102 Studies in Kansas Insects. 



wings mostly black with the outer border pale greenish-yellow, the apex 

 smoky with several darker spots; inside of hind femora light with three 

 dark bands. This species resembles D. longipennis quite closely, but may 

 be separated from it by the almost plain tegmina and lower carina of 

 the pronotum. 



The species is to be found from early spring to late in the fall along 

 dusty roads, paths, fields, on sand bars, in fact on any bare or sparsely 

 covered locations. It has been reported as doing quite a little damage to 

 crops. It occurs everywhere throughout the state. 

 Measurements in Millimeters. 



Bodv. Tearnina. Post, femora. 



Female 45.0-34.0 47.0-37.0 22.0-17.0 



Male 36.0-33.0 39.0-33.5 17.5-14.0 



Dissosteira longipennis Th. 



CE. longipennis. U. S. Geol. Sur. of Terr., vol. 5, pp. 463; 1872. 



Elytra and wings longer than the body; the elytra spotted; the wings 

 black or dark fuliginous at the base. 



Male. The vertex not very broad; central feveola elongate elliptical, 

 with a slight median raised line, and open in front; frontal costa rather 

 narrow, slightly expanded at the ocellus, sulcate, not expanding below. 

 Median carina of the pronotum prominent, subcristate, as in CE. Carolina, 

 cut near the middle by the posterior transverse incision, each part arcu- 

 ate; anterior margin somewhat angled, and extending slightly on the 

 occiput; the posterior extremity acutely and rather sharply angled; the 

 disk of the posterior lobe smooth and apparently without punctures. The 

 elytra narrow, remarkably straight, the margins parallel; longer than 

 the entire body. Wings about the same length, and broad. The poste- 

 rior femora not channeled beneath. The cerci rather long, subcylindrical, 

 and terrete. Antennae passing the thorax. 



Color (dried after long immersion in alcohol) reddish yellow. The 

 head and pronotum, especially the dorsal portions, pale reddish, the apical 

 portion pellucid ; marked throughout with dark-brown spots somewhat 

 in the form of bands. The wings for a very small space around the 

 immediate base are transparent yellow; a triangular space at the apex 

 extending inward about one-third of the way to the base pellucid, 

 sprinkled at the immediate apex with fuscous dots; the posterior margin 

 has a narrow pellucid rim; the rest is of a dark fuliginous color, which, 

 when the wing is fully spread, appears like a very broad band across 

 the basal two-thirds, with its outer border parallel to the body. The 

 posterior femora have two oblique brownish bands on the external face; 

 within are two black bands; apex pale at base; apical portion dusky. 



Dimensions: Length, 1.14 in.; elytra, 1.25 in.; posterior femora, .64 

 in.; posterior tibiae, .55 in. 



Found among the collections submitted to me from the Agricultural 

 Department, marked Kansas, which, from the other specimens, I suppose 

 to be correct. The species is somewhat remarkable, and quite different 

 from any other one belonging to the United States which I have seen. 

 The dark wing would appear to bring it near to Carolina and carlingiana, 

 but while it approaches the former in its slender form it is nevertheless 

 very distinct. I have never met with it at any point in the West, nor 

 have I seen it in any other western collection. On this account, added to 

 that of its semitropical look (this word conveys my idea better than a 

 long sentence), I am inclined to believe it is a southern species, and may 

 be found in the Indian Territory or Texas. 



