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pond in a large excavated area and was of the grayish brown 

 color of the soil. 



Tettigidea Scudder. 



More robust and clumsy than previous genera. Head larger 

 and face less oblique. Antennae with 22 joints. The top 

 of the head with a small lobe on either side which projects upon 

 the upper inner border of the eyes. Vertex wider than one of 

 the eyes. Pronotum with the dorsal surface usually finely 

 wrinkled, the sides sloping downward between the shoulders, the 

 rear portion flat. 



Fig. 12. Tettigidea parvipennis. Dorsal view of head. 



T. parvipennis Harris. Plate VH, 10. 



Grayish or light brown above, sides darker. Male with the 

 lower part of the face and the front portion of the lower part 

 of the sides of the pronotum whitish. The pronotum with the 

 median carina distinct, the posterior portion slightly passing 

 the tip of the abdomen, with the wings abortive, or, in the form 

 pennata, passing the tip of the hind femora, and with the wings 

 developed. 



Measurements. 



Total length Pronotum 



Female 11. 5-14 10. 4-13 



Male S.4-11.5 8 -11 



T. parvipennis pennata Morse. 



Measurements. 



Total length Pronotum 



Female 15-16. 8 13.3 14.6 



Male 11.5-13 9.8-11.5 



The short-winged form is rather more numerous, though 

 neither is very abundant. The species occurs in moist or wet 

 boggy meadows, especially on light soil, and along wet, sandy 

 roadside gutters. Canaan, North Haven, South Kent, Stamford, 



