114 TETTIGID.K OF NORTH AMERICA 



bcvoiui the proiiotal a[)ex. Anterior femora with the superior 

 margin subentire, below feeblv lobate a little beyond the 

 middle, the margin of lobe minutelv serrate; middle femora 

 above undulate, the apical half often divided into three more 

 or less minute undulations, below decidedly undulate, the 

 portion beyond the middle formed into a small subrounded 

 lobe with serrate margin; the width of middle femora is con- 

 tained about two and one-half times in the length in the 

 female, in the male it is a little less, appearing a little more 

 ampliate in the latter sex; the superior margin of the posterior 

 femora provided with obtuse tooth before the small genicular 

 sjiine just below the knee, external pagina lightly scabrous, 

 the oblique lines feebly or not appreciably tuberculate; first 

 article of the posterior tarsi a little longer than the third, the 

 first and second pulvilli spiculate, sometimes the apices sub- 

 flattened, the base of the third pulvilli about twice as long 

 as the second. 



Length of body, -l, 14.5-16.5 mm.; pronot., 12-13. S mm.; 

 post, fern., 6-6.9 mm.; f, body 11. 5-13 mm.: pronot., 

 8.9-10.3 mm.; post, fem., 5-5.5 mm. 



Locality, Texas (Bolter); Paige, Texas (Fickiesseni Han- 

 cock; Opelousas, La.; Agr. College, Miss. (Weed) Hancock; 

 also reported from Georgia and South Carolina. 



This species is similar to the preceding with dimensions 

 nearly the same, but with vertex slightly narrower, margins 

 of middle femora more decidedlv undulate-lobate, while in 

 P. cucjillatus there is scarcelv an\- evidence of a lobe, or it may 

 be suggested bv slight undulate margin. The width of the 

 femora as compared to the length is less, as shown in the key 

 to the species. It is quite likely this species passes insensibly 

 into /'. ciicullatiis on the north. Over one hundred specimens, 

 mostlv from Texas, furnished the data for the above observa- 

 tions. 



Paratcttix tcxaiius nanus may be applied to the short- 

 wing form having characters nearly the same, but with abbre- 

 viated pronotal process and shortening of the wings. There 

 are sometimes two dark spots on the pronotal disk, the surface 

 scabrous, the sides of the [jronotum straight posteriorly, with 



