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not Conocephalus, which was then applied to the Coneheads (now 
Neoconocephalus) . 
Key to Species of Conocephalus. 
Males. 
A. Tegmina reaching or passing end of hind thighs, usually exceeded by wings 
(very rarely reaching only to end of body). Cerci green, rather slender; 
the apex but little twisted (20° to 30°), in dorsal view rounded, in lateral 
view taper-flattened on dorsal side ; tooth a black, slender, claw-like process 
on a broad, conical green base. 
Slender Meadow-grasshopper, C. fasciatus, p. 364. 
AA. Tegmina and wings reaching about to end of body. Cerci stout. 
B. Cerci brown, with inner tooth stout, conical, its base equal to its height, 
acutely tipped; apex of cerci usually strongly twisted (60° to 75°), 
abruptly flattened on dorsal side to a thin plate, in dorsal view subtri- 
angular, one and one-half times as long as broad, apex subacute. 
Short-winged Meadow-grasshopper, C. brevipennis, p. 366. 
BB. Cerci green with inner tooth slender, its height two or three times its 
basal diameter; apex less twisted and less abruptly flattened, in dorsal 
view twice as long as broad, apex rounded. 
Salt-marsh Meadow-grasshopper, C. spartinae, p. 367. 
AAA. Tegmina covering only one-half to two-thirds of the abdomen. Cerci 
rather slender, straight, with conical apex. 
Wingless Prairie-grasshopper, C. saltans, p. 368. 
Females. 
A. Tegmina reaching or passing end of hind thighs, usually exceeded by wings. 
Slender Meadow-grasshopper, C. fasciatus, p. 364. 
AA. Tegmina and wings about equal to body. 
B. Ovipositor with dorsal margin typically straight, shorter than body, 
sometimes equalling it. 
Short-winged Meadow-grasshopper, C. brevipennis, p. 366. 
BB. Ovipositor typically curved upward, gently arcuate, shorter than body. 
Salt-marsh Meadow-grasshopper, C. spartinae, p. 367. 
AAA. Tegmina only two-thirds as long as pronotum, wings abortive. Ovi- 
positor equal to the body, gently arcuate. 
Wingless Prairie-grasshopper, C saltans, p. 368. 
Slender Meadow-grasshopper. 
Conocephalus fasciatus (DeGeer). 
Plate 15, fig. 37. 
Locusta fasciata DeGeer, M6m. Hist. Ins., vol. 3, p. 458 (1773). 
Orchelimum gracile Harris, Treatise, 3d ed., p. 163 (probably, but not the 
figure) (1862). 
