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than tlie abdomen. Cerci of the male flat, narrow, tapering ; last ventral 

 segment with a blunt tubercle below the margin. Posterior femora rather 

 more than usually enlarged near the base, about as long as the abdomen. 

 Prostenial spine somewhat quadrate, tapering rapidly. 



Color (dried after immersion in alcohol). — Dull-yellow or testaceous. A 

 broad, yellow stripe on each side from the upper angle of the eye to the tip of 

 the pronotum; inclosed space of the disk pale-brown ; median carina yellowish; 

 below the yellow stripe is a broad, irregular, brownish stripe, reaching from 

 the eye to the tip of the pronotum. A bright-yellow stripe runs from the 

 base of the elytra to the posterior coxse. Elytra pale ashy-brown ; an irreg- 

 ular row of rather small, dim, brown spots along the disk, one or two some- 

 times distinguishable above and below ; nervules mostly yellow. Wings 

 pellucid, with some dark nerves near the apex. Posterior femora crossed by 

 three oblique, dim, brown bands. Tibiae bluish. 



When living, is pea-green ; the stripes along the sides whitish ; hind 

 tibiae blue. 



Dimensions. — 9 Length, 0.76 inch ; elytra, 0.43 inch ; posterior femora, 

 0.43 inch, s Length, 0.56 to 0.60 inch. 



There is a strongly-marked variety, which I have included in this 

 species, but which may be distinct. 



Var. a. — Paler throughout ; space between the stripes almost uniform 

 in color with the stripes ; lateral brown stripes often narrow or obliterated. 

 Elytra narrower and longer, reaching nearly or quite to the extremity of the 

 abdomen. The males appear to be uniformly longer and larger. 



Between Red Buttes and Independence Rock, Wyoming (Thomas) 



C. repIefHs, Walk., Cat. Dermap. Salt., IV, 678. 



Female. — Tawny, rather slender. Head and pronotum with two broad, 

 black stripes (which include a few tawny dots), and with two intermediate 

 black lines. Head smooth, moderately long; tip of the vertex depressed, 

 sub-elhptical; carinas slight, inner carinas converging toward the face, outer 

 diverging. Eyes very much rounded on the hind side. Antennae piceous 

 toward the tips. Pronotum finely punctured, widening slightly hindward ; 

 disk nearly tlat, with three slight carinse; transverse-impressed lines distinct; 

 fore border nearly straight; sides rounded; hind border much rounded, 

 slightly elongated, occasionally marked with black lines. Prosternal spine 



