HANCOCK 1 43 



Locality, Vigo County, Ind. (Blatchley); Dune Park, Ind. 

 (Hancock); Jacksonville, Fla. (Ashmead); New Orleans, La. 

 (Coleman); St. Johns River, Fla. (Allen); Ft. Reed, Fla. 

 (Comstock) Morse. 



Tettigidea armata depressa var., Morse, Jour. N. Y. Ent. 

 Soc, iii., 107,108 (1895); Blatchley, Orth. Ind., 22 (1897); 

 Scudd., Index N. Am. Orth., 314 (1901). 



TETTIGIDEA APICULATA, MORSE. 



Plate X., Fig. 2. 



Body slender. Vertex considerably advanced before the 

 eyes, recalling prorsa, once and a half (male), or twice 

 (female) as wide as one of the eyes, not protuberant above. 

 Eyes about twice as long as wide, little protuberant, sur- 

 rounded by a slight but distinct lip. Carina large, much ele- 

 vated on top of vertex, abruptly abbreviated opposite anterior 

 part of eyes; strongly sinuous on face, protuberant o[)posite 

 eves, subexcavate below them. Pronotum cuspidate before, 

 subulate behind, considerably passing the posterior femora, 

 the dorsum coarsely and distinctly rugulose excepting on a 

 narrow band over the shoulders and the lateral lobes which 

 are granulose. Median carina distinct, acute. Anterior mar- 

 gin much produced over the head (one-half the distance 

 between lateral carinse), nearly rectangular, the sides sinuate, 

 expanded next base and excavate next apex, terminating in 

 a sharp, finely pointed and slightly deflected cusp, which 

 reaches to the posterior end of the carina of vertex. Wings 

 passing the pronotum. Posterior femora rather slender, elon- 

 gate. 



Dark reddish brown, paler on face and lower half of lateral 

 lobes of pronotum, passing into luteous on posterior tibia. 



Length of body, f, 13.7 mm.; pronot., 12.2 mm.; post. 

 fem., 6 mm.; 5, body, iS mm.; pronot., 15.5 mm.; post, 

 fern., 8.4 mm. Pronotum passing post, fem., j, 1.8 mm., 

 2, 2.5 mm.; wings passing pronotum, $, 1.4 mm., $, 1.8 mm. 



Locality, New Orleans, La. (Morse). 



