580 FAMILY VII. TETTIGOXIID.E. THE KATYDIDS. 



dark brown on the former, paler and often ill-defined on the latter, bor- 

 dered each side with grayish-white; tegmina, legs and male cerci usually 

 bluish- or sea-green, the base of tegmina often pale brown; abdomen as 

 described in key, the sides grayish-brown. Tegmina almost reaching base 

 of cerci, male, covering two-thirds or slightly more of abdomen, female, 

 their tips narrowly rounded. Hind femora usually unarmed beneath, 

 sometimes with one or two spines on lower outer margin. Cerci very simi- 

 lar to but more attenuate than those of spartincc (Fig. 189, b.) Ovipositor 

 slightly longer than hind femora, usually straight, sometimes with a dis- 

 tinct upward curve. Length of body, $, 11 13.2, 9, 11.2 13.5; of prono- 

 tum, $, 2.3 2.6, 9, 2.G 3; of tegmina, $ , 7, 9, 5.56.8; of hind femora, 

 (5, 10, 9, 1112; of ovipositor, 1116 mm. 



Ocean View, N. Jer., August 30 (Fox-). The types of Fox 

 were from Cape May County, N. Jer., and the species ranges from 

 that State along the Atlantic coast to southern Georgia, while 

 on the Gulf coast it is known only from Cedar Keys, Fla. It oc- 

 curs only on the salt marsh tidal flats, where, says Fox, "it is as- 

 sociated with C. si>(irtime but is much scarcer than the latter and 

 is almost entirely restricted to the tall Spartina grasses which 

 fringe the banks of the numerous channels and ditches traversing 

 the marshes." 



271. CONOCEPHALUS SPARTINA ( Fox ) , 1912, 111. Salt Marsh Meadow 



Grasshopper. 



Size small; form slender. Usually grass-green in life, sometimes pale 

 brown; tegmina translucent pale brown tinged with green, especially near 

 apex; dorsal stripe of occiput and pronotum dark brown, sharply defined, 

 bordered each side with yellowish; lateral lobes often with median area 

 brown; abdomen of female with tip only orange; all the femora green 

 with numerous reddish-brown dots; hind tibiae tinged with dusky; tarsi 

 brown. Fastigium as in key. Lateral lobes with front margin broadly 

 rounded into lower one, their intervening angle absent; lower hind angle 

 broadly rounded, humeral sinus wanting. Tegmina usually reaching last 

 abdominal segment, male, covering about three-fourths of abdomen, female, 

 their tips narrowly rounded; sometimes fully developed and then exceeding 

 tips of hind femora by 3 mm. Hind femora usually armed beneath with 

 one to four spines. Cerci as in key and Fig. 189, c. Ovipositor almost or 

 fully as long as hind femora, rather broad and with a very slight upward 

 curve (Fig. 189, n.) Length of body, $, 10.8 13.5, 9, 11 15; of prono- 

 tum, $, 2.33, 9, 2.53; of tegmina, $, 610.8, 9, 55.8; of hind fe- 

 mora, $ , 8.2 10.5, 9 , 9.2 11.2 mm., of ovipositor, 7.1 9.9 mm. 



Whitestone, Va., Sept. 26 (For] ; Cape Sable, Fla., Feb. 23 

 (IT 7 . #. B.} This is also a coastwise species ranging from Maine 

 and Massachusetts to Caple Sable, Fla., and on the Gulf coast 

 from Everglade, Fla., to southeastern Texas. As its specific name 

 indicates, it occurs mostly among the salt marsh grasses of the 

 genus KparliiHt. Only two males, one a nymph, were taken at 



