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Conistock, Int. to Ent., I., 1888, 115. 

 Fernald, Orth., N. Eng., 1888, 20, fig. 10. 

 McNeill, Psyche, VI., 1891, 24. 

 Smith, Ins. N. J. 1S90, 409. 

 Platyphyllum perspicUJaimn, Uhler, in Harris Ins. Inj. to Veg., 18<>"?, 

 15S. (Note.) 

 Rathvon, U. S. Ag. Rep., 1862, 382, figs. 19, 

 20. (Not Cyrtophyllus perspicillattis, Fab.) 

 The true Katydid is readily known by the characters of this genus. 

 The wing covers and wings of living specimens are dark green ; the body, 

 pronotum and head lighter, with a tendency to turn yellowish when dried 

 Harris says the pronotum is " rough like shagreen, and has somewhat 

 the form of a saddle, being curved downward on each side, and rounded 

 and slightly elevated behind and is marked by two slight transverse fur- 

 rows." The main veins of the wing cover are very prominent with many 

 reticulating branches, giving that organ much the appearance of a leaf. 

 Posterior femora short, slender, and armed on apical half of lower outer 

 carina with about six small spines. The ovipositor is almost as long as 

 the abdomen, cimeter-shaped, sharp-pointed, and with but slight serra- 

 tions on the lower edge of apical third. Below the curved anal cerci of the 

 male is a spine, resembling in appearance the cerci, which curves beneath 

 the projecting sub-anal plate. 



Measurements: Male — Length of body, 30 mm. ; of tegmina, 37 mm. ; 

 of posterior femora, 21 mm. ; of sub-anal spine, 11 mm. Width of teg- 

 mina, 18 mm. Female — Length of body, 29 mm. ; of tegmina, 36 mm.; 

 of posterior femora, 22 mm. ; of ovipositor, 14 mm. Width of tegmina, 

 16 mm. 



The Broad-winged Katydid is found in considerable numbers through- 

 out the State but is much more commonly heard than seen, as it dwells 

 singly or in pairs in the densest foliage which it can find such as the tops 

 of shade trees and the entwining vines of the grape arbor. It is more 

 domestic in its habits than any other species of the " Katydid " group, 

 frequenting, for the most part, the shrubbery of yards and orchards and 

 the trees along fence rows, being seldom, if ever, heard in extensive 

 wooded tracts. Its note is the loudest made by any member of the 

 family, the male having the musical organ larger and better developed 

 than in any other. The call is almost always begun soon after dusk with 

 a single note uttered at intervals of about five seconds for a half dozen or 



