No. l6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. IO9 



depressed (Fig. 35b). Antennae about one and one-half times 

 head plus pronotum. Median carina low but distinct. Tegmina 

 surpassing the end of the abdomen about one-fourth their length. 

 Hind femora slender, reaching the end of the abdomen (female) 

 or slightly surpassing it (male). Color yellowish brown to a dirty 

 olive green. A bright yellow mid-dorsal stripe on head, pro- 

 notum, and closed tegmina. Tegmina sometimes unspotted but 

 usually with dusky blotches. Inner wings yellowish with darker 

 veins. Hind femora yellowish, hind tibiae olive green, spines 

 yellowish tipped with black. 



Occurs on coarse grass and weeds in moist meadows and 

 swamps. Deep River, North Haven, Stamford (A. P. M.) ; 

 Scotland, 1 1 August, New Haven, 25 August to October 

 (B. H. W.). 



S. rubiginosa Harris-Scudder. Rusty Locust. Plate IX, 6. 



Size about the same as ahttacca. Head and pronotum wider 

 than in ahitacea, vertex wider and less prominent (Fig. 35a). 

 Antennae of male about one and one-third times head plus pro- 

 notum (somewhat longer than in ahitacea). Color uniform 

 rusty brown to dirty gray. No median yellow stripe on head 

 and pronotum. Tegmina usually with numerous dusky blotches. 

 Wings transparent, glassy, yellowish, slightly rounded towards 

 tips. 



Measurements. 



This species is rather more widely distributed than ahitacea. 

 It prefers drier locations, and is found in bush-covered areas on 

 light soil, dry pastures, along railroad embankments, etc. This 

 species is considered synonymous with ahitacea by Rehn,* but 

 most specialists prefer to consider them distinct. Thompson, 



* Entomological News, XHI, p. 89, 1902. 



