NO. l6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 1 37 



Body stouter, wings usually shorter than the tegmina. 

 Tegmina usually not reaching tip of abdomen .... 



brevipenne 



X. fasciatum DeGeer. Slender Meadow Grasshopper. Plate 

 X, 9 . 



This pretty little species is one of our most slender-bodied 

 locustids. The following parts are green : face, sides of pro- 

 notum, sides of abdomen, legs (excepting knees and tarsi), and 

 base of ovipositor. A broad, dark, reddish brown, longitudinal 

 stripe on occiput and pronotum. The tegmina, the abdomen 

 above, and apical third of ovipositor reddish brown. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 12-14.5 3 I5-I9-5 12.5 7-5-9 



Male 12-13. 5 3 13-1S 12 



This grasshopper is very common throughout Connecticut in 

 moist meadows from early July until late in the fall. 



X. brevipenne Scudder. Short-winged Meadow Grass- 

 hopper. 



Body rather shorter and stouter than in fasciatum. Posterior 

 femora somewhat stout and rather short. The color is a light 

 reddish brown, the face and sides of pronotum generally green. 

 A broad, dark brown, longitudinal stripe bordered on either side 

 with a line of yellow on occiput and disk of pronotum. The 

 ovipositor wholly reddish brown, darker towards tip. Long- 

 winged specimens occur rarely. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 

 Female 11-13 3.5 7-8 n-12.5 10-12 



Male 11 3 7-8 10- 1 1 



This is also a very common species throughout the state, 

 in damp fields, and plentiful on the salt marshes. 



X. ensiferum Scudder. 



" Very similar in general appearance to X. brevipenne 

 Scudder, and may be only a large variety of that species. Typical 

 examples are larger, with a longer ovipositor, which is equal 



