Grasshoppers of Kansas. 



89 



B lstribution. 



Pig. 87. — Arphia pseudonietanus Th. 



Chortophaga Sauss. 



Prodromus oedipodiorum, 72; 1884. 



Body compressed, smooth, slightly punctate, delicately rugulose, 

 greenish, subglabrous, sparsely pubescent, feet remotely hairy. Antennae 

 stout, slightly flattened. Pronotum posteriorly acute-angled. Elytra 

 narrow, costal half green, sutural part (in dried specimens) griseous; 

 that part of the proximal half anterior (anterior to ulnar vein) with 

 perpendicular transverse veins; posterior portion (posterior to ulnar 

 vein) irregularly reticulate. Axillary veins of wings subparallel, an- 

 teriorly crassate, posteriorly delicate; anterior axillary area divided by 

 spurious vein longitudinally. Posterior femora quite slender. Posterior 

 tibia? sky blue. iErolia between the claws of tarsi lobiform. 



Insects dwelling in boreal America and Antilles. 



