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usually narrow. ^ cerci small, narrow, straight, tip rounded and sulcata. 

 Tip of abdomen notched, as in C. spretiis, but the notch is wider. Length 

 ? 5 -95 j 1^5 -9° inch. Elytra $ , .75 ; ^ , .70 inch. Hind femora % , 

 .56; ^, .50 inch. 



Banks of the P^lkhorn River, Dodge County, Nebraska. August and 

 September. 



Caloptenus vohicris, n. sp. 



Head unusually large. Frontal costa slightly depressed at ocellus, 

 broadening below. Punctate above ocellus. Pronotum slightly con- 

 stricted in middle. Median carinse distinct, but slight ; cut by last 

 transverse incision. Lateral carina distinct only on posterior part of 

 pronotum. Elytra longer than abdomen. Posterior femora equals 

 abdomen in length. In dried specimen the face is brown, occiput and 

 pronotum a shade lighter. The usual black stripe behind eye to last lobe 

 of pronotum, and testaceous spot below. Elytra light brown, darkest at 

 base, unspotted. Oblique yellow stripe on side of body. All the femora 

 reddish yellow above, the posteriors black at tip, with three brownish 

 patches on upper edge. Hind tibiae blue with black spines, and narrow, 

 black, basal annulation. Under side of thorax and abdomen yellow. 

 Antennce red, darker at tips. Terminal segment of abdomen pointed. 

 Cerci broad at base, rapidly tapering to the middle. The apical half 

 scarcely tapering and ending in a blunt point. Length ^, .85 inch. 

 Elytra <^, .70 inch. Hind femora, .45 inch. 



Rare and local so far as observed. Habitat, Glencoe, Neb. Time 

 of appearance, September. This species is very close to Pezotettix 

 aiitumualis Dodge, and differs chiefly in the length of the elytra and 

 wings. 



Caloptenus plumhnin, 11. sp. 



Frontal costa sulcate only at ocellus. Vertex slightly sulcate. Median 

 carina of pronotum distinct, cut about the middle by last transverse 

 furrow. Hind border of pronotum angled. Elytra and wings extend 

 beyond the abdomen. Cerci l)roadest at base and straight until near the 

 apex, when they bend upward — the upper side with a gentle curve, the 

 lower making an obtuse angle — and end in a blunt point. Tip of abdo- 

 men rounded. 



Color dark inclining to blue. Pronotum with a red, longitudinal 



