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sternal spines very short ; subgenital plate of female moderately 
V- or U-emarginate, the sides rounded; cerci of male blunt- 
tipped, the inner tooth short and rather blunt and placed nearer 
the end of the cercus. 
Measurements. 
Male 
Body 
.... 21 
Tegmina 
pass Pron. 
7 
Hind femora 
15.5 
Antenna 
? 
Ovipositor 
Female 
21-26 

18 
24 
19-21 mm. 
In the vicinity of Boston young examples of this species begin 
to appear in May, and adults in July (juv., — May 14, South 
Natick, Mass. ; May 24, Dedham, Mass. ; adult, — July 10, Sud- 
bury, Mass.; July 23, Sher- 
born, Mass.). Extralimit- 
ally it extends to Virginia 
and Minnesota. 
It is quite possible that a 
third species, A. davisi, will 
be found to inhabit the west- 
ern border of New England, 
and that Scudder's record of 
A. americanus (dorsalis) 
from Sudbury, Vt., should be referred to this species as suggested 
by Rehn and Hebard. 
Fig. 58. — Short-legged Shield-backed Grass- 
hopper, Atlanticus testaceus. Male. (After 
Lugger.) 
THE CAVE-CRICKETS, CAMEL-CRICKETS, OR STONE-CRICKETS 
— CEUTHOPHILUS, ETC. 
These curious insects have received a variety of names refer- 
ring to their appearance or habits: Camel-crickets, because of 
their high, arched back; Cave-crickets and Stone-crickets from 
their habit of hiding themselves in caves and holes beneath stones, 
in hollow trees, and similar dark, moist places. 
They have relatively soft- walled, hump-backed bodies, lacking 
even the rudiments of tegmina and wings; extremely long and 
delicate antennae; and usually long but powerful hind legs and 
spiny tibiae with which they make prodigious leaps when dis- 
turbed. Their coloring is unobtrusive, chiefly of chestnut, choco- 
late-brown, or fuscous markings on a ground-color of pale yellow. 
