No. l6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 1 37 



Body stouter, wings usually shorter than the tegmina. 

 Tegmina usually not reaching tip of abdomen .... 



brevipenne 



X. fasciatum DeGeer. Slender Meadow Grasshopper. Plate 



X,9. 



This pretty little species is one of our most slender-bodied 

 locustids. The following parts are green : face, sides of pro- 

 notum, sides of abdomen, legs (excepting knees and tarsi), and 

 base of ovipositor. A broad, dark, reddish brown, longitudinal 

 stripe on occiput and pronotum. The tegmina, the abdomen 

 above, and apical third of ovipositor reddish brown. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 12-14.5 3 i5-i9-5 12.5 7.5-9 



Male 12-13. 5 3 13-18 12 



This grasshopper is very common throughout Connecticut in 

 moist meadows from early July until late in the fall. 



X. brevipenne Scudder. Short-winged Meadow Grass- 

 hopper. 



Body rather shorter and stouter than in fasciatum. Posterior 

 femora somewhat stout and rather short. The color is a light 

 reddish brown, the face and sides of pronotum generally green. 

 A broad, dark brown, longitudinal stripe bordered on either side 

 with a line of yellow on occiput and disk of pronotum. The 

 ovipositor wholly reddish brown, darker towards tip. Long- 

 winged specimens occur rarely. 



Measurements. 



Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 

 3.5 7-8 II-12.5 10-12 



3 7-8 lo-ll 



This is also a very common species throughout the state, 

 in damp fields, and plentiful on the salt marshes. 



X. ensiferum Scudder. 



" Very similar in general appearance to X. brevipenne 

 Scudder, and may be only a large variety of that species. Typical 

 examples are larger, with a longer ovipositor, which is equal 



