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rounded at the union with the vertex. The hind femora of the 

 female usually slightly exceeding the end of the abdomen, those 

 of the male extending about 2 mm. beyond. The tegmina always 

 reach to the end of the hind femora, and usually pass it from 

 1.5 to 3 mm. in the female and from 1 to 4.5 mm. in the male. 

 Tegmina with a median band of square black spots, and with 

 the sides nearly parallel. Color is variable, brownish specimens 

 being most common. The top of the head and pronotum and the 

 median and dorsal portion of tegmina may be brown, rose-red, 

 or green. Bright green males are rather rare. The top of the 

 head and pronotum often have a pair of velvety, brownish-black 

 stripes, with the carinre whitish. There is usually a dark band 

 from the rear of the eyes along the top border of the lobes 

 of the pronotum, and a blackish triangular patch on either side 

 of the disk of the metazona next to the lateral carinas. Speci- 

 mens thus marked appear at a glance as belonging to a species 

 entirely different from the individuals with a solid color on the 

 upper surface. 



Measurements. 



This species occurs from the middle of July until about the 

 middle of September, and Morse states that it is found on the 

 drier portions of the land adjoining the salt marshes, on the 

 more densely grassed portions of ground just inshore of the 

 sandy beaches, and on loamy or sandy soil further inland. Some 

 of the inland records are as follows : — Montville, Thompson 

 (A. P. M.) ; Scotland, 27 July to 10 August, Canterbury, 14 

 August (B. H. W.) 



O. speciosa Scudder. Plate VIII, 2. Figs 19b and 20b. 



Head with the vertex more blunt than in pelidna. Margins 

 of vertex less raised. Foveoloe less distinct. The disk of the 

 pronotum more nearly equal in width at the anterior and posterior 

 margins and the sides less constricted at the middle than in the 

 two other species. The principal sulcus cuts the disk somewhat 

 behind the middle. The tegmina usually reach about to the 

 end of the hind femora, though they vary from 1.5 mm. short 



