Grasshoppers of Kansas. 



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I have specimens also from Vermont, Massachusetts, Maryland and 

 Iowa. They are smaller than those from Texas. 



This species is not found very extensively in the state. It has been 

 taken only in the extreme southeastern part. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 

 Body. Tegmina. 



Female 35.0-32.0 33.5-29.0 



Male 30.0-25.0 30.5-26.5 



Post, femora. 



19.0-17.0 

 17.0-16.0 



Fig. 99. — Spharagerhon bolli Sc. 



Spharagemon sequale Say. 

 Gryllus sequale. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., vol. 4, 1825, p. 307. 



Hemelytra spotted with brown; wings pale yellowish at the base, 

 with a black band and dusky tip. 



Inhabits the United States. 



Head varied with brown and light gray; thorax varied with brown 

 and dull rufous, with a carinate line; hemelytra dark cinereous, with 

 numerous unequal small dark brown spots; wings sulphurous at base, 

 then a black band arcuated behind so as nearly to reach the inner 

 angle; tip dark cinereous, darker at the angle or with small fuscous 

 spots on that part; feet pale cinereous, spotted with fuscous; hind 

 thighs within with four black bands; posterior tibiae sanguineous. 



Length to the tip of hemelytra, one inch and two-fifths. 



Not an uncommon species. The thorax is not gradually raised into 

 a carina, but the line is abrupt and of little elevation. 



This widely spread species is quite commonly confused with speci- 

 mens of Trimerotropis, and even Hadrotettix. It is quite easily dis- 

 tinguished from both by the carina of the pronotum. The carina is 

 quite often sinuate and sometimes cut twice but is larger and sharper 

 than in any species of Trimerotrovis. 



