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of antennne. Maxillary i)alpi long and slender ; first two joints 

 equal ; third fully equal in length to first and second together ; 

 fourth, three-fourths as long as the third ; fifth, nearly as long as 

 third and fourth together, somewhat curved, swollen towards 

 extremity, split on the under side almost its entire length. Sides 

 of the thoracic nota broad, mostly concealing the epimera ; wings 

 wanting ; legs rather long ; cox:e carinated externally, the third 

 pair but slightly, the first pair having the carina elevated into a 

 sharp, the second into a dull, point at the middle ; first two pairs 

 of femora mostly wanting spines ; hind femora thick and heavy, 

 turned inward at the base, channelled beneath. Ovipositor gener- 

 ally rather long, nearly straight, but a little concave above, rounded 

 off somewhat abruptly at the extremity to the sharp upturned 

 point." 



Ceuthophilus maculatus. Harris. 

 The Spotted^ Wingless Grasshopper. 



Length, when mature, nearly three-fourths of an inch ; entirely 

 without wings and wing covers. Pale yellowish brown, somewhat 

 darker above, and covered with light-colored spots. Hind femora 

 marked on the outside Avitli short, parallel, oblique lines. Hind 

 tibiae in the mature male curved at the base. 



Everywhere common under stones, old logs, etc. 



Ceuthophilus brevipes. Scudder. 



"A species very closely allied to the preceding, but of a smaller 

 size, and differing from it in its markings and proportions. It 

 is of a pale, dull, brown color, very profusely spotted with dirt}'^ 

 white spots, not so large or so frequently confluent as in C. macu- 

 latus, except near the extremity of the hind femora, where they 

 nearly form an annulation. The mottling of the pronotum is 

 somewhat different than in C maculatus; the hind legs are pro- 

 pbrtionably shorter, as is also the ovipositor, the spines of whose 

 inner valves are duller. 



" Length scarcely more than half an inch ; average length of hind 

 femora, .44 inch ; average length of ovipositor, ."25 inch. " 

 — Scudder. 



Genus Cyrtopjiyllus. liurmeister (1838). 

 Antennae very long and slim, eyes small, globular and promi- 

 nent, vertex with a small spine projecting forward between the 

 anteunaj. Pronotum truncate in front, rounded behind, with two 

 transverse grooves. Prosternum with two spines ; fore coxiu with 

 one spine on tlie outside. Middle tibise spinose on the outer and 

 inner sides. Wing covers nnicli wider in the middle, concave, 

 obtuse and rounded at the end. 



