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Studies in Kansas Insects. 



Circotettix. 



1. Fuscous arcuate band of the wing almost wanting. 



undulatus. 



1. Fuscous arcuate band of the wing distinct, broad and 



black throughout nigra fasciatus n. sp. 



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Fig. 82. — G. undulatut 



Fig. 83. — C. nigrafaaciafius n. sp 



Brachystola Sc. 



Body very robust. Occiput broad, convex, relatively smooth; fas-, 

 tigium of the vertex rather V-shaped; frontal costa broad, short, slightly 

 sulcate, converging above the antennas. Pronotum elongate, with three 

 carina?, rugulose on the dorsum, laterally quite smooth; carina? equidis- 

 tant, slightly elevated and continuous. Wings and tegmina rudimentary. 

 Legs very robust. 



Brachystola, magna Girard. 



Morey's Expl. Red. Riv. of La., 260, pi. 15, figs. 1-4. 



Insects of large size, gibbous, eyes widely separated, occiput rounded. 

 Vertex of the fastigiUm V-shaped, vonvex. Frontal costa sulcate below 

 the antenna?, its carina? converging to meet the vertex of the fastigium. 

 Antenna? long, filiform, of medium size, joints distinct. Pronotum long, 

 tricarinate; carina? sharp, of medium height and continuous; dorsum 

 rugulose, sides quite smooth. Tegmina and wings very short, fan- 

 shaped, tegmina with a number of black spots. Legs all robust, posterior 

 femora particularly heavy. Posterior tibia? with an extra spine on the 

 outside. 



General color greenish-yellow spotted with black and brown, usually 

 two yellowish median stripes dorsally, those of the thorax not meeting 

 those of the abdomen. 



This large, awkward 'hopper is quite common in a great many loca- 

 tions in Kansas. 



