. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . leaves. They were not easily detected among the fallenleaves, owing to the harmony of their colors with the back-ground, and sometimes I recognized their presence only whenthe herbage near the ground was suddenly shaken by the con-tact of the male and as it jumped swiftly to escape. Thefemale is more clumsy than the male; the latter often makes asuccession of rapid jumps on the bed of the forest, covering adist
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . leaves. They were not easily detected among the fallenleaves, owing to the harmony of their colors with the back-ground, and sometimes I recognized their presence only whenthe herbage near the ground was suddenly shaken by the con-tact of the male and as it jumped swiftly to escape. Thefemale is more clumsy than the male; the latter often makes asuccession of rapid jumps on the bed of the forest, covering adistance of a yard or two. If pursued further, it not infre-quently hides under the leaves. This species was found between the middle of June and themiddle of August in the woods mentioned, but after the latterdate, it was replaced by Blatchleys locust, a closely alliedspecies. On August fourth a number of nymphs were found,which were about to become mature. The life history of thisspecies, like many of our locusts, is still unknown. At one time,July thirteenth, I found a female on a rotten stump and possiblyit was laying its eggs there. ECOLOGY —INTERPRETATION OF ENVIRONMENT 407. Green-legged Locust (Melanophis viridipes). Upper liro figures, females; the two middle figures, males; the loicer single figure, a nymph — last larval stage. This species prefers the seclusion of the forest, living among the fallen dried leaves on the ground, hut is occasionalh/ found at the edge of the woods on shrubbery. 408 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA The Geeen-stbiped Locust Only a few of our locusts hibernate in the immature stage,most of the species passing the winter in the egg. The green-striped locust, Chortophaga viridifasciata, is one of the firstto mature in the spring from the nymph that has passed throughthis cold period. It is a great delight to visit the haunts ofthis locust. At the border of an oak copse, after the snowshave just melted, one finds him in a fresh dress of viv
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