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tinct but brokeu, very slightly curved ; liiud luargiu of i)ronotuui 

 forming a, right angle ; wing covers reaching but little beyond the 

 €ud of the abdomen. 



Encoptolopiius sordidus. lUirmeister. 



The Clouded Grasshopper. (Fig. !(>.) 



Dusky brown ; wing covers pale, clouded, and spotted with 

 brown ; wings transparent, 

 dusky at tip, with a dark 

 brown line on the front 

 margin : hind tibiae brown, 

 with darker spines, and a 

 broad whitish ring below 

 the knees. Length, about 

 one inch. 



Fig. 16. 

 Encoptolophus sordidus. 



Genus C.\mnula. Stjil (187o). 

 Head compressed ; antennae medium, a little stouter in the male ; 

 hind femora with an acute margin slightly crested ; eyes small, 

 rather prominent, rounded kidney-shaped. Pronotum nearly level 

 above with median and lateral carinas. 



Camnula pellucid a. Scudder. 



Ash brown ; face reddish brown ; auteunje yellowish at base, 

 dark brown toward tip ; a triangular l)lack spot behind the eye, 



the apex touching it ; a quad- 

 rate transverse black spot on 

 the anterior upper portion of 

 the sides of the pronotum ; 

 pronotum above sometimes 

 with a dark band down tlie 

 middle ; wing covers with the 

 Itasal half dark brown, with 

 small yellowish spots and 

 transverse streaks, especiallj' 

 on front border ; apical half 

 clear, with dark brown round- 

 .. ,^' !,' ., ed soots urevalent along the 



middle, decreasing in size toward the tip ; when closed, the upper 

 surface is dark brown, with a rather broad yellowish line along 

 each angle on the upper surface ; wings pellucid, with black uerv- 

 ules ; legs dark brown, the hind femora yellowish or reddish brown, 

 with two or three rather l)road, diagonal, dark brown streaks, dark 



