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 round forehead. They compose the subfamily Phaneropterinae, which includes species that attain the acme of grace, elegance, and refinement to be round in the entire orthopteran order. Nearly all the round-headed katydids are musical to some degree, but their productions are not



of a high order. On the other hand, though their notes are in a high key, they are usually not loud and not of the kind that keep you awake at night.

Among this group are the bush katydids, the species of which are of medium size with slenderer wings than the others, and are comprised in the genus usually known as Scudderia but also called Phaneroptera. They have acquired the name of bush katydids because they are usually found on low shrubbery, particularly along the edges of moist meadows, though they inhabit other places, too, and their notes are often heard at night about the house. Our