NO. 1 6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 1 39 



O. vulgare Harris. O. agile De Geer, of Scudder's catalogue. 

 Common Meadow Grasshopper. Plate XI, I.. 



General color grass-green or light reddish brown. Face pale 

 green or light brown without fuscous stripe. A brown dorsal 

 stripe which is narrow on the occiput and broadened on the disk 

 of the pronotum. The male with two black dashes on either 

 wing cover, which form the corners of a square area which en- 

 closes the calling organ. Legs light brown with the tarsi darker. 

 The antennae slender, about twice as long as the body. Pro- 

 notum long, with posterior margin well rounded. The tegmina 

 are usually about as long as the wings and reach to or slightly 

 surpass the tips of the hind femora. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 19 5.5 20 15-20 8-9 



Male 18 5.5 20 I3-5-I7 



Very common throughout the state from the middle of July 

 until fall. Frequents moist places where the grass and weeds are 

 thick and succulent. 



O. herbaceum Serville. 0. concinnum Scudder. 



Much more slender than vulgare, with narrow wing covers. 

 General color grass-green. A broad, reddish brown longitudinal 

 stripe on the pronotum and on the occiput, where it is narrowed 

 to the width of the apex. This stripe is continuous down the 

 face, extending broadly toward the clypeus. Legs green, with 

 more or less brown. Wing covers extending beyond the tips of 

 the hind femora, somewhat shorter than the wings in both sexes. 

 Ovipositor slightly curved. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 18 4-4.5 20 13-16 8 



Male 18 4-4.5 20 15 



Occurs on salt marshes from July until late fall. 



O. glaberrimum Burmeister. 



Similar to vulgare but larger, considered by some as a form 

 of that species. In the female the brown stripe on the pronotum 



