l62 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Wing covers of male nearly encasing the abdomen, with a round 

 glassy spot on their apical half. Hind wings absent. 



A. exigua Say. 



Head and pronotum dark reddish brown, sparsely clothed 

 with rather long hairs. Tegmina and legs lighter, the former 

 reaching the tip of the abdomen in the male, shorter in the female. 

 Abdomen of male nearly black, that of the female brown above, 

 darker on the sides. Ovipositor dark brown, paler at tip. Cerci 

 very long and slender with long yellow hairs. 



Measurements. 



Body Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 7 3.5 6 3.5 



Male 6 4.5 6 



This pretty little cricket lives on bushes instead of on the 

 ground, especially on or near the salt marshes. While not very 

 common, it will probably be found by careful searching. West- 

 brook (in black grass), 30 August (H. L. V.). 



Note — Under Ischnoptera should be included /. borealis Brunner. 

 This roach resembles /. uhleriana and is considered identical by some 

 writers. It is slightly smaller than the latter species, and in the male 

 the supra-anal plate is broadly rounded, while that of uhleriana is more 

 triangular. The supra-anal plate of the female is more obtusely angled 

 but with the apex less rounded than that of uhleriana. Has been taken 

 at Waterbury. Probably most of the records under uhleriana should be 

 credited to this species. 



Since this paper was in type, females of Ischnoptera johnsoni Rehn. 

 (intricata Bl.) have been taken in the State. The female is much broader 

 than that of uhleriana and darker in color (piceous). The wings reach 

 only to the second abdominal segment, are narrow, and the inner edges 

 separated by a distance equal to about one-half their breadth; while in 

 uhleriana the inner edges of the wings of the female meet or slightly 

 overlap. 



Occurs in shady places under stones and rubbish. 



New Haven, 14, 19 June (B. H. W.) ; Lyme, 3 July (A. B. Cham- 

 plain) ; Southington, 12 July (W. E. B.) 



