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impressions dim. Elytra and wings about as long as the abdomen ; posterior 

 femora of the female a little shorter. Eyes very long, straight in front. 



Color. — Light rust-red, somewhat uniform. Elytra opaque, rather paler 

 on the over-lapping portion, without spots, or sprinkled over with dim, small, 

 dusky spots. Wings transparent, slightly reddish toward the tip ; veins 

 blackish. Posterior femora reddish ; the flat disk whitish, with a row of 

 black dots above and below ; apex with a lunate, black spot on the side. 

 Spines of the tibiae whitish, tipped with black. 



Dimensions. — 9 Length, 1.4 to 1.6 inches. Male much smaller. 



South Carolina (Harris); Cape Cod, Connecticut, Southern States, and 

 Alabama (Scudder); Southern Illinois, Tennessee, Maryland (Thomas). 



A. alutacetiui, Harr., Rep., 3d ed., 173. 



Syn., A. torvum, Say, MSS. (Scudd., Bost. Jour, Nat. Hist., VII, 466). 

 rusticum, Burm., Handb. Ent., II, 633. 



FeTOffl/e.— Frontal costa and fastigium thickly punctured. -Lobes of the 

 pronotum equally and roughly punctured ; median carina somewhat promi- 

 nent. Elytra and wings much longer than the abdomen ; posterior femora 

 shorter. Cerci short, of moderate width, narrowed toward the tips. Pectus 

 punctured. Prosternal spine large, slightly flattened laterally, straight 



Color. — Dirty brownish-yellow ; a paler stripe on the top of the head 

 and thorax. Elytra semi-transparent, with irregular, pale-brownish spots; 

 the sutural margin pale-yellow. Wings transparent-yellowish ; nerves and 

 nervules pale-brown or dirty-yellow. Posterior margin of each abdominal 

 segment with a ring of black dots. Posterior femora whitish within and 

 without ; the disk margined above and below by a row of distant, black dots, 

 and crossed herring-bone fashion by numerous brown lines. Posterior tibise 

 reddish ; spines yellowish-white, tipped with black. 



Male. — Cerci nearly as broad as long, obtusely and roundly notched at 

 the tip. Sub-anal plate hairy ; notch broad, and not so deep as in A. ameri- 

 canum. Spots on the elytra more obscure than in the female ; dorsal stripe 

 and stripe on the upper margin of the elytra sometimes wanting. 



Dimensions. — $ Length, 1.75 to 2 inches; elytra, 16 inches ; posterior 

 femora, 1.05 inches ; posterior tibise, 1 inch. $ Length, 1.25 inches ; elytra, 

 1.10 inches. 



Martha's Vineyard (Harr.) ; Connecticut (S. I. Smith) ; Massachusetts 

 (Erichson) ; Carolina (De Haan) ; Florida (Walker). 



