determine the species found within a radius of fifty miles of New York City. Reference has also been made to those species which are likely to occur in this district.

The descriptions of the species and genera have all been taken from specimens in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, and have in most cases been compared with the original descriptions and quotations taken therefrom.

Much assistance has been rendered me by the following gentlemen, to whom I herewith desire to express my sincere thanks for their kindness and readiness in aiding me in my work.

Mr. Wm. T. Davis for list of species and loan of specimens found on Staten Island; Prof. John B. Smith, of New Brunswick, N. J., and Mr. Nathan Banks, of Sea Cliff, L. I., for lists of species taken by them in their respective localities; Mr. A. P. Morse, of Wellesley, Mass., for list of Acrididæ of New England, and presentation of specimens of Opomala brachyptera, Stethophyma lineata and different species of Spharagemon, including types of his S. saxatile and S. æquale scudderi; Mr. Blatchley, of Terre Haute, Ind., for specimens of Scudderia, and Dr. S. H. Scudder and Prof. Lawrence Bruner for identification of doubtful species. The plates were drawn from nature by Mr. L. H. Joutel, and the figures in the text by Mr. R. L. Ditmars.

In order to properly understand the terms used in this paper, it has been thought advisable to insert the following cut, which was redrawn from the First Report of the U. S. Entomological Commission, p. 258.

FORFICULIDE.-EARWIGS.

The members of this family may be known by their long, slender and flattened bodies, with the sides almost parallel, and the last abdominal segment furnished with a pair of forceps. Wings and wing covers present or absent.

Anisolabis Fieber.

Body long and slender, without wings, and of nearly equal width throughout; antennæ about half as long as the body, about 19-jointed. First and third tarsal joints of about equal length; second joint much smaller; forceps rather stout, slightly curved.

Anisolabis maritima (Bonnell).

PLATE V, FIG. 1.

Deep blackish brown, shining; underside considerably paler; legs pale luteous, also the antennæ at the base, and becoming darker towards the tip. Length, 15-22 mm. ; forceps, 3-4 mm. Width, 3-4 mm.

Rather common at Sandy Hook, N. J., and along the banks of the Hudson River; also taken along the sea shore of Long Island and on Staten Island. Ranges throughout nearly the whole temperate and tropical world. Found under sticks, stones and rubbish during July and August.

Spongophora (Serville).

Body long and slender, flattened, with the sides of the abdomen straight; antennæ over half the length of the abdomen, 15-20-jointed, with the joints rather long; wings and wing covers present. First tarsal joint longer than the second and third together; third joint scarcely longer than the second; forceps nearly straight, very long and with a few teeth on the inner edge in the male; nearly unarmed in the female.

Spongophora brunneipennis (Serville).

Head, thorax and wing covers blackish brown ; abdomen rich chestnut brown; wings yellowish, edged within and at the apex with dark chestnut brown; palpi luteous; antennæ 14-15-jointed, darker than the palpi; legs honey yellow; forceps simple, straight, incurved at the tip and half as long as the abdomen,

with a quadrate basal tooth (female) or two-thirds as long as the abdomen, with markss prominent inner tooth before the middle. Length, 9 mm. ; Recorded from New Jersey, Pennsylvania southward to Mexico, and is probably also found in this vicinity.

httie more than half as

Forficula Linnæus.

long as the body, 10-14-jointed, the joints cylindrical,

Body more or less flattened, usually long and slender; antennæ generally a scarcely longer at the apex than at the base, seldom less than four times as long little longer than the third, the second broadened at the apex and passing as broad; wing covers present; wings sometimes present; first tarsal joint a beneath the third joint; forceps of varied construction.

Forficula aculeata Scudder.

Dark chestnut brown; palpi and legs luteous; thorax longer than broad and narrower than the head, the sides pale luteous; wing covers nearly twice as long as the thorax, luteous, and broadly margined inwardly with deep chestnut brown; hind wings considerably shorter than the wing covers; male forceps about three-fourths as long as the abdomen, slender, arcuate, bent downward beyond the middle and again horizontal to the tip, before which is also a short tooth; pygidium with a long sharp point. Length of body, male and female, 9-11 mm. ; forceps of male, 4 5 mm. ; female, 2.5 to 3.5 mm.

Rare in this vicinity. Taken in May on Snake Hill, N. J., under stones. It probably also occurs in other localities in this

vicinity.

Forficula pulchella Serville.

Head blackish; antenne brown, paler at base; thorax brown, with the sides and hind margin paler; wing covers brown; wings yellow edged with brown; abdomen reddish brown; forceps of male arcuate in the middle, pointed, with an inner tooth near the base. Length of body, 8 mm. ; forceps of male, 5 mm.; female, 2.5 mm.

Recorded from Niagara, N. Y., and will probably also be found in this vicinity.

Forficula auricularia Linnæus.

Fusco-ferruginous; antennæ 14-15-jointed; basal joint, sides of thorax and legs testaceous; wings and wing covers dull luteous, the latter half as long again as the pronotum; forceps of male usually as long as the abdomen, hori