Grasshoppers of Kansas. 



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quite reach the anal angle; a broad ray of the same color runs up the 

 front margin to the base. Posterior femora dull yellow, with no distinct 

 bands. 



Dimensions: Length, 1.4 to 1.6 in.; elytra, 1.25 to 1.3 in.; posterior 

 femora, .7 to .75 in.; posterior tibiae, .62 in. 



Found in the upper part of Snake river plain, near the mountains, and 

 in southern Montana. I do not know where I first met with this species 

 as we moved northward, because for some time I supposed it was the 

 same as that before noticed under the name of GH. paradoxa Thomas, and 

 therefore did not examine it closely; so it is possible that I did meet with 

 it on the north (Atlantic) slope of Market lake, and from there to Vir- 

 ginia City in Montana. 



This species is found only in the extreme western part of the state. 

 The peculiar maculations on the tegmina and the very deep, narrow 

 scutellum of the vertex separate it from H. corallipes. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 

 Body. Tegmina. 



Female 44.5 41.0 



Male 34.5-31.0 30.5-30.0 



Dissosteira Sc. 



Post, femora. 

 21.0 

 17.0-15.5 



Size from medium to large; head prominent; disk of vertex somewhat 

 ovate, the front truncate; lateral carinas low; foveolae small, triangular; 

 frontal costa sulcate, a little narrowed above and below the ocellus; 

 carina of pronotum high, cut by one sulci, posteriorly arched; tegmina 

 broad and quite long; intercalary vein about midway between the median 

 and ulnar veins; wings not banded, large, black, with a narrow yellow- 

 ish border along the outer edge as far as the apex, which is fuscous; 

 posterior femora small for the size of the species. This- genus is repre- 

 sented by but two species in Kansas. 



Dissosteira Carolina Linn. 

 Color from light reddish brown to very dark fuscous, quite variable, 

 often being a reproduction of the color of the soil upon which the insect 

 is found; tegmina either plain or thickly sprinkled with small dark dots; 



FIG. 97. — Dissosteira Carolina Linn. 



