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. / Wing covers abruptly narrowed in the middle ... 3. 



I Wing covers not narrowed in the middle .... 2. 



2 f Wings a little longer than the wing covers . . . fasciatum. 



I Wings a little shorter than the wing covers . . brevipenne. 

 2 / Brown stripe on the pronotum, bordered with black, glaberrimum. 



•- Brown stripe not bordered with black 4. 



. f Wing covers as long as the wings . . . . . vulgare. 



I Wing covers a little shorter than the wings . . concinnum. 



XiPHiDiuM FASCIATUM. De Geer. 

 The Slender Meadow Grasshopper. 



Length of body, about half an inch ; to the end of wing covers, 

 about four-fifths of an inch. Wings a little longer than the wing 

 covers. Upper side of abdomen, brown. A brown stripe extends 

 from the projection between the antennae, back across the middle 

 of the pronotum, being widest behind. Legs, sprinkled with 

 brown. Ovipositor, as long as the abdomen. 



XiPHiDiuM BREVIPENNE. Scudder. 



" Size of X. fasciatum., with which it agrees in coloration 

 throughout, except that the wings are a little darker. The dorsal 

 band is a little broader, and the ovipositor is reddish brown 

 throughout, while in X. fasciatum it is green at the base ; wings, 

 .08 inch shorter than the wing covers ; both shorter than the body ; 

 ovipositor nearly equalling the hind femora in length. Tn these 

 respects it differs very much from X. fasciatum. 



" Length of body, .5 inch; of wing covers, .33 inch; of hind 

 femora, .43 inch ; of ovipositor, .4 inch." 



XiPHiDiuM VULGARE. Hai'ris. 

 The Common Meadow Grasshopper. 



Length of body, three-fourths of an inch ; to the end of the 

 .wing covers, about one inch. Wing covers abruptly narrowed in 

 the middle ; green, faintl}^ tinged with brown. The males have 

 two black dashes, one behind tbe other, on each wing, on the out- 

 side of the transparent spot. Body green, or greenish brown, 

 with a dorsal brovvn stripe extending from the tubercle of the ver- 

 tex across the prothorax, being widest behind. Ovipositor gradu- 

 ally curved, and pointed at the end ; about three-tenths of an inch 

 in lensfth. 



