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expanding but slightly at the anterior border of the eyes; the angle rounded ; 

 the apex blunt ; edges scarcely, if at all, raised ; foveolse as in St. macuUpen- 

 nis, but shallower. Lateral carinse of the pronotum some'wliat convergent in 

 the middle, of equal prominence and sharpness as the median ; hind border 

 of the pronotum somewhat rounded. Elytra and wings a little longer than 

 the abdomen. 



Color. — Brown. A stripe behind the eye quite broad ; lateral carinse 

 yellowish ; a faint, curved, dark stripe from the inner border of the eyes to the 

 lateral carinse. Antennse yellowish-brown. Elytra brownish at the base, 

 transjjarent at the apex, with a middle line of brown spots extending two- 

 thirds of the distance toward the tip. Legs yellowish-brown ; hind tibiae 

 plumljeous, with a broad, pale annulation at the base. 



Dimensions. — (j Length, 0.6 inch; antennje, 0.26 inch; hind femora, 

 0.38 inch; elytra, 55 inch. 9 Length, 0.75 inch; antennse, 0.23 inch; 

 hind femora, 0.48 inch ; elytra, 0.68 inch. 



Connecticut, Minnesota (Scudder). 



This is probably but a variety of St. macuUpennis, but the description 

 is given here for the reason stated elsewhere. 



St. ciu'tipeuni!^, Scudd, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1862, vol. VII, 456. 



Syn., Stenobothrus longipennis, Scudd., Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1862, vol. VII, 457. 

 Locusta curtipennis, Hiirr., Cat. Ins. Mass., 56. 

 Chloealtis curtipennis, Ban-., Eep., 3d ed., 184, PL 3, Fig. 1. 



Vertex expanding on each side, immediately in front of the eyes, into 

 an angular point a little more obtuse than a right angle ; margins raised, 

 obtuse, converging in front to a right angle ; apex blunt ; lateial foveolse 

 distinct, linear. Face oblique, that of the male more so than that of the 

 female, slightly arcuate ; frontal costa very prominent, sides nearly parallel, flat 

 or sub-convex above the ocellus, rest sulcate ; lateral carinse curving regularly 

 from the inner margin of the eyes to the corners of the face. Antennse 

 passing the thorax, especially in the male; thick, somewhat flattened, and 

 slightlj' enlarged toward the apex ; joints more contracted in the female 

 than in the male. Sides of the pronotum somewhat compressed, especially 

 on the lower posterior portion, giving to this part the appearance of being 

 slightly indented and contracted, nearly parallel, but slightly widest in front; 

 the three carinae distinct, equal, the lateral approximating in advance of the 

 middle,- about one-third the distance from the anterior border ; slightly 



