182 STUDIES IN AMERICAN TETTIGONIIDAE (oRTHOPTERA) 



Reed and Tampa, in which region the authors have taken a 

 series of eighty-three specimens. 



Specimens Examined: Previously correctly recorded, 95. Here recorded, 

 1 male, 1 female and 1 immature female. 



Fort Reed, Florida, IV, 21, 1876, (J. H. Comstock), 1 juv. 9, [Cornell Univ.]. 



Lemon City, Florida, (E. J. Brown), 1 &, [U. S. N. M.]. 



Biscayne, Florida, V, 2,3. 1 ? , [U. S. N. M.]. 



Conocephalus brevipennis (Scudder) (Pis. XVI and XVII, fig. 6; XVIII, 



11 and 12; XX, 6 and 7. 

 1862. Xiphidium brevipennis Scudder,'-^ Can. Nat. and Geo!., vii, p. 285.3" 



[New England.] 

 1862. X[iphidium] ensifer Scudder, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., vii, p. 451. 



[Lawn Ridge, Illinois.] (In part.) 

 1869. Xiphidium ensiferum F. Walker, Cat. Dermapt. Salt. Br. Mus., ii, p. 



270. [United States.] 

 1875. Xiphidium gossijpii Scudder,'! Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, p. 462. 



[Texas; Mississippi.] 



Scudder's ensifer, emended ensiferum by F. Walker, is ])ased 

 upon two females from Lawn Ridge, Illinois, now in the IVIuseum 

 of Comparative Zoology; one of these, which we here select as 

 single type, is a brachypterous example of Conocephalus brevi- 

 pennis; in this specimen the caudal femur is 13.1, the ovipositor 

 13.7 mm. in length. The other specimen is a brachypterous 

 example of C. stridus. At that time the latter species w^as un- 

 described, but the confusion of two so very distinct species is 

 almost incredible. 



Scudder's gossypii is also a synonym of the present species, 

 based upon material from Texas and INIississippi, which agrees 

 throughout with typical brevipennis from New England, except 

 in the somewhat greater size. 



The present species and C. spartinae, though distantly re- 

 lated, are very similar in general appearance and have been fully 



23 Single type here designated: 9 ; Massachusetts, [M. C. Z.]. Measurements; 

 length of body 13.2, of tegmen 9, of caudal femm- 11, of ovipositor 9.4 mm. 



'<• Scnidder's description of X [iphidium] brevipennis, in the Bost. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist., vii, p. 451, was published in November 1862, while this, the original 

 description, appeared in August and September of the same year; to it was 

 added a record from the Red River Settlements, Manitoba, properly assigned 

 to C. saltans here. 



31 Single type here designated: 9 ; Texas, (Belfrage), [M. C. Z.]. Measure- 

 ments; length of body 14.1, of tegmen 8.4, of caudal femur 16.8, of ovi- 

 positor 13.1 mm. 



