148 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [April, 



examples of T. lateralis showing a somewhat closer structural simi- 

 larity to this species than do adults of that insect. Morse's name 

 elongata was proposed for the individuals of this species having a 

 caudate pronotum; three males and one female from Yemassee, 

 South Carolina, are of this phase. 



The majority of the adults have the dorsal surface of the pronotum 

 somewhat lighter brown in coloration than the lateral lobes of the 

 same, only seven individuals are unicolorous and darker, while but 

 one female (Homerville) has the dorsal surface of the pronotum 

 unusually pale and tawny-olive in tone. 



The present insect has been found from Beach Haven, New Jersey, 

 to extreme southern Georgia. Its distribution is discontinuous, 

 though not to the degree of that of Paxilla obesa, for while it has 

 been found to prefer areas in the pine woods of low, blackish, water- 

 soaked ground covered with low bog plants (Wilmington, Yemas- 

 see, Homerville), it has also been taken in various low grasses near 

 " hammock" land (Augusta, Hebardville, Suwannee Creek, Homer- 

 ville) and in swamp grasses along a wooded stream (Fayetteville) . 

 The specimen from Augusta was taken just below the fall line among 

 long-leaf pines. 



Tettigidea spicata Morse. 



Florida. Alabama. 



Florida, (Morrison), 6 9, type, para- Alabama, (Morrison), 2 c? , 4 9, 



type and series taken with these, [Hebard Cln.]. 



[Hebard Cln.]. T ■ • 



Jacksonville, (T. J. Priddey), 2 9, „ _. ^omstana ^ 



[Hebard Cln.]. ^* ew Orleans, (Coleman), 2 9 , [Hebard 



Pablo Beach, IV, 8, (P. Laurent), 1 9 , Cln -1- 



[Hebard Cln.]. 



Morse in his original description gives "intermediate in structure 

 of vertex between apiculata and armata, but. more nearly allied to 

 the latter." This is true in respect to the vertex, but in the total 

 of characters the relationship to apiculata is much more decided, 

 the present insect being apparently a less strongly developed form 

 of a common stock. The more arcuate character of the dorsum of 

 the pronotum in transverse section between the humeral angles is 

 one of the most apparent characters to distinguish this species from 

 T. armata, from which insect it further differs in the characters 

 given by Morse. 34 



Specimens referred to this species by the authors from the vicinity 



3i Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, III, p. 108, (1895). 



