loo TF.TTIGin.H OF XORTH AMERICA 



with nearly straight sides and acute at the apex; dorsum 

 between the shoulders convex or obtusely tectiforni; median 

 carina of pronotuni elevated, more or less abruptly interrui)ted 

 between the shoulders, distinct posteriorly. Margins of anterior 

 femora entire; middle femoral margins more or less undulate; 

 posterior femora stout, tibi.e multispinose; first article of 

 posterior tarsi longer than the third, the pulvilli to some 

 extent flat below. 



This genus is closelv related to ParaUtlix on the one side 

 and Tcttix on the other. The short-wing forms miglit easily 

 be mistaken for Ncotcttix. 



DISPOSITION OF SPECIES. 



I. Eyes unusually small; vertex equal to twice the width 

 of one of the eyes in the female; pronotum convex 

 on the shoulders in both sections, subulate; median 

 carina distinct behind the shoulders, but not ele- 

 vated, couvcxus, Morse. 



I. A. Median carina of pronotum elevated throughout, 

 subcristiform anteriorly; apical process and wings 

 abbreviated. form c. tcctiis. Morse. 



I.I. Eyes larger; vertex advanced not quite so far as 

 the eyes; pronotum between the shoulders broader; 

 posterior femora stouter; body less scabrous. 



currciphalus sp. n. 



1. I. A. Apical process of [ironotuni and wings abbrevi- 



ated, form i\ brcvipcuiiis new. 



2. Fronto-lateral carin.x- of vertex subrectangular, vertex 



of female ecjual to about once and a half the breadth 

 of one of the eyes; pronotal process and wings 

 fully developed; dorsum minutely tuberculose. 



riiiiosus, Scudd, 



