No. l6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. I35 



C. robustus Scudder. Plate X, 7. 



Fig. 57. Conocephalus robustus^ male. Dorsal view of vertex. 



General color pale green or pale brown, tegmina in the latter 

 case usually sprinkled with small black dots. The cone of 

 the vertex slightly shorter and blunter than in ensiger. The 

 apex rarely tipped with black, the basal tooth small and blunt. 

 A yellow line extends from the vertex along the lateral carinae 

 of the pronotum. Wings of the male as long as the tegmina, 

 those of the female a trifle shorter. 



Measurements. 



Body Cone Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 32 2.5 7.5 46-48 25 25-26 



Male 30 2.25 8 40-44 22 



This is the most common species in the vicinity of New Haven. 

 It is found on the salt marsh, along roadsides, and on dry, light 

 soil, especially in the bunch-grass, in the roots of which it is 

 said to deposit its eggs. Its song, which is very loud and much 

 resembles that of the harvest-fly, Cicada caniciilaris, is frequently 

 heard late in the afternoon and during the evening. New Haven, 

 August and September, Scotland, 11 August, Plainfield, 14 

 August, North Haven, 17 September (B. H. W.). 



C. triops Linnaeus. Plate X, 8. 



Fig. 58. Conocephalus triops, male. Dorsal view of vertex. 



Fig. 59. Conocephalus triops, male. Under side of tip of cone. 



