I46 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Fore Femora Hind Femora Hind Tibiae Ovipositor 

 Female 16 5 6 16 17.25 10 



Male 14 5 6 15 17 



This is our most common species, found in damp cellars, 

 under stones, logs, etc. From various parts of the state, from 

 June until December. 



C. latens Scudder. Black-sided Camel Cricket. 



Thorax with a median reddish brown stripe, on either side of 

 which is a broad blackish stripe extending about half way down 

 the sides, and back onto one or more segments of the abdomen. 

 The sides below the dark bands are pale yellow. The abdomen 

 and outer faces of hind femora spotted with brownish yellow. 

 Legs light brown. Fore femora nearly a third longer than 

 the pronotum. Hind femora stout with eight or nine spines on 

 the outer carina, the four or five middle spines rather strong 

 and prominent. Hind tibiae straight, seldom longer than the hind 

 femora. Ovipositor nearly twice as long as the fore femora, 

 straight, with the tip a little upturned and acute. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Fore Femora Hind Femora Hind Tibiae Ovipositor 

 Female 24 6.5 7 19 20 11 



Male 22 6.5 7 19 21 



Under stones, Lyme, 21 August (B. H. W.). 



C. pallidipes Walker. 



Color and markings very similar to latens. This species is 

 much smaller, however, the hind femora more slender, and 

 differing greatly in the character of the spines. The ovipositor is 

 stouter at the base than in latens. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Fore Femora Hind|Femora Hind/Tibiae Ovipositor 

 Female 14 4.3 5.8 14 14.8 9 



Male 14 4.1 5.8 13.5 14.8 



One male, probably this species, taken at New Haven, 17 June 

 (B. H. W.) 



