NO. l6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 120, 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Length Width 

 Female 18-20 5 26-30 6 20-22 5 



Male 16-18 5 28-30 6.5 21 



This is our most common species, occurring throughout the 

 state. 



S. septentrionalis Serville. 



a 



Fig. 53. Scudderia septentrionalis. Tip of male abdomen, a. Lateral view. b. 

 Dorsal view of anal segment. 



This species is about the size of fur cat a. Body short, eyes 

 prominent. Pronotum narrower at anterior margin than at 

 posterior. Wing covers rather wide, but not as wide as in 

 S. pistillata. Female with the lateral lobes of pronotum broader 

 than deep. Ovipositor long and curved but not sharply bent. 



Measurements. 

 Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora 



Length Width 



Male 18 5 28 8 19 



This species is quite rare. One specimen (a male) was taken 

 in a tobacco-field, Southington, 4 August (B. H. W.). 



Amblycorypha Stal. 



Head with the vertex flat and without spines; fastigium bent 

 downward, much broader than the first antennal joint; eyes 

 oblong oval. Antennae long and slender excepting the two basal 

 joints, the first being larger and thicker than the second. Pro- 

 notum much longer than broad. Wing covers broad, rounded 

 at apex. Stridulating organ of male brown in color and crossed 

 transversely by a prominent green vein. Male with supra-anal 

 plate short, broad at base, narrowed at apex, and cut by a deep, 

 triangular notch forming two slender, triangular appendages 

 which terminate in short, spine-like processes. Female with 



