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



In the long-winged form the wings are more than twice the length 

 of the tegmina. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 9-5-1 1 3 4 6.5 8-9 



Male 10 3 5 6.5 



The wings in the long- winged form, 13 mm. 



The short-winged form is very common throughout the state 

 from early July until after frost. The long-winged form is quite 

 rare. 



N. carolinus Scudder. N. a-PHnis Beutenmuller. 



Head, antennae, and pronotum varying from dull yellow to 

 dusky brown ; the latter more or less mottled with dark. Head 

 and pronotum sparsely clothed with long, black, bristly hairs. 

 Tegmina brownish yellow with a black bar on the upper third of 

 the lateral field. The legs dull brownish yellow, often mottled 

 with black. Tegmina of males as long as abdomen, those of the 

 female covering about half of the abdomen. Wings absent. 

 Cerci very slender and as long as the abdomen. Ovipositor mod- 

 erately stout, shorter than the hind femora and slightly upcurved. 



Measurements. 



Body Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female S.5 3.5 6.2 3.8 



Male 7 4.2 5.3 



Apparently not very common in Connecticut. Should be 

 looked for on sunny slopes and in open woods. West Woodstock, 

 September (W. B.) ; Lyme, 21 August (B. H. W.). 



N. palustris Blatchley. Marsh Ground Cricket. 



" Size, small ; the body of male especially short and broad. 

 Head tumid; eyes large, but not prominent. Pronotum one- 

 third broader than long, the sides sub-equal, rather thickly beset 

 with stiff, black bristles, as are also the forehead and dorsal sur- 

 face of the two front femora. Head, tegmina, and body of most 

 specimens a uniform dark piceous ; disk of pronotum piceous, 

 or fuscous sprinkled with piceous. Antennas, legs, and ovipositor 

 fuscous. Maxillary palpi yellowish, except the apical joint which 



