612 FAMILY VII. TETTIGOXIID.E. THE CAMEL CRICKETS. 



species and is known to occur from Now England west to Min- 

 nesota and Colorado. Morse (IJJlOa, 28) says that it has been 

 introduced "into greenhouses and cellars in several parts of New 

 England. It multiplies rapidly and quickly becomes abundant, 

 the adults and young occurring throughout the year." His speci- 

 mens were from Kennebunk, Me., and Danvers and Springfield, 

 Mass. It has been taken in New Jersey ( llV/ss) and at Cliuton- 

 ville and Springfield, Ohio (Kostir). Lugger (1S9S, 254) said 

 that at that time it had succeeded in finding a new home in the 

 Conservatory of the State University at Minneapolis, and, accord- 

 ing to Oestlund, that they "had been there three years and mul- 

 tiply freely. They were at first noticed in connection with a ship- 

 ment of Japanese umbrella plants from Florida." While not as 

 yet recorded from Florida, the above would indicate that they 

 occur in greenhouses in that State. 



A single specimen of Dicxlr<iiiiiii<'it<i unlcolor lirunner 

 (1888, 21)!)), the Chinese greenhouse camel cricket, was received 

 by Morse from a greenhouse at Chicago and recorded by him 

 (Psyche, XI, 1!)()4, SO). It differs from J). japanica in its nearly 

 uniform piceous hue and in having the front femora less than one- 

 half longer than pronotuni. It is liable to be found in any green- 

 house that imports plants from China, its native country. 



III. TDEOPSYLLA Scudder, 18(i2a, 284. (dr., "ground" -f "flea.") 

 Kobust wingless Orthoptera, having the head larger and body 

 stouter than in ( 1 <'iit]i<>itltniis ; vertex deflexed, flattened vertically ; 

 an tenure slender, not much longer than body, the third joint twice 

 as long as second; eyes small, triangular, the apex below; third 

 joint of palpi longer than first and second united, but shorter 

 than fifth, fourth half the length of third; pronotum one-half 

 longer than either meso- or metanotum ; hind femora flattened, 

 broad throughout the length, rather thin, outer lower margin' 

 with 8 to 20 small teeth, inner with eight or more longer stouter 

 ones; hind tibia 1 armed above on each margin with four long al- 

 ternating, movable spines, betAveen each pair of which are 

 three or four short teeth ; apex with three pairs of stout spurs, 

 the inner median one the longer; hind tarsi with first and fourth 

 joints subequal in length, each more than twice as long as second 

 and third united. 



289. UDEOPSYLLA ROBUSTA (Haldeman), 1850, 346. Robust Camel Cricket. 

 Color extremely variable, in typical robusta dark brown to reddish- 

 brown, often blotched with fuscous; in var. -nigm Scudd., black with dor- 

 sum of pronotum and legs often paler; in var. devius Scudd., uniform pale 



