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the thing upon which they feed. Instead of biting they seem to wrench 

 or tear away pieces from the stems or leaves." ;> 



The genus is a large one, 101 species being included by Eedtenbacher in 

 his monograph. About one dozen are known to occur in the Eastern 

 United States, and four have, up to the present, been taken in Indiana. 



a. Cone of vertex slender, about 3.5 mm. in length, and with either 

 the margin or lower face black. 

 b. A black line on each margin of cone extending from the apex 

 half way or more to base ; inner, lower carina of posterior 

 femora with four or five minute spines. 

 10. Conocephalus ensiger, Harris. The Sword-bearer. 



Conocephalus ensiger, Harris, Ins. Inj. to A T eg., 1862, L63, fig.79. 



Scudder, Boat. Jour. Nat. Hist., VII., 1802, 441). 

 Id., Dist. Ins. in New Hamp., 1874, 367. (Note of 



to music.) 

 Id., Am. Ency., Ed. 1881, VIII., 170, fig. — . 

 Id., Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont., XXIII., 1892, 72. (Note 



of to music.) 

 Thomas, Trans. 111. St. Agl. Soc, Y., 1865, 445. 

 Smith, Orthop. of Maine, 1868, 145. 

 Riley, Stand. Nat. Hist., II., L884, 187, fig. 263. 

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

 Eernald, Orth. N. Eng., L888, 22. 

 Wheeler, Insect Life, II., L890, 221. 

 McNeill, Psyche, VI., 1891, 23. 

 Smith, Ins. of N. Jersey, 1890, 410. 

 Id., Bull. Ag. Coll. Ex. Stat. N. Jer., No. 90, 1892, 



31, pi. II. 

 Redtenbacher, Monogr. der Conoceph., 1891, <'>7, 89. 

 Osborne, Proc. la. Acad. Sci., I., 1892, 1111. 

 A slender-bodied species, the general color of which is grass green, the 

 body and face paler; the posterior tibiae and tip of ovipositor infuscated. 

 Lateral carinte of pronotum sometimes with a faint yellow line, more 

 plainly visible in the dried specimens. Tegmina very long and slender. 

 Cone of vertex with a small tooth projecting downward from the front of 

 its base. Ovipositor of excessive length, straight, the apex pointed. 



'Psyche, VI. 



