Grasshoppers of Kansas. 



107 



Described from eleven males, seven females, taken in Dallas, June 3, 

 23, August 21, 23, by J. Boll; and one specimen in Waco, as late as 

 October 16, by G. W. Belfrage. 



This is by far the most common species of the genus in the state. The 

 species is exceedingly variable both in size and coloring. ■ 



Habitat. Sandy, hot flats sparsely covered with grass and weeds. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 



Body. Tegmina. Post, femora. 



Females 37.0-26.0 34.0-27.0 19.5-16.5 



Males 29.0-22.5 28.0-23.0 16.5-13.0 



Pig. 101. — Spharagemon cristatwm Sc. 



Spharagemon collare Sc. 

 (Edipoda collaris. Rep. U. S. Geol. Sur. Neb., 250; 1871. 



Dark reddish brown ; lower half of the head, base of hind femora, and 

 a broad band along the posterior edge of the pronotum, pale clay yellow; 

 hind tibia? reddish ; tegmina mottled somewhat uniformly with fuscous 

 blotches, which forms three distinct bands, the outer of which is some- 

 times lost in the nearly equal mottling of the tip; wings pale yellow at 

 the base, somewhat infuscated at tip with a broad median blackish band, 

 occupying the middle third of the wing at the costal border, crossing the 

 wing at right angles with uniform breadth (excepting a spur thrown 

 out toward the base, as in CE. xanthoptera) , and then with decreasing 

 width, following the curve of the wing to the inner angle; pronotum with 

 a prominent median ridge throughout its extent. 



This species is very similar to cristatwm, and can only be separated 

 from it by the character of the pronotum. It is not at all widespread 

 over the state, and is not numerous where found. 



