48 STUDIES IN AMERICAN TETTIGONIIDAE (oRTHOPTERA) 



Paratypic Series. — We have selected as paratypic a series of 

 twelve males and ten females having the same data as the type 

 and allotype. 



Measurements {in millimelers) 

 d" <f d" 9 9 9 

 Type Paratype Paratype Allotype Paralype Paralype 

 Length of body (in 9 

 exclusive of oviposi- 

 tor) 19. G 20 23.2 18.3 17.1 20 



Length of pronotum 6 5.2 6.2 5.8 5.6 6 

 Length of tegmeu. . . 17 15.7 18.9 17 16.5 18 

 Length of caudal fe- 

 mur ..18.2 17 20.8 19.8 19.1 20 



Length of ovipositor .... 9.1 9 9.6 



Color Notes. — General color light turtle green to olivine, prac- 

 tically pure on the face, sides of the head, lateral lobes of the 

 pronotum, pleura and sides of the abdomen, clearer turtle green 

 on the limbs. Median line on the head, expanding caudad, weak 

 vinaceous-rufous to ochraceous buff, continued over the dorsum 

 of the pronotum and there more or less strongly Ijordered laterad 

 on the prozona by lines of mahogany red to bay. These stripes 

 gently diverge caudad and occasionally are entirely absent. Teg- 

 mina very faint glaucous, more or less weakly tinged with snuff 

 brown on the dorsal aspect, particularly in the female. Stridu- 

 lating field of male tegmina with three spots of blackish brown on 

 each tegmen, placed in the same position as those found in vulgare, 

 i. e., one at base of anal vein, one at apex of arc of the same and 

 the third on the sutural margin near the disto-sutural angle of the 

 speculum. Abdomen of male generally with a broad median 

 area of ferruginous on the dorsum of the apex, this frequently 

 absent. Ovipositor chestnut brown. Eyes walnut brown. 



Distribution. ^R&nging from the Central Texan region, north 

 to northeastern Kansas (Topeka and Hiawatha) and southeast- 

 ern Illinois (Olney), extending south to Flatonia and San iVnto- 

 nio, Texas, east to Doucette, Texas, western Arkansas (Fayette- 

 ville and Magazine Mountain) and southeastern Illinois, and 

 west to Colorado and west-central Texas (Kerrville). 



Biological Note.^. — This species is clumsy in its actions and 

 comparatively easy to capture after being located. It was found 

 in a great variety of situations, ranging from high grass to twelve 

 feet above the ground in }K)st oak. It was taken in grass among 



