86 TETTIGID.^ OF NORTH AMERICA 



carinjE posteriorly distinctly flattened, humeral angles moder- 

 ately prominent; median carina of pronotum indistinct, appear- 

 ing as a thin line, in profile not at all elevated or barely irregu- 

 larly undulate, anteriorly before the shoulders a little elevated 

 over the dorsal constriction, posteriorly scarcely concave; 

 lateral lobes of pronotum posteriorly strongly bisinuate, the 

 superior lateral sinus distinct, the inferior sinus moderately 

 deep and angularly incised, the median lobule between the 

 two obtuse; posterior inferior angle of the lateral lobes 

 rounded below, the inferior margin scarcely distended later- 

 ally; scapular area narrow, little widened posteriorly. Elytra 

 moderately elongate, apex subrounded; wings fully devel- 

 oped, passing the pronotal process from one-third to three- 

 fourths of a millimeter. Femoral margins frequently dentate, 

 the anterior femora sometimes indistinctly sinuate or lobed at 

 the outer third below; margins of middle femora a little com- 

 pressed, below at the first fourth and outer third a little lobate; 

 posterior femora moderately slender, first article of posterior 

 tarsi a little longer than the second and third together, the 

 first and second pulvilli together a little longer than the third, 

 the apices of the first and second subspiculate, the third 

 pulvilli nearly flat below. 



Length body, 5, 14 mm.; pronot., 12. 3-12. 6 mm.; post, 

 fern., 5.3-5.7 mm.; ^ body, 1 1. 1-12. i mm.; pronot., 9.8-10.8 

 mm.; post, fern., 4.3-4.8 mm. 



The pronotum passes the post, femora in the female from 

 three to five millimeters; in the male from three to four milli- 

 meters. 



Bolivar gives the following dimensions: Length body (J, 5, 

 6.5-10 mm.; pronot., 10-12 mm.; post, fem., 4.5-6.5 mm. 



Locality, southern United States. Opelousas, La. (G. R. 

 Pilate); Paige, Tex. (Fickiessen); also recorded from S. C, 

 Fla., Ga., 111., Nebr., hid.. Miss.. Iowa. 



Tettix arenosus, Burm. (Tettrix) Handb. Ent., ii, 639 

 (1838); Walk., Cat. Derm. Salt., Brit. Mus., v, 813 (1871); 

 Scudd., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX., 90 (1877); 

 Scudd., Ent. Notes, VI., 31 (1878); Brun., Kept. U. S. Ent. 

 Comm., iii, 61 (1883); Bol., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 269 



