No. i6.] 



ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 



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One of our prettiest species, its colors rsembling the lichen- 

 covered rocks of the high, wooded ledges, where it is often 

 abundant. It is a shy insect, quick to take wing, and considerable 

 skill is required to capture it. Canaan, South Kent, Greenwich, 

 New Haven, Deep River, Thompson (A. P. M.) ; Mt. Carmel, 

 6 August, Prospect, 15 August, West Rock, 6 October 

 (W. E. B.) ; Scotland, 10 August, Lyme, 20 August (B. H. W.). 



Scirtetica Saussure. 

 Size small, head rather prominent. Eyes prominent, the occi- 

 put elevated. Vertex short, ovate, sloping downward in front. 

 Lateral carina rather high, continuous with the frontal costa 

 which is sulcate throughout, slightly constricted near apex. 

 Lateral foveolas short, triangular. Median carina faint. Pro- 

 notum compressed at the disk, flat, nearly truncate in front with 

 the hind margin obtusely angled. Median carina low, cut a 

 httle in front of the middle by a narrow notch. The lateral lobes 

 deeper than long. Tegmina extending considerably beyond the 

 abdomen, contrastingly marked with large spots. Hind wings 

 broad. Hind femora reaching nearly to end of abdomen (female) 

 or surpassing it (male). Hind tibiae ringed with white, dusky, 

 and coral-red. 



Fig. 31. Scirtetica marmorata, female. Head and pronotum, from side. 



Pig. 32. Scirtetica tnarmorata, male. Distal part of wing. 



S. marmorata Harris. Plate VHI, 10. 



The color is extremely variable even in the same locality. The 

 majority of our specimens are ash-color, more or less marked 



