84 STUDIES IN AMERICAN TETTIGONIIDAE (oRTHOPTERA) 



the caudal tibiae is but slightly longer than the dorsal disto- 

 internal one. 



The immature males examined by us show that as early as the 

 second instar preceding maturity (Jacksonville) the character- 

 istic form of the cercus is clearly indicated, while in similar in- 

 dividuals of the female sex (Hastings) the general form and 

 character of the pronotum is sufficiently pronounced to enable 

 one to place the material. 



Color Notes. — The general color in this species ranges from 

 bister through mummy brown, prout's brown, cinnamon brown, 

 tawny to cinnamon, with a few specimens washed with hazel. 

 Over this, of course, is the "pepper and salt" of the fuscous over- 

 color, of a variable density and distinctness, the marmorations 

 on the Hmbs varying with this and the lateral sections of the ab- 

 domen heavily stippled in the specimens with the densest over- 

 color. The blackish fuscous pattern of the lateral lobes of the 

 pronotum is more extensive than in any other species of the 

 genus except calcaratus, and when it is fully indicated its ventral 

 margin is of an approximately similar form to that found in the 

 other species. In its most extreme condition this fuscous 

 marking covers all of the lobes except a broad marginal area 

 including all the ventral margin and the caudal margin to the 

 usual position of the sinus, as well as a relatively small dorsal 

 section of the metapleura. The usual pale humeral sinus mark- 

 ing is frequently but a small semicircular spot, which, however, 

 is generally connected with the pale ventral section of the lobes. 

 The interantennal region and the proximal antennal joint is 

 always washed with blackish fuscous in individuals with the 

 heavily infuscated pronotal lobes. At the base of all the femoral 

 and all the tibial spines, with the exception of the dorso-caudal, 

 are fuscous markings, and occasionally there is a more or less com- 

 plete annulus of the same proximad on the cephalic tibiae. The 

 tegmina of the male have a strong disto-sutural blotch of fuscous. 



